Fairhaus Flingern

A donated winter jacket, a stack of misprinted T‑shirts, a wooden piece from the in-house upcycling workshop next to it: at Fairhaus Flingern on Fichtenstraße in Düsseldorf-Flingern-Süd, you will find plenty of things that would have been discarded elsewhere. The social department store is one of seven fairhaus locations in Düsseldorf and is run by renatec GmbH, the employment and qualification company of Diakonie Düsseldorf. The fairhaus stores hold the quality seal of Re-Use Deutschland e.V., which certifies second-hand department stores against standards for safety, cleanliness and service. Under one roof, you’ll find clothing and shoes for women, men, and children, household goods, toys, and home decor. The Fairhaus furniture section also has new and well-kept used furniture.

Behind Fairhaus is a mission renatec has pursued since 1986: helping people who have been out of work for a long time back into employment. At the fairhaus stores, people with and without disabilities work together in sales, in the warehouse and in the workshops. For you, shopping feels like in any other department store, and every purchase supports a company that creates exactly these jobs. Fairhaus is open to everyone who likes a bargain and pays particular attention to people on low incomes: with the faircard, available, for example, to holders of Düsseldorf’s Düssel-Pass, they get 30% off the entire range, in-store and in the online shop.

Most of the range comes from donations by private individuals, which the central warehouse in Düsseldorf sorts and prepares. In addition, the company sells new items with small flaws: remaining stock, misprints, and retail surplus. Anything that can’t be sold in-store is reworked in the company’s own workshops or passed on to recycling firms. Textile and wood offcuts from its own stores become handmade one-off pieces under the UPcycle by fairhaus label, available in the online shop. Online orders are shipped in used cardboard boxes, and if you prefer, you can collect your order without packaging at one of the stores. There is even a donation box for old cardboard boxes, so they can make a second journey.

Looking for a social department store or affordable second-hand clothes and furniture in Düsseldorf? Browsing at Fairhaus Flingern pays off because donations keep the range constantly changing. You can also contribute: every store accepts smaller donations of well-kept clothes or household goods, while larger donations go to the central warehouse. Prices range from a few euros to around 200 euros for larger furniture pieces. The store is open Monday to Friday, and exact opening hours are listed on this page. If you can’t come by, you can find part of the range and the UPcycle collection in the online shop. Fairhaus Flingern shows how well-kept goods, affordable prices and meaningful jobs fit together.