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Galeries Lafayette   Paris

Galeries Lafayette, Paris

 90 Reviews  you can email for info and reservation or phone when in Paris. Its a popular venue so I am told. the correct email for a response to all question is the customer service... 

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Harrods   London

Harrods, London

 137 Reviews  Travelling with women three "monuments" are mandatory in London - Oxford street, Marks and Spencer and Harrods. I visited all of them (of course!) but my favorite is this one - beautiful, with nice... 

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Souvenir Shops   Amsterdam

Souvenir Shops, Amsterdam

 45 Reviews  It's a souvenir shop, just like others. Plenty of souvenirs sold here. Prices are not much different from others. However, I've looked for a nice t-shirts elsewhere but I was disappointed...they were... 

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Women's Clothing   Rome

Women's Clothing, Rome

 52 Reviews  Starting at the Spanish Steps, Via Condotti is the place to go to if you have the cash and are after designer shopping, in particular Italian brands - the street it rather narrow and it's always... 

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Shoes / Clothes   Barcelona

Shoes / Clothes, Barcelona

 56 Reviews  We found several chain stores like H&M, C&A and Sukot, all of which, for us, were deals. The prices they offered were less than 50% of what we had at home so we took advantage. For shoes, take a look... 

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Venetian Masks (carnival etc)   Venice

Venetian Masks (carnival etc), Venice

 65 Reviews  Funny thing. While in all Europe, in December, commerce is directed to Christmas, Venice is already selling… Carnival. Yes, if we search for it we may find some gadgets included in Christmas... 

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KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens)   Berlin

KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens), Berlin

 37 Reviews  Kaufhaus des Westens (abbreviated KaDeWe) is a German department store in the center of the capital Berlin. It is located in the Tauentzienstraße in the Schöneberg district, close to the... 

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Shopping Centres / Malls   Dublin

Shopping Centres / Malls, Dublin

 39 Reviews  This building originally was the city mansion of Viscount Powerscourt and was built in 1774 with granite from the Powercourt county Wicklow estate. In 1981 it was turned into an upmarket centre with... 

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Shopping Areas   Madrid

Shopping Areas, Madrid

 33 Reviews  A large shopping mall adjacent to the train station of the same name. in fact the mall lies in what was once part of the station. All the usual chains are here; H&M, Monsoon, Pimkie, Footlocker etc.... 

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Shopping Malls & Streets   Brussels

Shopping Malls & Streets, Brussels

 67 Reviews  Brussels has very limited opening hours. Most city centre shops and boutiques close at 18.00 most days and even the supermarkets close at 20.00 the latest. Normally, the shops are not open on... 

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Strøget   Copenhagen

Strøget, Copenhagen

 24 Reviews  The Stroget is the longest pedestrianised street in the World,the street is bound to the west by Radhus Plasden square and to the east by the Kings New Square(Kongens).Many of the city's most famous... 

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Leather   Florence

Leather, Florence

 34 Reviews  Although the store looks nice and has decent quality leather, there was a problem with a jacket I had altered and shipped to me. I had to pay customs a lot, and return shipping. My debit card... 

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Shopping centers and malls   Lisbon

Shopping centers and malls, Lisbon

 61 Reviews  The biggest Spanish chain conquered Lisbon. With the best accessibility among all the greater shopping malls (central location and Metro) this is an easy place to shop. Prices are not very cheap,... 

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Souvenirs   Stockholm

Souvenirs, Stockholm

 23 Reviews  It is the Royal gifts shop where one can buy any souvenir items on the Swedish Royal family like postcards, writing pads, envelopes, pictures and other gift items that is somehow related to the Royal... 

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Clothes - not high fashion   Milan

Clothes - not high fashion, Milan

 22 Reviews  A great location for everyday shopping is the Corso Buenos Aires. A wide, busy street, it's everything you need from a high street - clothes, shoes, accessories, department stores, cafes, DVD and... 

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Plaka   Athens

Plaka, Athens

 29 Reviews  Plaka is a hotspot for shopping and people watching at night in Athens. Vendors set up blankets in the middle of the avenue and lay out their offerings of fake designer purses, belts, wallets, watches... 

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What to buy?   Moscow

What to buy?, Moscow

 39 Reviews  You will find Russians, especially in Moscow, very brand conscious. This is especially true amoung the emerging middle class professionals and the niveau riche. From brand new BMWs & Mercedes, Rolexes... 

