Saint Petersburg Shopping Tips by sennaya

Name of Shop: Grand Canyon Shopping Mall

The Grand Canyon Shopping Mall opened In Feb.11, 2006 as the largest Shopping Mall in the St. Petersburg area. It is close to metro and has all the big russian chain stores, including Savage started by Dom-2 TV show as well as other european lines.
There is a long restaurant row by an indoor riverwalk,
A large food court with everything EXCEPT McDonalds,
A Cinema, a big electronic game zone called Crazy Park,
and a big grocery Nasch Gipermarket.
The prototype of the interior is a Grand Canyon in USA.

Working hours: mon-sun, 10-22.

What To Buy: Enjoy the walk, window shop and have a cup of coffee. You can buy most any kind of clothes there.

What To Pay: Normal and higher

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Theme: Department Store
Phone: (812) 514-49-00
Address: Prospekt Engelsa 154
Directions: Metro Prosvesheniya walk left 5 blocks, 7 min.,
Website: www.grandcanyon.ru

Name of Shop: Kiosks and groceries.

A new M&Ms flavor, chocolate with Orange has been highly promoted on Russian television at the end of 2007. But they are slow to appear in stores. Maybe people like them too much and they are gone. But they are here and so far as we have heard, not sold elsewhere.

What To Buy: Orange flavored M&Ms in an orange package. They have been sold both in big 400 gram bags and small snack sizes.

What To Pay: 20 rubles for small package, 75-120 rubles for 400 grams

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Theme: Food and Drink

Name of Shop: Grand Palace Shopping Center

Newer center next to Passage, It has two enters:from Nevsky and on the next street, Italianskaya, just a block off arts square and the Russian Museum.
It takes over the reputation for elite shopping that used to be associated with Passage. Very nice european shops in a new modernly elegant center.
It has a large atrium with an open feeling and a restuarant in the lower and a higher levels and also a cafe all around the 5th floor with nice views and skylights.

There are convenient excalators and 3 elevators, finally an architect that understand that people need help to go up and down the levels! They have the best up and down services of all the best malls in St. Petersburg!

What To Buy: Mostly clothes, shoes, furs and purses :)

What To Pay: These are generally the best imported goods at top prices :)

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Theme: Department Store
Phone: 8(812)710-5504
Address: 15 Italianskaya Street, 44 Nevsky prospekt
Directions: 15 Italianskaya Street, or 44 Nevsky prospekt
off Arts Square, 1 block off Nevsky Prospect
Website: http://www.grand-palace.ru/
Other Contact: work: mon-sun,11-21

Name of Shop: Lomonosov Porcelin Museum

The original blue white and gold porcelin of the Lomonosov Porcelin factory of St. Petersburg is world famous.
You can visit the factory itself or one of several outlets in the city.
There is an exhibit of royal porcelin at the factory you can see for 200 rubles.

What To Buy: Dishes, teapots and other porcelin items


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Theme: Gifts
Phone: +7 (812) 326-1744
Address: prospekt Obukhovskoy Oboroni, 151
Directions: Metro Lomonosovskaya, cross the road, turn right and left, 1 block from metro.
Website: http://www.ipm.ru/enstart
Other Contact: e-mail: office@lfz.ru

Name of Shop: Bolshoy Gostiniy Dvor

Huge gallery of gifts at Nevsky Prospekt and Sadovaya street.
You wander through small store after small store, well displayed and a safe place to shop.
It is one of the oldest places to shop in St. Petersburg. Not for the lowest price, but for the fair to a bit high price.
Clothes and fashion dominate, but you can find everything there. Therre is a Christmas bazaar in December and other events during the year.

What To Buy: Everything, clothes, gifts, light groceries, souvenirs...

What To Pay: Normal prices

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Theme: Department Store
Phone: +7 (812) 110-51-39
Address: 35 Nevsky Prospect
Directions: Metro Gostiniy dvor or Metro Nevsky Prospect

Name of Shop: Apraksin Dvor Large shopping zone

A bit rougher shopping zone on Sadovaya Street hs long been the place to go for better prices. Many foreign vendors. Watch out for unscrupulous characters and guard your wallet. Not recommended for the tourist to go alone.
A misture of indoor shops and outside bazaar. You can get lost in the maze of shops.

Built in the 1700s of wood buildings, it burned in1782.

it was rebuilt in 1863 with a desing by Geronimo Corsini. This design exists today and is under constant renovation.
There are probably 1000 shops there now.

What To Buy: Clothing, shoes, hats and most anything :)

What To Pay: Haggle for bargains, watch your pockets!

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Theme: Other
Address: Sadovaya Street
Directions: 2 blocks west of Nevsky on Sadovaya Street. Between Sadovaya and Fontanka River.

Name of Shop: Bekon shop

Bekon is a butcher shop and is actually a good place to get meat and sausages.

What To Buy: You can get anything. Maybe just some hot dogs, milk sausages, molochni Sasiski!

What To Pay: normal

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Theme: Food and Drink
Address: Sennaya Ploschad
Directions: Metro Sennaya / Sadovaya

Name of Shop: Street vendors

In the late summer and fall you can buy fresh berries, Brusnika- cow berries, raspberries and so on.
This vendor went to the forest and gathered lots of berries and brought them to market.
Usually for sale near the suburban metro stations or in official markets.



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Theme: Food and Drink
Address: various
Directions: Metro Prosveshenia, Udel'naya and others

Name of Shop: Hip-Hop Pimp Shop

Hip-Hop Pimp shop. What more is there to say?

Hip-hop culture, music, break dancing and prolific graffiti, has fertile ground in Russia because it was not allowed in 1970 when hip-hop culture started in America.
The grafitti branding is found in arches, courtyards, buildings and fences and as happened in America, the local government is playing catchup to stop the vandalism part of the activity.

What To Buy: Avoid the shop if you are from America. If you need this kind of thing, find it at home.


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Theme: Other
Address: Gorokhovaya
Directions: Gorokhovaya Street, first building from Fontanka river onthe way to Sadovaya Street.
Website: http://www.ideal-stuff.ru

Name of Shop: Souvenirs and street sellers

The biggest flea market is near the Udelnaya Metro and Train Stations.
Go through the normal looking market kiosks of new import items for sale until you come to the covered tables of used items. First and 2nd hand clothes, then collectibles, tools and household items.
The market follows the railroad tracks for about 1 km in the summer.
At the end it expands to grandmothers with items spread on a cloth under the trees.

There are a few quality vendors, but it might be best classified as garage sale or junk market.
Thdere are many soviet pins and coins, some military and who knows what else.:)

The market is open 10-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

There are many impromptu flea markets in the outlying metro stations. You can find many collectible things or just junk. Books, dishes, clothes old shoes, you name it! They are along the way from Metro to the train stop. Watch your bag while you look around.

What To Buy: What strikes your fancy

What To Pay: barter for bargains

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Theme: Local Craft
Address: Udelnaya Metro
Directions: Between Udelnaya Metro and the Udelnaya train stop. Follow the market along teh railroad tracks, stuff gets cheaper and junkier as you go ...