Shopping On Europe's Famous Streets

Shopping on the famous streets of Europe is always a lot of fun, one of them is in Zurich, you can get to this fashionable artery directly from the train station, to which it owes its name (Bahnhof in translation from German - "station"). The other end of the street rests in the Lake Zurich, and as we approach the water, the level of goods and prices in trade outlets is gradually increasing. So here it's realistic to start a shopping trip in a shop with cheap souvenirs (although Swiss cheapness is relative), and finish - somewhere around the windows of Tiffany, Bvlgari and Dior. Approximately in the middle of the way is the old confectionery Sprungii, famous for small cakes with the ridiculous name "luxembourgli." For lovers of late walks, we should remember that trade establishments in Switzerland close early, like the Savings Bank (if necessary) at 17: 00-17: 30. However, for tourists the main shopping street of Zurich is often not a place for shopping, but an exhibition of luxury showcases that you can look at in the evenings.

Champs Elysees, Paris

Of course, there are no fields on the Champs Elysees now. It's funny that they never existed at this place! It was a swamp, and there they hunted ducks. Then there was a park, then a block of expensive mansions, and now almost a two-kilometer combination of two zones - park and shop. The latter originates from the Round Square and reaches the Arc de Triomphe. Prices here are high, so Parisians prefer to buy in other neighborhoods. Tourists often roam the famous street with cognitive purposes - it's interesting to see how this fashionable place looks! And there really is something to gawk at. For example, the flagship store Louis Vuitton - Mecca for all fashionable tourists from Russia and Asia. For the public easier - a three-story store H & M, built in an original modern style. Through a transparent facade, you can see monitors with advertising rolls attached to elevators between the floors. Yes, and the cartoon paradise Disney Store - the institution is curious, even if you do not intend to spend in it no euro cents.

Paseo de Gracia, Barcelona

The most tourist street in Barcelona is the Rambla. And the most famous shopping street, or rather, not even the street, and the boulevard - Paseo de Gracia. This place is included in all tourist routes, as it is in the area of Eixample, famous for mansions of different architectural styles, primarily Catalan Art Nouveau. On the Boulevard de Gràcia there is even something from the creative heritage of Gaudí itself - the famous houses of the Batlló and La Pedrera. For those who love shopping, no less important is the huge building of the department store El Corte Ingles, which the boulevard begins. On the Paseo de Gracia not only numerous fashion boutiques, but also expensive hotels, as well as restaurants and tapas bars, are located. Sometimes there is an action "Shopping Night in Barcelona", during which the trading establishments are open until midnight.

Ryu Neuf, Brussels

This street, like all the streets of the bilingual Belgian capital, has two names: the French Rue Neuve and the Dutch Nieuwstraat. Choose what you like more, the essence is still one - the "new street". Although not so new, it was built in 1617. The length in it is 600 meters, and those are pedestrian. And special beauty does not shine: on the sides of the house as at home, with gray facades and low-key signs of fashion brands. After all, European respectability in tinsel and sparkles does not need. The most authoritative representative of local real estate is Galeria INNO, a major Belgian trading house, which appeared in the XIX century. Inhabitants of the street, by the way, do not differ very high price requests: here are located quite democratic shops like Benetton and Zara. Especially shopping here is like those who want to buy quality and inexpensive things.

Tauentzinstrasse, Berlin

This street is always competing for the title of the main trade highway of the German capital with its closest neighbor and, one might say, a relative of the Kurfurstendamm. It is difficult to say which of them is the most-most commercial in the city, especially since for many tourists they are indistinguishable - one flows into another in the area of the BrightSheightplatz. The square itself is a place remembered for the memorial church of the Kaiser Wilhelm, destroyed during the Second World War, and so left in ruins for the memory of the descendants. Immediately located a large and somewhat stupid shopping center Europa-Center, in which the inflatable crocodile hero comedy "Mimino". Further along the Tauenttsinstraße is, perhaps, the most famous store in Berlin - the huge and luxurious department store KaDeWe, also Kaufhaus des Westens - "The Trading House of the West".