Turin
This Torinese fashion institution – the city's first 'concept store' – stocks a tightly curated selection of Italian and European high fashion, along with…
Must-see shopping in Europe
La Rambla & Barri Gòtic
Need a Lionel Messi football jersey, a blue-and-burgundy ball, or any other football paraphernalia honouring what many locals consider the greatest team…
Venice
SV Lab sells deadly cool men's and women's apparel with a rock-and-roll sensibility but a patrician's eye to quality. The silk and cashmere jackets are…
Alfama, Castelo & Graça
Watch artisans carefully painting handmade azulejos at this workshop and store near the Casa dos Bicos. Fruits and flowers, boats, culinary motifs or…
Beyoğlu
This contemporary crafts shop in Tophane is a favourite destination for the city's design mavens. The stock includes artworks, cushions, bags, silk…
St Petersburg
If you're looking for affordable Russian designer fashions, accessories, interior objects and souvenirs, this chic boutique, an anchor tenant of the Taiga…
Venice
Resist buying inferior mass-produced Carnevale masks until you've checked out the traditionally made papier-mâché and leather masks at this long…
Taormina
Apothecary-like La Torinese stocks mouthwatering local edibles such as olive oil, capers, marmalade, honey, cheese, cured meats, old-fashioned sweets and…
Centro de Artesanía La Antigua Escuela
Lanzarote
A small, cheerful artisans' complex for picking up original jewellery, colourful prints, hand-designed tiles and other local crafts. Some of the artisans…
Alfama, Castelo & Graça
Browse and haggle for buried treasures at this massive flea market. You’ll find old records, coins, baggy pants, dog-eared poetry books and other attic…
The West End
A white and roomy temple for Mac geeks to warm their faces on the soft glow emanating from slick banks of Apple Watches, iPads, MacBook Airs and desktops…
Stockholm
This is the flagship store for Stockholm's hottest label. Acne's threads, shoes and accessories for guys and girls cram the pages of American fashion…
York
A Georgian town house with a veritable maze of rooms and corridors, showcasing the wares of about 120 dealers selling everything from lapel pins and…
Extremadura
This tiny boutique is a celebration of contemporary design or 'wearable art' as jewellery designer Sonia Hernández calls it. Materials include ceramics,…
Budapest
Specialising in Hungarian artisanship, this place is chock-a-block with contemporary hand-crafted items such as jewellery, ceramics, notebooks and locally…
North & West Coast
Using local landscapes as inspiration, Highland Stoneware creates memorable tableware and kitchenware. Look out for the colourful mosaic-tiled artworks…
Maastricht
Central shopping mall spanning former Stadhuisstraat. The main architectural attraction is a covered area with a roof supported by tall pillars that look…
Bruges
Quirky clothes handmade from vintage fabrics by shop owner Mim herself, as well as '60s crockery, cut glass, glorious hats and '70s kids’ clothes. You can…
Turin
Two pretty rooms are packed with beautiful women's clothes, accessories and a select number of perfumes and homewares. There are locally made items as…
Hondarribia
Everything at this light, bright deli is sourced within 150km of Hondarribia: salted anchovies, tinned sardines, clams and octopus, cheeses, preserved…
County Cork
A pioneer of West Cork arts and crafts, designer Sabine Lenz (yes, the shop is her name spelt backwards) has been creating unique and inspiring gold and…
Lake Garda
A rare Italian junk shop and real Aladdin's cave selling everything from 1990s Nokia phones and art-deco lampshades to 1970s stuffed toys and defunct…
Venice
This interesting store showcases rare vintage prints of Venice from the Fratelli Alinari photographic archives alongside the work of current photographers…
St-Germain & Les Invalides
Silverware, curtains, cutlery, tableware, linen and other quality home furnishings: this maze of a store with two entrances (you can also enter via 8 rue…
Old Orient Carpet & Kilim Bazaar
Fethiye
This shop is where the discerning buy their carpets and kilims, following the sage advice of carpet seller Celal Coşkun. Hoping to preserve the dying art…
Toulouse
Candied orange slices robed in dark chocolate, salted caramel ganache, and nutty Florentines as big as your hand are among the mouthwatering edible gifts…
The Finnish Lakeland
Everything in this gorgeous atelier has been handmade in Savonlinna. Textile designer Mervi Pesonen uses natural materials such as flax, wool, park skirt…
Hamburg
The Altona outpost of this designer (yet affordable) Danish homewares shop is a neighbourhood favourite and has an array of homewares that capture the…
Picos de Europa
Cangas abounds in shops selling Asturian food and drink specialities. This place, in business since 1865, is packed floor-to-ceiling with one of the…
Oslo
Oslo label Tom Wood's restrained monochromatic clothes are as Norwegian as you'll get, with their austere simplicity and high-quality natural materials…
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Stalls displaying jewellery, photographic prints, art, clothing, homewares and more set up along the quays around the Tyne Bridge every Sunday (except in…
Northumberland Coast
Alnwick-distilled rum and Lindisfarne-made mead along with a range of boutique English gins and Scottish whiskies are sold at this locavore shop in the…
Staré Město
Probably the city's best outlet for denim goods, this cool boutique stocks more than two dozen brands from around the world, including Denim Demon and…
Saronic Gulf Islands
A great little boutique specialising in Greek-made arts and crafts, with jewellery, sculpture and paintings, plus the specially designed Armata festival…
Logroño
Maintaining a dying art, fifth-generation artisan Félix Barbero handcrafts the classic Spanish animal-skin wine carriers, in which farmers carried their…
Trogir
This historic open-sided market, pressed up against the town walls, is still used by street traders, although these days they mainly deal in jewellery. It…
Notting Hill & West London
For designer labels and top-end items in men's clothing and accessories, it's well worth a browse through this well-supplied charity shop on Kensington…
Dublin
This charming neighbourhood shop is everything independent bookstores should be; cosy, inviting, run by passionate bibliophiles and a treasure trove of…
Vatican City, Borgo & Prati
With a window bedecked with fresh black truffles, you know you've found a source for Italian foods of the highest order. This traditional shop (note the…
Ljubljana
'MK' is the city’s biggest and best-stocked bookshop, with lots of guidebooks, maps, pictorials, fiction and newspapers and periodicals in English. There…
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