Where to break a €500 note - Berlin

i need to break a 500 euro note, can you juist do this in a supermarket?

how bout a bank...

they are shut now, i need to do it now ya see

Most supermarkets will not do that and all stores will not do it without you buying something. If you have a local bank then use them because they are less likely to charge you a stupid fee. As most people who have watched SNL will know, the Change Bank is pure fantasy!

ok thnkas for reply. to be more detailed a si should have done at the start, i am happy to buy soemhting, though not that much, but i just wanna know who will accept a 500, seeing as in the past i even got gasps of shock form checkout ladies when paying with a 50

Try the Starbucks at the Brandenburg gate I broke a €100 note there on a doppel espresso. They get a large influx of tourist as well as money oh butt they might be closed right now.

Well, Go Gadget Go to the Hbf and good luck!

Go to your nearest major discounter (but not first thing in the morning!) and do your normal food shopping - it shouldn´t be a problem to pay with a €500 note.
What the discount stores are NOT allowed to do is simply change your money for you.

(and if all else fails, you can give it to me!)

Exactly. Lidl etc. will happily take your 500 off you for normal shopping and give you back change. I find IKEA will also take large notes without batting an eyelid.

Pay attention people.

Then why did Go Gadget even bother to ask at 8.50pm???!!!

Because GoGadget is in Berlin and I have heard tell that in that far-off magical land, not all shops slam their doors shut at 7.59.

It's twue, it's twue!

*packs bag*

Really? wow!!!

I´ll be with Crusoe if anybody wants me!