Anyone know where to buy haggis in Berlin?

fwiw if you're okay with the DIY route, some of the bigger Rewe or Edeka stores with decent international sections stock Macsween's tinned haggis around now. I spotted it at the Edeka on Friedrichstrasse near the S-Bahn last week, tucked in with the british stuff. just call ahead to save a trip

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The Caledonian Society of Berlin usually does a Burns night event with haggis, but if you're cooking yourself, check the British Shop on Kantstrasse near Wilmersdorfer Strasse. They stock tinned haggis from Scotland, though you'll want to call ahead around this time of year since it sells out fast. The tinned stuff is fine for the occasion, just not quite the same as fresh.

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if you're up for a bit of a hunt, some of the bigger edeka centers around town stock macsween haggis around this time. the one at friedrichstraße station sometimes has it in the international section near the back. otherwise, yeah, the scottish shop is your best bet, just call ahead to save a trip if they're out

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Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.

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if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point

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honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.

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