IKEA (Home furnishings)
February 25th, 2007 by 
Deanne
IKEA is the well-known, ultimate store for home furnishings. They sell everything you will need to move into your new home, in a new country, including the kitchen sink. Their business model is to offer pretty good quality merchandise for inexpensive prices. One drawback is that most furniture and similar items need to be assembled at home.
IKEA is also well known for their cafeteria. The cafeteria is always bustling with hungry shoppers. Swedish meatballs with white potatoes is a favorite. The cafeteria is equipped with a station for responding to children’s needs. Plastic plates, children’s cutlery, bibs, and a bottle warmer are all available.
IKEA has several play areas for the kids. There are a few small play areas distributed throughout the upper level of the store, as well as play areas in the cafeteria. Children three and older can be dropped off, for a limited time, in the children’s play world on the entrance level. Games, movies, and toys are usually available here.
One of the hassles of shopping at IKEA is that all of the items to be purchased are gathered by your, from the warehouse area. So, for example, if you have decided to build a large modular closet organizer, you may be searching for 15 separate parts while your overtired children are clamoring to go home. Lines are also usually long, but pretty fast moving. One way around this overly long, gather-wait-and-purchase process is to have someone else do it for you! If you have large items that need to be delivered, you can pay the delivery company an extra 20 Euro and they will gather everything for you and deliver it all to your door within a few days. It’s worth it! One other word about delivery. Delivery cost is based on distance not weight. So, you can have them deliver 1-pound bookends, or a house full of furniture, all for the same, very reasonable price. There are two IKEA locations in Munich. One is in Eching, near the airport. The other in Taufkirchen. Both are accessible by public transportation.
Address (Taufkirchen): Brunnthaler Strase 1, 82024 Taufkirchen
Address: (Eching): Heisenberger Strasse 14, 85386 Eching
Phone: 01 80/ 5 35 34 35
Website: http://www.ikea.de
Nearest public transportation (Taufkirchen): Bus 222 from S5 Taufkirchen stop
Nearest public transportation (Eching): Bus 694 or 697, Ohmstrasse stop
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