Must-see shopping in Europe

  • Brezilya Kurukahve ve Kuruyemiş

    Kadıköy

    Located on the produce market's main strip, this shop has been selling coffee beans, nuts, dried fruit (including particularly delicious plums from…

  • Antica Dolceria Bonajuto

    Modica

    Sicily's oldest chocolate factory is the perfect place to taste Modica's famous chocolate. Flavoured with cinnamon, vanilla, orange peel and even hot…

  • Retro Woman Clothing Exchange

    Notting Hill & West London

    More secondhand than vintage, but very popular, Retro Woman has racks upon racks of hand-me-down fashion and big-name designer goodies, including a galaxy…

  • Atelier Glashouwer

    Friesland

    At home in an 18th-century red-brick cottage, this family workshop specialises in Hindeloopen's traditional art of furniture painting, starting with its…

  • Monastiraki Flea Market

    Athens

    Ifestou is signed as the 'Athens flea market', but the street mostly has souvenir shops. The true flea feel is on Plateia Avyssinias and in nearby small…

  • Centre Commercial

    Montmartre & Northern Paris

    Just off Canal St-Martin, this concept store is first choice for sustainable French-made fashion for men and women, and lifestyle objects for the home. It…

  • Balenciaga

    Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale

    Design lovers will adore this boutique of French fashion label Balenciaga, which is set inside a 19th-century palazzo with vintage furniture and a…

  • Aux Merveilleux

    Nantes

    When the urge for something sweet strikes, indulge in an outrageously creamy and decadent cake from this chic chandelier-lit shop evocative of late-18th…

  • Paolo Olbi

    Venice

    Thoughts worth committing to paper deserve Paolo Olbi’s keepsake books, albums and stationery, whose fans include Hollywood actors and NYC mayors (ask to…

  • Cerovečki Umbrellas

    Zagreb

    Quality, design and a brand story safeguard this umbrella artisan from the onslaught of global products. The shop is a wormhole to a different era,…

  • Bazar Matey

    Madrid

    Bazar Matey is a wonderful store catering to collectors of model trains, aeroplanes and cars, and all sorts of accessories. The items here are the real…

  • Ceramica Artistica Solimene

    Vietri sul Mare

    This vast factory outlet, which looks like something Gaudí might have built, is the most famous ceramics shop in town. It sells everything from egg cups…

  • Drap-Art

    La Rambla & Barri Gòtic

    A non-profit arts organisation runs this small gallery space devoted to wild designs made from recycled and reused products. Works change regularly, but…

  • Fattoria Castello di Monteriggioni

    Central Tuscany

    The largest and best known of the local wine producers, Fattoria Castello di Monteriggioni produces a Chianti Classico, Chianti Colli Senesi, Chicolino…

  • Per Voi Giovani

    Naples

    The very idea of ‘vintage’ clothing emerged in Naples in WWII when resourceful Neapolitans collected Allied army uniforms to repurpose and sell on the…

  • Ars Neapolitana

    Naples

    Guglielmo Muoio sold his first pastore (nativity-scene figurine) at age 13. More than a decade on, the talented artisan has even exhibited at the European…

  • Another Country

    Kreuzberg

    Run by the eccentric Sophie Raphaeline, this nonprofit boho outfit is really more a library and countercultural salon than a bookshop. Pick a tome from…

  • Galleria

    Tbilisi

    Central Tbilisi's biggest and fanciest mall, Galleria is the kind of place you find yourself going to for convenience (it's just off Freedom Sq and above…

  • Nuno Gama

    Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré

    One of the country's most feted fashion designers, Nuno Gama is Portugal's catwalk king. His sleek flagship store showcases Nuno's hallmarks, including a…

  • Klára Nademlýnská

    Staré Město

    Klára Nademlýnská is one of the country’s top fashion designers, having trained in Prague and worked for almost a decade in Paris. Her clothes are…

  • Banco Lotto 10

    Venice

    Prison orange is out and plum silk velvet is in at this nonprofit boutique, where hand-sewn fashions are the fruit of a retraining program at the women’s…

  • Lanapo

    Monterosso

    This tiny boutique seems like it was plucked straight from Milan and plunked onto the cobblestones of Monterosso – perhaps not surprising given designer…

  • Upper

    Paris

    Part boutique, art gallery, cafe (serving coffee, tea, beer, wine and cocktails) and co-working space (where you pay by the hour or day), Upper spreads…

  • Castroni

    Vatican City, Borgo & Prati

    Founded in 1932, this historic food shop (and the anchor location of a small local chain) is an Aladdin’s cave of gourmet treats. Towering, ceiling-high…

  • Vetešnictvi

    Malá Strana

    This is an Aladdin’s cave of secondhand goods, bric-a-brac and junk with, in all likelihood, some genuine antiques for those who know what they’re looking…

  • Harvey Nichols

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    At London’s temple of high fashion, you’ll find Chloé and Balenciaga bags, the city’s best denim range, a massive make-up hall with exclusive lines and…

  • Roberto & Victoria

    La Rambla & Barri Gòtic

    Jeweller duo Roberto Carrascosa and Victoria Aroca handcraft exquisite, unique pieces in gold, silver, brass and semiprecious stones at their intimate,…

  • La Maison des Parapluies

    Blois

    One of just a handful of artisanal umbrella makers in France, Nathalie Fraudeau uses skills learned in Normandy and six specialised machines to craft each…

  • Collective

    Setúbal Peninsula

    In addition to offering custom-shaped surfboards (starting from €405; four to five weeks), this hip surf shop rents everything (surfboards, bodyboards,…

  • Alimentaria Gastronomia

    Bellagio

    A deli-cum–grocery shop piled high with Larian goodies, among them dried porcini mushrooms, DOP Laghi Lombardi-Lario olive oil, missoltini (dried fish)…

  • Flo Vintage Mode

    Vienna

    It's surprising a city this enamoured with the glamorous past has few true vintage clothing stores. Spanning 1890 to 1980, the clothes here are…

  • Majolica

    Taormina

    Siblings Maria and Elvira handcraft upbeat, contemporary ceramics in their workshop-cum-store, hidden away on a Taormina side street. Bright, vibrant…

  • Alt + Go

    Paris

    Jewellery designers Alex and Svet and guest designer Youlia create fantastical pieces using unexpected materials – thermoformed polished acrylic in every…

  • Bonne Gueule

    St-Germain & Les Invalides

    At the beginning, Bonne Gueule was just a men's fashion blog. It's now a one-stop shop for men's fashion, which has become something of an institution…

  • Vojvođanski Dućan

    Belgrade

    Set up to promote and preserve the traditional culture and cuisine of Vojvodina province, this beautiful little shop stocks its shelves with locally grown…

  • Taller de Marionetas Travi

    La Rambla & Barri Gòtic

    Going strong since 1977, this atmospheric shop revolves around beautifully handcrafted marionettes, many of them made by owner Teresa Travieso herself…

  • A/T Store

    Linz

    Most of the products at this hip little concept store are made by Austrian designers, while a handful of others from Scandinavia and the Netherlands share…

  • 1130Wein

    Vienna

    Pop into this neighbourhood Vinothek (wine shop) for tastings with the delightful Robert Sponer-Triulzi, who stocks a huge range of interesting, top…

  • Grays Antiques

    The West End

    Some 200 specialist stallholders selling antique jewellery, costumes, military collectables, Oriental works and much more can be found in two buildings,…

  • Gmundner

    Vienna

    Gmundner has been manufacturing ceramics by hand since 1492, and it's estimated over 50% of Austrian households hold at least one Gmundner piece. Its…

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