Moscow

Shopping

This shopping centre is located in the vicinity of the Red Square. It is the most famous of Moscow's shopping centers. There are several clothes and shoe shops and many designer labels such as Christian Dior and Max Mara are housed under this roof.

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GUM

This shopping centre is located in the vicinity of the Red Square. It is the most famous of Moscow's shopping centers.

Okhotny Ryad

This is another of Moscow's famous shopping malls. It is located right outside the Kremlin and a range of international brands have set up shop here.

The Arbat

While much of what is sold here is over priced and readily available in other shopping areas, a few of the Arts and Crafts shops are worth the visit.

Eliseyevsky Magazin

This is a food emporium where expensive chocolates, vodkas, cookies and salted herring are available

Central House of Artists

Artists have put up their creations for sale on the ground floor of the museum.

Pyatniskaya Street

This area is unique and quite eclectic since it is consists of a number of small shops and galleries where independent small artists sell their paintings, sculptures and work.

Tretyakovsky Prozeyd

Leading fashion and jewelry designers have set up shops here to cater to the elite of Moscow. These include:

Izmailovsky Market

The merchandise that these shopkeepers have to offer are diverse and range from wooden toys, to quilts, jewelry and dolls.

Moscow Cultural Fund

Ceramics, dolls and wind chimes are just a few of the specialties available here.

Skazki Starovo Arbata

This is a great place to buy souvenirs from. There is a wide selection from which to choose. Both simple and ornate knick knacks are available. The porcelain tea sets are gorgeous as well.

Russkiye Uzori

This shop specialises in hand embroidered linens, hand painted plates and boxes.

Detsky Mir

This is the best store to buy toys and kids clothing from.

Gzhel

The specialty of this shop is the beautifully intricate and delicate ceramic tiles it sells. These are unique to Russia and are known in local lingo as 'gzhel' .

Gorbushka Electronic Market

This is a huge black market where pirated DVDs, CDs and films are sold at next to nothing.

Outdoor Art markets

Artists sell their work here at reasonable prices that are not fixed. It is also possible for buyers to get the paintings framed from these as framers too have set up stall here.