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The Cloth Hall (Sukiennice)   Krakow

The Cloth Hall (Sukiennice), Krakow

 73 Reviews  The Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) is siad to have been the first shopping mall in the world. Nowadays it functions as a kind of market for tourists. All kinds of Polish crafts and souvenirs are available... 

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Stockmann   Helsinki

Stockmann, Helsinki

 39 Reviews  The Stockmann department store is a culturally significant business building and department store located in the centre of Helsinki. The Stockmann logo represents a set of escalators, because the... 

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Cloths, shoes, fashion   Antwerp

Cloths, shoes, fashion, Antwerp

 52 Reviews  Urban streetwear for men/women. After the succes in Oostende / Gent / Knokke / Brugge, this famous shop finally settled in the fashion capital of Belgium. This shop has the most modern clothes in... 

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Chocolate Stores   Brugge

Chocolate Stores, Brugge

 56 Reviews  There are many entering their experience regarding their experience about the best choclate experience. I have to add that Neuhas is number one, however, when the choclate is 100% made in belgium and... 

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Malls   Warsaw

Malls, Warsaw

 31 Reviews  The Zlote Tarasy (Golden Terraces) is in the center of Warsaw next to the Central Railway Station. The futuristic glass roof covers in interior courtyard and most closely, the food court on the top... 

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Clothes   Tallinn

Clothes, Tallinn

 11 Reviews  Heaven is well designed baby and children store in De La Gardia mini shopping center near the old town gates towards to the city centre. The store occupies most of the third floor -- but as there is... 

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Arndale Centre   Manchester

Arndale Centre, Manchester

 15 Reviews  A very large shopping centre in the middle of Manchester,built in two phases in 1972 and 1979.The centre was then redeveloped after an IRA bomb attack in 1996 that damaged a several parts of the... 

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Galeries Lafayette   Nice

Galeries Lafayette, Nice

 8 Reviews  The famous Galeries Fayayette but seems things are less expensive thant GL in Paris. You will find almost everything for gifts and your own use. women and men clothes. Gifts As much as you can afford... 

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Hamley's, London.: W is for World's most famous toystore

by sourbugger

The world's most famous toy shop Once upon a time there was a Cornishman who left his native county, went to London and....opened a toy shop...obviously.In time it became the biggest toy shop in the world. I know that many tourists would actually see Hamley's as a "Must see acitivity". I think it is a great shame that the really good model railway that used to run around the shop (certainly as I remember it as a kid) is a mere siding of its former self.Still the place is packed with all the latest things to keep your delightful / dreadful / delierious / demented offspring quiet for a while. They do their own range of toys as well - including this cuddly thing.

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Cyberdog, Camden, London: P is for Party animals mecca

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Only for the die-hard clubbers Sourbugger is a man of a certain age, and therefore feels no compunction to dress up in a day-glo PVC suit witha flashing number on it advertising his IQ.On the other hand he is quite content to wander around the Cyberdog shop to see what the 'pretty young things' of London see as cutting edge in Clubwear. This shop, buried in the heart of Camden Market sells all manner of 'party gear' and I don't mean Jelly and Ice-cream.The shop itself retains much of the original Victorian Brickwork arches, into which as been aded various space-station mock ups, robots, a coffee bar, some very stange electronic installation and shop assistants who go by the description of "Nice people, Wrong Planet".Still, if your after the ultimate "Bling-Bling" clothes to set your local dancefloor alight, then this is the place. The stock changes all the time : but if it's in It's...

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Shervington's: E is for Ernest Hemmingway recommends...

by sourbugger

Share one with Fidel and Ernest Shervington's on High Holborn , London is one of the finest tobacco shops in the world.They have vast ranges of cigars for sale, including every concievable brand from Cuba. They can be bought individually or boxed. They also stock all the vast paraphanalia that goes along with cigar and pipe smoking.I'm not a smoker myself, but it was nonetheless very interesting to browse around and purchase presents for friends who do indulge in such disgusting habits.Quite interestingly, nobody (staff or customers) in the shop appeared to be smoking themselves ! If you are American, then I believe you may facesome kind of penalty if you take Cuban cigars back to the states. If you take the wrapping off, then I can't see how they could trace it.You have been warned ! From a few quid for individual cigars - up to thousands for rarer boxed sets.

