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Bucherer
It seems almost churlish to leave Zurich without buying a watch - the city has been perfecting the art of timekeeping for centuries. Of the many stores vying for your currency along the Bahnhofstrasse shopping mecca, Bucherer are the top of the Alp, watch-wise, and a visit here will satisfy most affluent wrist-candy cravings.
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Café Sprüngli
The mother of all chocolate shops. This roomy, buzzing main branch of the well-known chain also delivers chocolate worldwide.
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Chäs Vreneli
This marvellous shrine to the art of cheese will have your olfactory nerves quivering. If you're the kind of person to whom stinky cheese spells gastronomic heaven, don't miss it. You can even buy your Gruyère vacuum-packed so your friends at home can give fondue a try and who doesn't love a bit of fondue, eh?
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Fidelio
One of the city's best clothes boutiques, Fidelio sells a wide range of men's and women's wear, from designer labels to street fashions.
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Heimatwerk
Swiss souvenirs are cool, everything looks better with a red and white cross on it. True, this shop is yet another place to get the usual fondue pots, but who can honestly say their life is complete without a hand-made Heidi costume? The good quality is reflected in the prices and there are other branches in the train station and airport.
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Jelmoli
This is Zürich's much-loved major department store whose vast selection of wares will surely please the most voracious shopaholic. Compared to the rest of Zürich, Jelmoli is a heavy duty concentrated shopping complex. The vivifying atmosphere of their basement food hall induces the best sort of sensory overload.
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Mädler
Don't expect to find a pair of rock-star leather pants here - Mädler is strictly the home of the softest, finest, and most lovingly-worked hide. If you've always dreamed of luggage that would feel at home on the Orient Express, save up and splurge here.
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Musik Hug
Musik Hug opened in 1807, and claims Wagner and Brahms were once customers. These days it's Switzerland's foremost music chain. As well as recorded music they sell scores, recording gear, music books, stereo equipment and instruments (including accordions). The tunefully-inclined will spend hours here.
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Neumarkt 17
Neumarkt 17 offers furniture shaped by a stripped-back, held-back aesthetic that reminds you you're in the German bit of Switzerland. You may not be able to take home one of their tubular couches or child's-drawing tables, but there are more baggable items if you're feeling in a minimalist mood.
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Orell Füssli Bookshop
Great source of fiction and travel books in English.
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Pegasus
Pegasus is Zurich at its most cuckoo-clockish, featuring cunningly made toys and traditional crafts. There's a lot of wood, and most things are made with the painstaking quality that the Swiss cherish. Just try resisting the Steiff teddybears. What a stylish souvenir to take home to a loved one.
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Rosenhof Crafts Market
The Rosenhof crafts market springs to life at the beginning of March, the charming, bright square in Old Town is transformed into a bohemian, trash and treasure wonderland. From exotic foreign curios to Swiss handicrafts, hip handmade clothes, jewellery, and ceramics. There's also a variety of tasy snacks to fill your belly.
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Sprüngli
The mother of all chocolate shops, it's a Zürich legacy and must for chocoholics. Choose from a huge range of truffles and cakes from downstairs display cases, or mingle with the well-heeled crowd in the elegant 1st-floor tearooms for a rather special experience.
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