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  State Department Store, Ulaanbaatar
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  • State Department Store, Ulaanbaatar
      State Department Store, Ulaanbaatar
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  • Naran Tuul Black Market, Ulaanbaatar
      Naran Tuul Black Market, Ulaanbaatar
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  • Naran Tuul Black Market, Ulaanbaatar
      Naran Tuul Black Market, Ulaanbaatar
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  • Naran Tuul Black Market, Ulaanbaatar
      Naran Tuul Black Market, Ulaanbaatar
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Naran Tuul Market: Anything and everything

by Willettsworld

Naran Tuul Market, east of the city centre, is also known as the Black Market (Khar Zakh), but it's not the sort of place where you go to change money illegally and smuggle goods - though this certainly happens. The market is huge, one of the biggest in Asia and in summer up to 60,000 people a day squeeze inside. An undercover area has a decent selection of clothes, such as bags, leather boots and fake North Face jackets. This is also one of the cheapest places to get traditional Mongolian clothes. Towards the back of the market you'll find saddles, riding tack and all the ingredients needed to build your own ger such as all the orange furniture and cooking stoves that you find in them. Also for purchase are souvenirs, houseware and household items, DIY tools power tools and such like, beds, sofas, and other furniture. There is an inside area where you find toiletries, food and meat...

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State Department Store: Tourist attraction in its own right

by Willettsworld

Known as ikh delguur or 'big shop', the State Department Store is virtually a tourist attraction in itself, with the best products from around the city squeezed into one building. The 1st floor has a good supermarket at the back and the rest of the floor is taken up by perfume counters. The 2nd floor has outlets for clothing, cashmere and leather goods. The 3rd floor has electronics, a Mobicom shop, CDs, books, sports equipment, camping and fishing gear. The 5th floor has a great collection of souvenirs, traditional clothing, maps and books about Mongolia. Souvenir prices are higher than in other shops around the city. This shop is a must visit even if you're not planning on doing any shopping. Simply come in and look around.

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Mongolia Arts & Crafts: Without traveling to Mongolia, you can get Mongol

by altanperg

If you can't travel Mongolia, maybe try this store: www.mogultravel.com/artscrafts Mongol style paintings, boots, Mongolian winter olympic hats-fox fur hats, silk vest, felt bags and slippers. Even a horse whip made from gazelle leg. from 12-155 $

cashmere shop: Cashmere comes from a Goat not from a sheep

by Tulka

There are few cashmere shops where you can find good quality of Cashmere cloths for cheap price comparing with other countries but the Quality of Mongolian pure cashmere is the best in the world, there are some factory make clothes by Italian style pretty cool.specially in fall all the shops are in Discount like 5 %, *Cashmere house* cashmere house and boutique is the largest one in Ulaanbaatar.we are confident once you purchase clothes in Cashmere house you will appreciate the warmth and softness of Mongolian cashmere. found in this Cashmere house seems little biut fancy and good colour combination,

Black Market: from North fake to fresh Mongolian Mutton

by Tulka

Black market is an interesting place where you can see the real local people who tries to supply thier kids and family and selling goods in all during four seasons, still staying in outside when it gets -30 in freezing winter,All the basic foodstuffs are available from the various number of super markets. Many types of imported food are sold in department store Bars and Mercury food market. several shops are selling camping gears and also in the black market you can find everything as well as NORTH FAKE ( north face) made in china but it’s ideal to buy those the price of one tenth in Europe around 25$ the quality isn’t that bad . The black market is known Har Zakh in Mongolian Narantuul is the biggest and main place for locals to buy clothing, traditional costume, hand made furniture, high quality of Mongolian carpets, fresh fruit and vegetable also fresh meat just from grazing land and...

Souvenir shop in Erdene Zuu at Kharkhorin: Felt slippers

by Saagar

This is a comprehensive souvenir shop inside the main temple complex, just walk to your left upon entering the main gate. I found that you can get many of the same things in UB cheaper. But why not look for the special touch, and never mind place of origin. For my home I bought thick, warm winter slippers made from wool felt and hide soles. Overpriced compared to the local economy, but some of it goes to charity, so why not?

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Black Market, other shopping areas: A nice fur, no biodiversity catastrophe

by Saagar

The Black Market is not a "black market" but the main outdoors market in UB. In one area there will be indivduals trying to sell hides of various critters, some legal, some not according to CITES. The marmot skins are very fine and soft and warm, so go for those; millions are killed each year in what still is considered sustainable harvesting - for food. The finest skins go to town to be sold...Note that China prohibits import of marmot skins, never mind their own export of the same! The reason is probably a mix of protectionism and fear of spread of the pest (marmot is a pest bacillus carrier). I paid 10.000 t?gr?g for the one on the photo.

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ULAAN BAATOR : BLACK CENTRAL MARKET

by swesn

This is an open-air gigantic market located quite some distance from the city centre. Best to get there by taxi.A small fee is collected upon entrance. The open-air market has canvas shelters in some areas.Every trashy and kitsch thing that remotely has a chance of being sold is being sold here. There are some food stalls outside the covered area. Personally, I enjoyed visiting this market to see the activities and mock at the merchandises.However, WATCH OUT FOR PICKPOCKETS called ALI-BABAS!! They usually carry a sweater or jacket on their arm or fling one across their shoulder so that it is easier to hide the stolen wallets. They know about money-belts and will blatantly poke you in the back to test for them!

Domestic Manufacturers Center: One-stop shop for gifts

by nywave

I'm not sure what's the name of it in English, but in Mongolian it is something like this. It is located near the main train station (10m east from it on the same side of the street) - a grey two-story building. A good one-stop shop for all your gifts - cashmere, carpets, leather goods and sheepskin. On the second floor at the very end there is a store selling goods made of yak wool - a good cheap alternative to cashmere.

To be found in several bookshops: The best comprehensive book on Mongolia's history

by Saagar

The book:"The Lost Country. Mongolia Revealed". By Jasper Becker, Sceptre, London 1993.ISBN 0-340-57978-1This book will give you a consise, but thorough popular history of the Mongolian people and nation, and building up to the crecendo that was the fall of communism in 1991.The author travels to many places in Mongolia to search for the bits and pieces of the historical puzzle, so is also interesting for a traveller on the same track. About 10-12 USD in Mongolia.Printed USD 7.99 on the book (1993 edition)

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Q:  We have the opportunity of visiting Ulaanbaator for two days in December this year. Could anyone tell me how difficult it is to... 

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A: That depends, do you know what -20 to -30 C fells like? The locals are used to it. Just because it's cold, doesn't mean the whole city goes into hibernation. Things are... 

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