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Various - poundworld, poundshop etc.: Q is for everything for a Quid in Skeggie

by sourbugger

it won't cost you much - a quid Skegness must have the world's highest concentration of pound shops :i.e "Don't ask the price - everything's a pond, Duck".It makes you ponder where they source this stuff from. Who I wonder in some mad fit of over enthusiam decided to triple an order for pink bogbrushes in the shape of cat, and then found that they didn't sell too well.At least all this means you can build up your collection of truly awful Kitsch gifts. E-mail with your worst - I would be interested to know.Please note that anything vaguely useful will be made out of a special material only used in poundshops and will self destruct exactly three minutes after you start using it for the first time at home. A train ticket to leaveA Hat to hide your identityCreams for those worrying infections(see tip on Skegness nightclubs) £1 obviously

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various: K is for Knock's tackky products

by sourbugger

Tackiest things to buy in Ireland Whilst I'm not Knocking Knock (try saying that quickly), outside the shrine area are some stalls that really do need a close inspection. I have witnessed some of the most gaudiest and downright tacky things for sale here.A Virgin Mary that lights up in a variety of colours and plays a hymn is probably one of the more sensible items. I must admit I quite like the reflective card things that switch from one image or religious iconography to another I do love Ireland, but you do have to question the sense of asethetics of the people who buy this stuff.You will find half a dozen gift shops on the main road and a collection of 'market type' stalls set back from the main road opp. the shrine site.

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Munper (leather) / Orqidea (pearls): F is for Factory shops in Majorca

by sourbugger

Factory shops galore - some pearls of wisdom Factory shops have become one of the main moneyspinners for the Majorcan economy, which is a bit odd as I would have thought there was not a big market for people who want to buy factories.Seriously though, my resident shopping expert (wife) claimed that the pearls were excellent value at Orquidea, but the next door leather outlet - Munper offered an excellent range but few bargains.You will find these 'factory outlet' shops all over the Island, and although they mainly cater for the captive coach market, they represent a reasonable way to shop for gifts if you can avoid the coachloads of sheep buying up whatever they get their grubby little mits on. Peral Earing and chains start from just a few Euro

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Hauptbahnhof: T is for Train Station in Leipzig

by sourbugger

A Cathedral to the Great God Mammon Rather like airports, which seem to often be large shopping centres with a few piers added for planes, the Central station feels like large shopping centre (140+ stores) with a few platforms added.It is of course the other way round : This massive space had a makeover a few years back and a ultra-modern shopping centre was squeezed into the insides of this early 20th Century monster.You can still get something of the granduer of the place by looking up at the massive barrell-type roof or wandering out onto one of the platforms.I would also recommend visiting the "Mango" Store in the middle of the centre which retains some orginal features such as staircases and magnificent ceilings.Platform 24 also has some old rolling stock which is worth a look. As far as I could work out, these are a permanent exhibition.

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IKEA - Land of Viking prepacks: I is for IKEA in Oslo

by sourbugger

Free bus to hell........(for some) IKEA's are the same the world over. The same flat-packed 'Billy' bookcases hold up millions of books all over the world, and scatter milllions of books when they collapse precisely one month after the guarantee runs out.On a lighter note, did you know that it is estimated that 10% of all Europeans are conceived in an IKEA bed ?Oslo has two of these furniture / furnishings behemoths on opposite sides of the city.Usefully they operate free buses (with plenty of storage room if you choose to buy half-a-dozen Billy's in one go) from the centre of town.They leave every half-hour to one store or the other (as if it made a difference) from a stop just along from the central rail station (the last one facing the Hotel Opera) Give Billy a home Cheap as chips

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various: G is for Gluhwein in Leipzig's Christmas market

by sourbugger

Glug you Gluhwein and get a souvenir ! The Christmas market has been covered in the "must see" section, but it also deserves a mention here.At the various Gluhwein stalls, you can purchase this very warming brew of mulled wine. They charge about 3 Euros on average, but 1.50 Euro is returned when you take the mug back.As it makes quite a nice souvenir, many people just hang onto theirs. If you want to remind yourself of the experience make up your own brew(see this website for the recipe : http://www.recipesource.com/side-dishes/beverages/gluhwein1.html), light a couple of candles,put on a few Bratwurst and leave the door of your fridge/freezer open. Enjoy. As with all markets, some things such as food products, and winter clothes seemed to be good value, whilst other things such a wooden toys and games seemed relatively expensive.

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The Shop: S is for Sourbugger's favourite shop trip

by sourbugger

The Betty Ford clinic for shopaholics Tory island, off Ireland's NW coast is served by just one shop. You can tell this because the brochure for the island just lists it as "The Shop".It's friendly enough - although it only sells life's essentials.The feeling that it is "A local shop for local people" still comes through loud and clear - Royston Vasey eat your heart out ! A bit more than normal - it's got to come in by boat afterall.

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