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Shopping
Shopping in Vienna is possible nearly in any part of the city. Of course there are main shopping streets such as the “Kärntnerstraße”, “Mariahilfer Straße”, “Landstraßer Hauptstraße”, “Favoritenstraße”, „Meidlinger Hauptstraße”, etc. A good way to find shops is by having a look in the yellow pages. Shopping centres are located at the main shopping streets or on the outskirts, e.g. the “Millenium City” (U6 Handelskai), “Gasometer” (U3 Gasometer), and the “Donauzentrum” (U1 Kagran). A bit outside Vienna, you find the “Shopping City Süd (SCS) – you can get there with a local train (“Badner Bahn”) or the IKEA-Bus (leaves from the opera house). You see, there’s even an IKEA in Vienna, not just at the SCS but also at the “Südosttangente” - a main road connecting the north with the south of the city (24A Zwerchäckerweg).
Food and sanitary products
- Meinl am Graben
Sanitary products are sold at BIPA, DM or Schlecker, but can also be found in most supermarkets.
Food is the cheapest at Hofer (there’s one right next to the building in “Muthgasse”), Lidl and Mondo. In any case, there are branches of the major supermarkets called Billa, Merkur, Spar, Zielpunkt and Emma (to name just a few) all over the city.
If you feel like buying Italian food you can go to an Italian supermarket called D’Piu. There are branches in the following streets: Stiftgasse, Forthausgasse, Klosterneuburger Straße and Puffergasse.
At Bobby’s you get English and American foodstuff (Schleifmühlgasse 8, A-1040 Wien). The supermarket Casa Mexico (Liechtensteinstraße 27, A-1090 Wien) is selling everything that is necessary for preparing an authentic Mexican meal. Furthermore, Meinl am Graben offers a wide variety of international food – but not quite at discount prices.
In Vienna there are currently 26 markets where you can buy food. On the above-mentioned internet address you can try to find a market in your neighbourhood.
The best-known and biggest of them is definitely the “Naschmarkt”. You can either get there via “Karlsplatz” (U1, U2, U4) or the “Kettenbrücke” exit on the U4. The “Naschmarkt” is a wonderful tangle of impressions, flavours, fruits, vegetables, cheeses, etc. The best and biggest kebabs in town can also be found there. Every Saturday at the extension of the “Naschmarkt” there is a flea market.
You get to the “Brunnenmarkt” (the second biggest market) from the U6-stop “Thaliastraße”. In the “Brunnengasse”, around 60 fruit and vegetable stalls and 30 food stalls are constructed every morning and again deconstructed in the evening. In the area around the “Brunnenmarkt” it might feel a bit like in Istanbul.
Tabak-Trafik
The shops with the red ring and the cigarette going through can be found anywhere and sell everything that you might need urgently such as newspapers, cigarettes, maps and lottery tickets. Pay attention to the (sometimes long) lunch break.
Opening hours
Most supermarkets are open weekdays from 7:30 am to 7:30 pm, on Saturdays, in general until 6:00 pm. At the “Nordbahnhof”, “Franz-Josef-Bahnhof”, Vienna airport as well as in the Hospital “AKH”, supermarkets are open longer during the week and even on Sundays. These supermarkets sell products at average prices.
International bookshops
Vienna offers books for people whose native language isn’t German or who want to improve their language skills.
Bateau Livre (french)
Liechtensteinstraße 37, A-1090 Wien
Tel.: +43 1 317 80 94
Knjizara & Gelerija Mi (croation, serbian, bosnian)
Burggasse 84, A-1070 Wien
Tel.: +43 1 524 63 99
Buchhandlung Weiss (croation, serbian, bosnian,slovenian)
Schlösselgasse 24, A-1080 Wien
Tel.: +43 1 406 03 22
La Librería (spanish, portuguese)
Gentzgasse 128, A-1180 Wien
Tel.: +43 1 478 92 59
Bohemia (czech, slovak)
Lindengasse 5, 1070 Wien
Tel.: +43 1 944 41 65
The British Bookshop (english)
Weihburggasse 24, A-1010 Wien
Tel.: +43 1 522 67 30
The British Bookshop (english)
Mariahilfer Straße 4, A-1070 Wien
Tel.: +43 1 522 67 30
Xiegarnia Polska (polish)
Burggasse 22, A-1070 Wien
Tel.: +43 1 526 31 14