During a conversation about shopping in Europe, cities such as Milan, Paris, Prague and London are involuntarily recalled. But in recent years, another city has become very popular among fans of spending money. This is Warsaw. Shopping centers are plentiful. They even say that in the Polish capital there is not as many people as there are various shops, outlets and department stores. You can buy almost everything in them. Every year the number of such establishments increases, Warsaw becomes a very real alternative to the most famous European cities, where you can buy the coolest clothes, household appliances, accessories and many, many other things.
The largest shopping center in Poland
You are very lucky if one of the cities that you decide to visit is Warsaw. Shopping centers here are really luxurious. On the territory of this particular metropolis, in the avenue of John Paul II, 82, is the largest shopping center in Poland and throughout Eastern Europe. This is Arkadia. It housed more than two hundred clothing stores with world and Polish brands, approximately 20 cafes and restaurants, a liquor store, a gym, several pharmacies and a medical and cosmetic center.
Warsaw is able to impress every traveler with its architecture. Shopping centers are no exception. And just "Arcadia" can prove it fully. The aisles of the establishment are decorated with mosaic drawings, fountains, arched bas-reliefs and conservatories. On the ground floor of the center there are shops selling everyday goods: a veterinary store, a sporting goods boutique, a supermarket, a store selling small household appliances and other institutions.
Clients who follow fashion trends can go to the second floor of the Arkadia center. Here you can visit the trading pavilions representing cosmetics, clothes and accessories of world famous brands, for example, Chicco, Zara, Franco Feruzzi, Bartek and others.
Leader among international shopping centers
The Maximus Shopping Center in Warsaw is considered the leader in Eastern Europe and Poland among international shopping centers that sell clothes, leather goods, shoes and other products. The facility is located at: Aleja Katowicka, 62, Nadarzyn / Wolica. It is also a very large complex in which wholesale prices for retail and wholesale customers operate. In the Maximus shopping center you can buy accessories, jeans, women’s, sports, youth, men’s and children’s clothes, as well as leather goods, underwear, haberdashery, cosmetics and jewelry.
The total area of "Maximus" is 88 hectares and is a structure consisting of four buildings. If you want to dress up qualitatively, but at the same time inexpensively, then in this institution you will definitely fulfill your dream. And due to the fact that the outfits here are sold at simply indecent wholesale prices, it is quite possible to do business in the sale of toilets.
Shops loved by the Poles
Not only foreign shopaholics like Warsaw. The shopping centers that are here are loved by the Poles themselves. And since they won’t go shopping anywhere, European tourists can also look into these complexes. So, the most popular shopping centers among Poles are such establishments:
- Atrium Reduta (ul. Głębocka, 15) is one of the first shopping centers opened in the Polish capital . The facility is located near the center of the metropolis, only eight minutes walk. Reduta was opened in 1999, and in 2004 it was expanded. Until now, it is considered in Warsaw a fashionable place for entertainment and shopping.
- Galeria Mokotow - Shopping center, which can be found at ul. Wołoska, 12, Mokotów. On the trading floor there are 260 stores. For women, boutiques like Zara, Orsay, Pimkie, Mexx and a huge number of other pavilions work here. There are many stores selling men's wardrobes.
- Bemowo is a shopping center in Warsaw, located at ul. Powstańców Śląskich, 126. Bemowo has over seven dozen shops, restaurants and cafeterias. There is also an entertainment center for the whole Spin City family, a children's playroom, the 11-screen Cinema City cinema and the Pole Position go-kart track, which is the longest in Warsaw.
- Dom Mody Klif (ul. Okopowa, 58/72) - a shopping complex designed for fans of exclusive brands. More than a hundred boutiques sell world-famous clothing and footwear labels. Here you can also buy the most exquisite delicacies that are not available in other shopping centers.
The largest shopping centers
Warsaw's major malls are able to make visitors stiff with a lack of understanding of where to go first. In some of these places you can wander around for days. So, to the largest shopping and entertainment complexes of the Polish capital include the following institutions:
- Stara Papiernia: a shopping complex located in the building of an old reconstructed paper mill. Its address is Konstancin-Jeziorna, Aleja Wojska Polskiego, 3. It is only a 15-minute drive from Warsaw, but the shopping center is worth a visit.
- Plac Unii City Shopping: A large, three-story shopping complex located on Pulavskaya Street 2. It is part of the Union Square multifunctional complex.
- Vitkac: in a three-story fashion house on 9 Braque Street, you can visit numerous clothing boutiques from world designers.
- Atrium Promenada: on Ostrobramskaya street, 75 / C, there is a complex with approximately one hundred shops, a cinema with 13 halls, ten catering establishments and a children's playroom.
Most successful
The best shopping centers in Warsaw are visited by hundreds of European tourists every year. And the Poles themselves are enthusiastic about these sites and quite often make purchases in them. So, among the numerous complexes I would like to mention Janki (ul. Mszczonowska, 3), where besides boutiques there are restaurants and service centers. One of the best shopping centers is considered to be Złote Tarasy (ul. Złota, 59). This is where regular promotions and discounts take place.
Sadyba Best Mall on the street Powsińska, 31 is a wonderful shopping complex, on the expanses of which there is a three-dimensional cinema Imax, which is the only one in Warsaw.
What will people say
Our article describes the best, largest and most popular shopping centers in Warsaw. Their addresses are also given. About all these institutions, people respond with the most beautiful words. They say that each of the institutions is unique in its own way. Some are great products, others are great shopping options, and others are great service.
All visitors to Warsaw shopping centers are crazy about the atmosphere in them. They note the impeccable design of institutions.