In addition to a huge mall complex, various more-or-less standalone giant stores fill out the SCS area.
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Incidentally, Mariahilfer Straße holds another bonus for visitors: the Haydn Kino is one of Vienna’s English-language movie theatres. The upper levels house a giant electronics store (MediaMarkt), a giant sports store (XXL), and a gastronomy area (the Akakiko Japanese restaurant – one of our favourites – is up there).Īgain, drop into side streets for more shopping opportunities, as the local area has plenty to offer.Īnother advantage to Mariahilfer Straße is accessibility by public transport.įor example, Westbahnhof station (U3 and U6 subways and numerous tram lines) tops one end of the main shopping part.įurther down the street are the U3 subway stations Neubaugasse and Zieglergasse, while the lower end has the Museumsquartier station on the U2 subway line. The big department store there is Gerngross, first opened in 1879 and filled with various brands. This is where you find, for example, brands like H&M, Puma, Pull & Bear, Snipes, C&A, Jack Wolfskin, Nike, New Yorker, Zara, Geox, Footlocker, Peek & Cloppenburg, etc. Mariahilfer Straße offers a potpourri of everything, with a slight emphasis on clothes, sports, and shoes. Big chunks of the street are closed to most traffic.
Or they simply wander along Mariahilfer Straße, a long shopping street close to the centre and adjacent to the Museumsquartier cultural complex. When your average Vienna resident goes shopping for clothes or gifts, they pop into one of the malls (see below). Incidentally, all the above parts of the centre have gorgeous Christmas lights from late November onwards. Alexander McQueen, Prada, Armani, Jimmy Choo, Saint Laurent, and Valentino) in close proximity to one another. The Golden QuarterĪn extension of the above is the so-called Goldenes Quartier (Golden Quarter) around Bognergasse, Tuchlauben and Seitzergasse.Ī relatively new initiative, the area brings together numerous top brands (e.g. Which is just economics, but the cost is a loss to the unique character of the locations. The flagship Augarten porcelain store, for example, is just off the Graben on Spiegelgasse.Īs time goes by, the pedestrianised areas (and Kohlmarkt in particular) seem to accumulate more and more high-end labels with fewer local shops around. The place to pick up your champagne and gourmet delicacies (and a fair few international imports as well).Īlso, be sure to wander down the side streets around this area. Kärntner Straße has, for example, Boss, Chanel, Lobmeyr, Ray Ban, the Steffl department store, the Österreichische Werkstätten (spiritual successors to the Wiener Werkstätte) and Swarovski (who offer a special shopping experience tour*)īonus mention goes to Meinl am Graben, a large high-end food store at the junction of the Graben and Kohlmarkt.
Kohlmarkt has, for example, Lagerfeld, Chopard, Tiffany & Co., Gucci, Breitling, Dior, Fendi, and Burberry.The Graben has, for example, Omega, Hermès, Tag Heuer, Longines, Tommy Hilfiger, and Longchamp.Walking along the streets in Vienna’s pedestrianised old town takes you past various top stores: Now, as a lowly writer locked in an attic with a bottle of cheap brandy and a typewriter, I cannot speak from experience, but… Kärntner Straße, Graben, Kohlmarkt
Let’s begin with the more expensive and exclusive end of the shopping adventure. (View down the Graben pedestrianised street)
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