Must-see shopping in Hobart

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    Salamanca Market

    Hobart

    Every Saturday since 1972, the open-air Salamanca Market has filled the tree-lined expanses of Salamanca Pl with more than 300 stalls. Fresh organic…

  • Farm Gate Market

    Hobart

    Bathurst St turns organic at this weekly foodie favourite that brings in primary producers from across the state – expect fresh fruit and veg, raw honey,…

  • State Bookstore

    Hobart

    Usually the movie is adapted from the book, but in this case the bookshop is adapted from the adjoining State Cinema. Recently relocated into a larger…

  • Fullers Bookshop

    Hobart

    Hobart's best bookshop has a great range of literature and travel guides, plus regular book launches, signings and readings, and the writerly Afterword…

  • Handmark Gallery

    Hobart

    A key tenant at the Salamanca Arts Centre, Handmark has been here for 30 years, displaying unique ceramics, glass, woodwork and jewellery, plus paintings…

  • Hobart Twilight Market

    Hobart

    Filling the lawns behind Lower Sandy Bay Beach (aka Long Beach; about 5km south of central Hobart), this summer market runs to a beat of waves and live…

  • Cracked & Spineless

    Hobart

    We love a good secondhand bookshop (and don't care if the spines are cracked, absent or otherwise). This one is hidden up some steps at the back of a…

  • Bruny Island Cheese Co

    Hobart

    Bruny Island cheese whiz Nick Haddow has done so well making cheese offshore, that he's opened a cheesy cellar door in the Salamanca Arts Centre. Sit, sip…

  • MONA Shop

    Hobart

    After swanning through the exhibits inside MONA and enjoying a wine or two, check out the excellent little shop near the entry, selling quirky,…

  • Poet

    Hobart

    In a lovely old city sandstone shopfront, Poet specialises in nonfiction and philosophy, plus its own line of stationery (including hats, leather goods…

  • Cool Wine

    Hobart

    Offers an excellent selection of Tasmanian wine, spirits and craft beers (plus a few global interlopers, if they're up to scratch), as well as regular…

  • Wursthaus Kitchen

    Hobart

    Follow your nose into this brilliant fine-food showcase just off Salamanca Place, selling cheeses, cakes, breads, olives, wines and pre-prepared meals. Oh…

  • On Hampden Creative

    Hobart

    Excellent little two-room Battery Point shop selling little handmade Tasmanian things: jewellery, candles, soaps, scarves and pots of leatherwood honey…

  • Despard Gallery

    Hobart

    Top-notch contemporary Tasmanian arts – jewellery, canvases, glassware and ceramics – in a lovely old sandstone building a short stroll from Salamanca…

  • Hobart Book Shop

    Hobart

    Step into the hushed Hobart Book Shop, with its excellent array of reads and dedicated wall full of Tasmanian authorly efforts.

  • Tommy Gun Records

    Hobart

    For all your vinyl, secondhand CD, studded-leather wristband and black heavy-metal T-shirt requirements.

  • Eumarrah

    Hobart

    Hobart has its fair share of hippies, and plenty of them shop at wholesome Eumarrah (along with students and the odd health-conscious city suit). Expect…

  • Drink Co

    Hobart

    Excellent little bottle shop down an otherwise unremarkable arcade of Salamanca Place. Top-shelf Tassie wines and spirits are the names of the games – and…

  • Hello Gorgeous

    Hobart

    Hello! From the 1970s back to the '40s (and beyond), this gorgeous little shop is your best bet for designer and boutique vintage gear in Hobart, from…

  • Kathmandu

    Hobart

    Gear up for your imminent Tasmanian bushwalking epic at this excellent outdoors store, founded in the 1980s by latter-day Tasmanian Jan Cameron (who sold…

  • Antiques Warehouse

    Hobart

    The building here – an old redbrick furniture factory – is almost as interesting as the curios inside (silverware, porcelain, furniture and sundry vintage…

  • Kingston Beach Handmade Market

    Hobart

    High-quality handmade arts and crafts, fresh local produce and good things to eat and drink, all just a short stroll from lovely little Kingston Beach –…

  • Art Mob

    Hobart

    Gorgeous (and ethically sourced) Aboriginal fine arts from around Australia have found their way to the Hobart waterfront. Packing and freight available.

  • Tasmanian Wine Centre

    Hobart

    Stocks a hefty range of local wines and can organise shipping and tastings for groups. The boss says the future of Tasmanian wine is sparkling whites…

  • Antiques to Retro

    Hobart

    Interesting furniture, vinyl, books, clothes, glassware and jewellery, old and not-so-old. The kitsch mid-century stuff is particularly cool.

  • Spot On Fishing Tackle

    Hobart

    Advice on what's biting where, plus fishing supplies and trout-fishing licences (per person per 48hr/week/month $23/38.50/60).

  • Tasmanian Map Centre

    Hobart

    Bushwalking maps, phrase books, fancy globes and Lonely Planet travel guides aplenty.