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Akademkitap
Has a range of dictionaries, phrasebooks, books; No 1 is good for city and hiking maps.
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Barakholka
This huge, crowded flea market is on the ring road in the northwestern outskirts. Uzbeks, Chinese, Uyghurs and others converge here to sell everything from animals, fridges and cars to fur hats, jeans and shoes, at very good prices. Weekends, especially early Sunday morning, are the busiest times. Take any 'Barakholka' bus westbound on Rayymbek.
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InterContinental Almaty Bookshop
Has a reasonably well-stocked bookshop.
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Mega Center Alma-Ata
Almaty's burgeoning middle class shops at supermarkets and glitzy malls stocked with expensive, often imported, goods and at international stores like Zara, Yves Rocher and Benetton, which you'll find dotted all around the city centre. The main malls include Silk Way City, Ramstor and the biggest and newest, Mega Center Alma-Ata.
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Megasport
For sports gear, including trainers and winter sports equipment, head to Sport Land or Megasport .
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Meloman
A good place for recorded music, plus DVDs and videos in Russian and Kazakh. It's a national chain and there are several other branches in Almaty.
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Ramstor
Almaty's burgeoning middle class shops at supermarkets and glitzy malls stocked with expensive, often imported, goods and at international stores like Zara, Yves Rocher and Benetton, which you'll find dotted all around the city centre. The main malls include Silk Way City, Ramstor and the biggest and newest, Mega Center Alma-Ata.
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Republican Palace of Schoolchildren
The Central Asian Crafts Fairs held at the Republican Palace of Schoolchildren, from to a couple of Sundays a month from December to early March, offer a good range of artisanry at good prices.
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Silk Way City
Almaty's burgeoning middle class shops at supermarkets and glitzy malls stocked with expensive, often imported, goods and at international stores like Zara, Yves Rocher and Benetton, which you'll find dotted all around the city centre. The main malls include Silk Way City, Ramstor and the biggest and newest, Mega Center Alma-Ata.
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Sport Land
For sports gear, including trainers and winter sports equipment, head to Sport Land or Megasport.
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Stolichny
Best-quality goods of any downtown supermarket, huge wine section and good deli counter.
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Tengri Umai
This gallery has the country's best selection of modern art, by artists from Kazakhstan and other former Soviet republics. Bright colours predominate and there's some very appealing work here.
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TsUM
Visit this large central department store, composed of dozens of small shops, for the experience as well as to buy. It deals mainly in electronic goods, clothes, cosmetics, glass, china and gifts, and prices are reasonable.
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Zelyony Bazar
A sprawling place with a big indoor hall and vendors spread outside too. Much of it is devoted to food but there are stalls with clothing and other goods.
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