Warsaw Shopping
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Fancy a bit of retail therapy? Welcome to the Love Warsaw shopping guide. From Antiques to Wine Merchants - you will find them all here. If you are stuck for time, why not get all the retail therapy you need in just one or two locations? Check out Złote Tarasy or Arkadia - Shoppers Heaven! Warsaw has attracted all the big international names in shopping keen to be a part of the city's growth and you will find all of your favourite shops here. From big names to quaint stores hidden away on the back streets to some decent street markets, Warsaw really is a great place to go shopping. Shopping hours are usually from 11 am to 7 pm on weekdays and from 10 am to 1 pm on Saturday, but shopping malls are open until 8 or even 10 pm. Ruch kiosks, which sell bus and train tickets, newspapers, and cosmetics, are usually open from 7 to 7.
Moley says, "If you are on a budget try Carrefour at Arkadia, you can buy all kinds of things there and the prices are very attractive."
Another popular place in Poland to shop is Krakow. Please check out our Shopping in Krakow section for further information.
Shopping Guide
Złote Tarasy (Golden Terraces)
You can do much more than just shop in Złote Tarasy – you can meet your friends, go to a concert, or just stop for a few moments to rest from the bustle of the city. Clients of the commercial and entertainment section of the Złote Tarasy can choose from over 200 stores. Several dozen restaurants and cafes, music clubs and a fitness club function inside the centre. Złote Tarasy’s underground four-level Car Park is open for public parking 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The Arkadia Shopping Centre
Arkadia is Poland's largest shopping centre boasting the stores of top domestic and foreign brands, stylish restaurants, cafes and a cinema. All of them under a single roof, surrounded by unusual architecture: glass rooftops, high street-like galleries, fanciful mosaic tiling and natural stone walls. The favourite meeting place of stage artists, singers, media people and foreigners. A stylish, elegant, friendly and fashionable place...
Nowy Swiat
One of the most popular streets in Warsaw for shopping, eating out and enjoying a few drinks is Ulica Nowy Swiat (Polish for "New World Street") which forms part of the Royal Route running from the Royal Castle and Old Town to King Jan III Sobieski's 17th-century royal residence at Wilanów. Nowy Swiat is very popular with tourists and locals for recreation and shopping and has many good restaurants, bars and shops for you to enjoy. A terrific place to sit down and watch the world go by...