Vienna Shopping Tips by NukeDoc

Name of Shop: various gift shops

Vienna is famous for its chocolates and i bought a LOT of them (so many calories - but I have a sweet tooth). The biggest punishment for me would be to cut down on my sugar (can live without nicotine but not glucose) and this trip took care of my one year's need of fructose. You can find all types of chocolates and nougurts and they are so finely packed and displayed that it is irresistable (CF: the night club was next to a chocolate shop - you can very well guess where I would spend more time)

What To Buy: chocolates, nougurts, sweets, caviar,

What To Pay: usually they are expensive - better to buy in a super market than the souvenir or chocolate shops

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Theme: Food and Drink
Address: Main super markets

Name of Shop: Swarovski

Swarovski is a crystal brand famous world over and it is Austrian, but I found the cystal in Vienna much more expensive than other parts of the world. Swarovski has jewelary, decoration, desk items, frames, and even watches made from glass and crystal. Very tempting to go into the shop and even more tempting to buy something

What To Buy: They often have items on sale - the original prices are exhorbitant

What To Pay: you pay through your teeth

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Theme: Art
Address: Swarovski shops dotted around vienna
Directions: one was at Karntnerstrasse

Name of Shop: something to take home

There are many souvenir shops all over Vienna - especially at the tourist places. My advice is to first go around and see all the shops (usually they have the same variety) but the prices may differ - and then to go to one shop and buy everything from there. If you buy more than 75 euros from a single shop then you can claim back the 20% GST when you are going back.

What To Buy: Stephanplatz memorabalia, T-shirts, stuffed toys, caps, hats, glass ware.


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Theme: Gifts

Name of Shop: Souvenir shops

crystal is my passion - but Swarovski is so expensive - so just cross the road and look in the window of an ordinary souvenir shop and you can find the same swarovski crystal at half the price - but there is a catch. The crystals in this shop are either the old models, or the ones with slight defects - though sometimes not noticeable.

What To Buy: Buy a bigger piece cos then you save more - but be very cautious and throughly examine it before paying up.


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Theme: Gifts
Address: along Karntner strasse

Name of Shop: Mozart

Vienna is famous for one thing - MOZART .. and there is plenty of him everywhere .. Viennese take a pride in him and he has become a commercial commodity. There are numerous Mozart shops in Vienna selling everything from his bust figure to chocolates to mugs and CDs .. i bought a music box from this shop :)

What To Buy: Music boxes are really cool

What To Pay: pretty expensive - Mozart is a brand now

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Theme: Music
Address: along Karntner strasse

Name of Shop: another souvenir shop

With the advent of clay figurines and ceramics a whole new category of art pieces are available and shops are so full of them - cute little figurines to abstract works - and Vienna has it all. Again these are very expensive at times.

What To Buy: cute little figurines of kids

What To Pay: they start at 200 euros

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Theme: Gifts

Name of Shop: Most confectionaries

The chocolates in Vienna are just irresistable. You cannot avoid buying tons of them if you enter a confectionary. They have so much variety and shapes. You can select and choose as well.

What To Buy: Marzipan animals

What To Pay: a bit expensive - one piece range from 0.50 to 10 euros

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Theme: Gifts