Must-see shopping in Central Europe

  • Bontonland exterior

    Bontonland

    Prague

    Claiming to be the biggest music megastore in Czechia, this huge, multi-level store stocks pretty much everything, including Western chart music,…

  • YLKA Design Studio

    Budapest

    Home to a half-dozen young local designers, YLKA Design Studio is a workshop and a showroom. Its eclectic collection includes fashion, leather goods as…

  • Palmetta Design

    Budapest

    Although Palmetta Design has its home in the town of Szentendre, this small boutique in Budapest’s XI District is worth a visit as it showcases a range of…

  • Manner

    Vienna

    Austrian favourite Manner – a glorious concoction of wafers and hazelnut cream – has its own concept store decked out in its signature peachy-pink. Buy…

  • Botas 66 Store exterior

    Botas 66 Store

    Staré Město

    Get a souvenir in the way of a modern remake of the legendary Czech Botas sneakers from 1966. The sneakers were long forgotten in history, until two young…

  • NeoLuxor bookshop exterior

    Palác Knih Neo Luxor

    Prague

    Palác Knih Neo Luxor is Prague’s biggest bookshop – head for the basement to find a wide selection of fiction and nonfiction in English, German, French…

  • Potsdamer Platz Arkaden, Mall

    Potsdamer Platz Arkaden

    Berlin

    All your basic shopping cravings will be met at this attractive indoor mall with 130 shops spread over three floors. The basement has supermarkets, a…

  • Jan Pazdera exterior

    Jan Pazdera

    Prague

    The friendly and knowledgeable staff members at this long-standing shop are happy to show you around their impressive stock of secondhand cameras,…

  • Michelles Cupcakes, exterior

    Michelle's Cupcakes

    Zürich

    Inspired by cupcake shops in London, Michelle’s has evolved from a market stall to a full-blown bakery selling freshly made cakes that range in flavours…

  • Shakespeare & Company

    Vienna

    This wonderfully cluttered bookshop stocks Vienna’s best collection of literary and hard-to-find titles in English – history, culture, classic and modern…

  • Marka, counter and products.

    Marka Concept Store

    Kraków

    This self-described concept store embraces a mission of featuring art, furniture, accessories, lighting and glassware made exclusively by Polish designers…

  • rrrevolve, entrance

    Rrrevolve Concept Store

    Zürich

    This sustainable-living concept store sells a sizable selection of organic, ecofriendly and Fairtrade products such as bags made from recycled materials…

  • Cafe in Burgasse 24

    Burgasse 24

    Vienna

    Creaking wooden floorboards, uneven bric-a-brac tables and winding stairways give this vintage shop and cafe a ramshackle, living-room feel. Browse for…

  • Rózsavölgyi Csokoládé

    Budapest

    Tiny, low-lit boutique selling delicious and artfully packaged, award-winning bean-to-bar chocolate made in nearby Budafok. The range of handmade…

  • Omorovicza

    Budapest

    This Hungarian luxury skincare company uses the minerals and benefits of Budapest's famous thermal waters. Products on sale at their flagship store…

  • Zürcher Brockenhaus, exterior

    Zürcher Brockenhaus

    Zürich

    A treasure trove for lovers of everything retro or vintage, this thrift store has three floors of furniture, homeware, bicycles, records, toys and…

  • Galeria LueLue, gallery exterior and merchandise.

    Galeria LueLue

    Kraków

    Tiny gallery selling vintage photographs, including beautiful black-and-whites of life in Kraków in the 1920s and '30s. Most of what's on offer are copies…

  • Vanilla, the entrance to the shop is small and unassuming so keep an eye out

    Vanilla

    Kraków

    High-end, second-hand women's clothing store featuring well-chosen tops, skirts, dresses and shoes from luxury labels, but at a fraction of the original…

  • Rododendron

    Budapest

    This delightful shop presents the work of numerous local designers, with everything from jewellery and cuddly toys to handbags and a range of beautiful…

  • Uniqlo, Clothing Shop

    Uniqlo

    City West & Charlottenburg

    With its first flagship store in Germany, Uniqlo brings Japanese style to Berlin in a suitably futuristic setting, complete with LED ticker tapes…

