While shopping in Arnhem, you might start in the Jansstraat (get out of the bus/trolley-bus at Willemsplein)and walk out of this street (cross the Ketelstraat) where you find three extraordinary shops for the more alternative people in the Weverstraat(Deal; mainly second-hand clothing, Britain; clothes for rappers and hiphopfans and Soul; expensive clothes especially from the seventies). The Jansstraat itself hasn't much to offer apart from a nice treacle-wafer and some bakeries.

The second choice is that you head for the Ketelstraat and the Vijzelstraat. The first one cross the Jansstraat and the Vijzelstraat is a lengtheling of this street. The Ketelstraat is the largest shoppingstreet in Arnhem and the stores vary from drugsstore to shops with the latest fashion (Forecast, Sting etc) and from lunchrooms to shoeshops.

Also of great interest for the shopfreaks is the Bijenkorf (although rather expensive), the biggest department store in town. When you go there don't forget to visit the 'Chill out' zone (in the basement). They have the strangest presents and the trendiest clothes. Another big departmentstore is Vroom en Dreesmann at the Velperplein. When you heading for this store stop at the snackcorner 'Tsjakka'in the Roggestraat where you can eat snacks for the lowest prices. I recommend you try a real Dutch 'kroket' for a change.

Around the Ketelstraat and the Vijzelstraat are a lot of other streets you can't miss, like 'Dille&Kamille' in the Koningsstraat and when you come on Saturday you can also stroll down the market (walk down the Koningsstraat until you reach the Market square).