Running from the north entrance of the old town down towards Manger Square, Star Street (Tariq an-Najma) is the main artery of Bethlehem's historic centre. The street is lined with Ottoman-era stone houses, churches, and small workshops — it gives a better sense of what the old town actually looks like day-to-day than the tourist-heavy square around the Nativity Church.
The Al-Badd Museum of Olive Oil Production on the street occupies a restored 14th-century building with the original olive press still in place. Several traditional craft workshops sell carved olive wood — the main local product and the souvenir most worth buying here.