Shopping

TSUM (Central Department Store)

Skoriny 54, tel. (+375-17) 284 21 64. Open 09:00 - 21:00, Sun 11:00 - 18:00.

Here you can buy clothes, food, souvenirs, etc.

type:	Antiques
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GUM (State Department Store)

Skoriny 23, tel. (+375-17) 227 88 76. Open 09:00 - 21:00, Sun 09:00 - 21:00. Sun 11.00 - 18.00. Often crowded, but has a good selection of many items. Also there is a decent cafeteria on the top floor.

type:	Art Galleries
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address:	Veghus 31
tel:	+354-587-1035
email:	ukis@simnet.is
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Komarovsky Market

Very Khoruzhey 6, tel. 231 79 00. Open 08:00 - 19:00. Closed Mon.

All kinds of food, you can even get yourself a whole pig, or a barely alive carp. Outside you can buy all kinds of seasonal produce.

type:	Antiques
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Zhdanovichi Market

10 minutes’ drive on the highway extending from Masherova tel. 296 72 25.

Buy just about anything you can imagine, Radios, shoes made by nice, they look like nike. Sports fans can buy San Fransico 59er hats, or New York Raider shirts. Also there are food stands that sell shashlik, a.k.a shishka-bobs, they are slow roasted meat on a stick, and very tasty.

type:	Antiques
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Antiques

Skoriny 43, tel. (+375-17) 284 86 17. Open 10:00 - 14:00, 15:00 - 19:00. Closed Sat, Sun.

type:	general
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Artists Market

Lenina, a short walk from McDonalds, it is halfway between the Metro stops Kupalovskaya and Nemiga.

Here you can barter for handcrafted items, paintings, matroshka(nesting dolls), etc. If you are staying a while it is possible to get an artist to make a set of nesting dolls of your family, of famous celebrities, or of past Russian Leaders.

Nowadays, this market is working in the center, between the Palace of Culture and Museum of the Second World War

Outdoor Art Market

Located half-way between Oktiabrskaya and Pobedy Square metro stations and tucked away behind the monstrocity of the War museum this is truly a wonderful little market.  Some local crafts, but mostly paintings are somewhat tailored to local tastes (still-life, nature, etc.), but there are a few very interesting works.  Don't be afraid to bargain.  We got a wonderful semi-surreal oil of a rainy city original for 20 bucks (I think they would have been happy to give it to us for 15), framed and packaged.