The largest Harley-Davidson store in East Germany opens in Chemnitz
Old Nicolai train station renovated
Harley-Davidson Chemnitz – The time has come. On Saturday (May 21st), East Germany's largest Harley-Davidson store opens in the former Chemnitz-Mitte train station with a big biker festival.
From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. there will be live music and colorful market activity on the station forecourt at Reichsstrasse 1, a DJ and of course everything that makes a Harley fan's heart beat faster in the old station building, which has been converted with a view to preserving historical monuments. Motorcycle fans and interested citizens are warmly invited. Harley-Davidson Europe boss Kolja Rebstock also expected in Chemnitz.
With the opening, a terrible eyesore in Chemnitz will disappear. Thomas-Göbelbecker spent two years carefully renovating and modernizing the old train station site. For 15 years it had previously been idle and left to decay. Around 2.5 million euros were invested in the building, which was put into operation in 1858 as the Nicolai train station. The name now also adorns the front of the building, as do two tower clocks that were recreated based on historical models.
Now the Nicolai train station will be home to the largest East German Harley-Davidson store and probably one of the most beautiful and original in all of Europe. On 2,000 square meters, where tickets were once sold and billiards was occasionally played, the latest machines are presented and tailored to customer requirements, accessories and fashion are sold and a lot of the typical Harley lifestyle is presented.
Seeing all this in the still authentic station ambience is exciting. 12 employees take care of everything and give the Chemnitz Harley-Davidson Store , which has been rented on Zwickauer Straße since 2013 and is now moving to an area three times as large, a new home. Master brewer Nico Munzer has set up shop in the basement with his brewery and bar and offers his locally brewed beer specialties.
Harley-Davidson Chemnitz – Reichsstraße 1, 09112 Chemnitz
