Shopping in Durban
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Wilson's Wharf
Wilson's Wharf is a reasonably hip waterside development, with a clutch of decent eateries, boat-charter outfits, shops and a theatre. Enter by car opposite Fenton St.
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Victoria St Market
At the western end of Anton Lembede (Victoria St), this is the hub of the Indian community and offers a typically rip-roaring, subcontinental shopping experience, with more than 160 stalls selling wares from across Asia. Watch your wallet and don’t take valuables. Note: most shops run by Muslims close between noon and 2pm on Friday.
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Gateway Mall
The giant Gateway Mall, the mother of all shopping malls, houses some indoor extreme activities including a wave house (www.wavehouse.co.za), the first of its kind in the world (which includes a huge skate park), and the highest free-standing indoor climbing rock in the world. The mall is north of central Durban.
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Flea Market
This Sunday car boot and secondhand clothing flea market, behind Greyville Racecourse and opposite Standard Bank, is a regular event for some Durbanites who buy and sell the secondhand items, which are sublime and ridiculous.
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Pavilion
On the city’s outskirts in Westville, just a 5km drive from the centre on the N3 towards Pietermaritzburg.
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Ike’s Books & Collectables
More like a museum than a bookshop, this antique-filled delight is chock-a-block with 1st editions and is everything an antiquarian bookshop should be.
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African Art Centre
On the fashionable Florida Rd, this not-for-profit gallery has an excellent selection of high-quality work by rural craftspeople and artists.
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Essenwood Market
A mainstream market that sells an okay – if increasingly imported – range of handicrafts, homemade wares and clothes.
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Gateway Theatre of Shopping
The mother of all shopping malls is in the north of Durban and popular with Durbanites.
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Steve & Toni's
A labyrinthine bookshop selling secondhand books, and with an exchange service.
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Workshop
The city centre's shopping mall, Workshop, is housed in a former train shed.
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Adam’s & Co
Good bookshop with a second outlet at the Musgrave Centre in Berea.
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Musgrave Centre
For necessities, other major shopping centres include Musgrave Centre.
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