  • Ina Kent handbag store entrance, Vienna

    Ina Kent

    Vienna

    Designer Ina Kent handcrafts understated clutch, shoulder and tote bags from vegetable-tanned leather. Attached to the boutique is Ina's workshop where…

  • Vass Shoes

    Budapest

    A traditional shoemaker that stocks ready-to-wear shoes and cobbles to order, Vass has a reputation that goes back to 1896; some people travel to Hungary…

  • Kamorka

    Budapest

    Kamorka is a local Hungarian clothing designer that uses natural and organic materials for its playful and comfortable handcrafted and hand-knitted…

  • Magma

    Budapest

    This showroom in the heart of the Inner Town focuses on Hungarian design and designers exclusively, with everything from glassware, porcelain and toys to…

  • Liszt Ferenc Zeneműbolt

    Budapest

    The Ferenc Liszt Music Shop, stocked with mostly classical CDs as well as sheet music and books of local interest, shares space with a branch of the Libra…

  • You could easily spend half an hour sifting through the endless stacks of old treasures at Antykwariat na Kazimierzu

    Antykwariat na Kazimierzu

    Kraków

    In the basement of the Judaica Foundation in Kazimierz, this Aladdin’s cave is a jumble of antique china, glass, paintings, books and other assorted…

  • Fizzen, exterior

    Fizzen

    Zürich

    Emerging Swiss brands share the racks with vintage clothes, up-cycled accessories and bits and bobs for the home at this nifty lifestyle boutique.

  • Andrzej Mleczko Gallery, ul Sw Jana 14, Old Town.

    Andrzej Mleczko Gallery

    Kraków

    The gallery displays and sells comic drawings and other articles, like coffee mugs and T-shirts, by popular satirical cartoonist Andrzej Mleczko.

  • Palladium exterior.

    Palladium Praha Shopping Centre

    Prague

    Central Prague's biggest shopping mall, with five floors of internationally branded stores, a dozen restaurants and a couple of coffee shops.

  • Rubin, the shop front draws in its customers with its window display.

    Rubin

    Kraków

    Beautiful selection of antique jewellery, including many amber pieces, silver spoons, rings and watches.

  • Kamchatka Design

    Budapest

    Stylish, casual womenswear, locally designed and made by Márta Schulteisz. Some lovely accessories, too.

  • Amadea

    Malá Strana

    If there's one thing this country isn't short of, it's wood, and in days gone by almost evey household item was made of pine, spruce, beech or oak. That…

  • Kollwitzplatzmarkt

    Prenzlauer Berg

    On the edge of lovely and leafy Kollwitzplatz square, this posh farmers market has everything you need to put together a gourmet picnic or meal. Velvety…

  • Romani Design

    Castle District

    Romani Design offers unique, handmade designs inspired by Roma traditions. Sisters Erika and Heléna Varga are on a mission to popularise Roma culture and…

  • UVR Connected

    Kreuzberg

    The Berlin-based UVR label designs urban fashions for grown-up women with a penchant for classic cuts and styles and subdued colours. All clothing is…

  • Gold'n'Guitars

    Vienna

    This is one of a kind in Vienna: owner and guitar craftsman Michael Eipeldauer restores and sells 'contraguitars', also known as a Schrammelguitar. They…

  • Motmot

    Vienna

    Husband-and-wife team Anna and Steve (both former graphic designers) create custom clothes with fun and flair. Each piece is screen-printed by hand on…

  • Goldhahn und Sampson

    Prenzlauer Berg

    Pink Himalaya salt, Moroccan argan oil and crusty German bread are among the global pantry stockers tastefully displayed at this stylish gourmet gallery…

  • Ta(u)sche

    Prenzlauer Berg

    Heike Braun and Antje Strubels now sell their ingenious messenger-style bags around the world, but this is the shop where it all began. Bags come in 12…

  • Schokov

    Vienna

    Thomas Kovazh turned his chocolate-making dream into reality when he opened this sleek gallery-style shop. Today, Schokov sells some of Vienna's best…

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