Minsk Shopping

  1. GUM

    Check the department stores, such as GUM for souvenirs and Milavitsa products. There are no dressing rooms.

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  2. Mastatsky Salon

    Mastatsky Salon is a good place for local art, but a bit expensive.

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  3. Na Nemige shopping centre

    Here you can also get good-quality, inexpensive lingerie made by the Belarusian company Milavitsa (www.milavitsa.com.by).

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  4. Podzemka

    This underground bohemian shop-cum-art-gallery sells all sorts of goodies you be hard-pressed to find anywhere else; for example, 'Women of the War' calendars, funky artistic pieces, photographs and handmade jewellery.

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  5. Souvenir Market

    Folk art is the main source of souvenirs, which include carved wooden trinkets, ceramics and woven textiles. Unique to Belarus are wooden boxes intricately ornamented with geometric patterns composed of multicoloured pieces of straw. These are easily found in city department stores and in some museum kiosks. Most days, this small outdoor souvenir market operates in the small space between the Trade Unions' House of Culture and the Museum of the Great Patriotic War.

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  6. Suvenirnaja Lavka

    Excellent quality, and helpful and patient service here; staff speak some English. You'll find straw crafts, wooden boxes, lots of beautifully embroidered linens and Belarusian vodka - as well as Belavezhskaja.

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  7. Tsentralny Magazin

    Tsentralny magazin is a large, Western-style grocery store with plenty of fresh stuff for self-caterers.

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  8. Tsentralny Universam

    There are dozens of grocery shops throughout the city; one of the best stocked is Tsentralny Universam.

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  9. TsUM

    Check the department stores, such as TsUM for souvenirs and Milavitsa products. There are no dressing rooms.

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