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City Guide - Strasbourg - Shopping | ||
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Shopping The two main department stores, open daily 1000-1900, are both near place Kléber: Nouvelles Galeries, 34 rue du 22 Novembre and Printemps, 1-5 rue de la Haute Montée. The Place des Halles, 24 place des Halles, is the main commercial centre (open 0900-2200), with about 130 shops, as well as restaurants and bars. Designer shops can be found along rue des Orfèvres (Chanel and Yves Saint-Laurent) and rue de la Mésange (Gucci and Hermès), with chic shops along rue des Hallebardes and the up-and-coming rue du Vieux-du-Marché-aux-Poissons, fast becoming lined with designer names. Buy second-hand clothes, priced according to their weight from Kilo Shop, 6 rue de la Lanterne. Traditional Alsatian costumes are for sale or hire at Maison du Costume Alsacien, 11b quai de Turckheim, rue du Vieux. Speciality shops are located all over the city but most close 1200-1400 and on Sunday and Monday mornings. Alsatian specialities at the Edouard Artzner Shop, 7 rue de la Mésange, include Strasbourg goose and duck foie-gras and Alsatian wines. René Tourette's cheese shop, La Cloche à Fromage, 27 rue des Tonneliers, is well worth a visit. The Central Tourist Office provides a brochure on Strasbourg's 19 markets, held Tuesday to Saturday 0700-1300. There is an all-day food market at place Kléber on Wednesday and Friday and a flea market at place de la Grande Boucherie and rue du Vieil Hôpital on Wednesday and Saturday. Christkindelsmärik takes place from late November to 24 December at place Broglie and rue de la Comédie, and until 31 December at place de la Cathédrale and rue des Hallebardes. The traditional Christmas market dates back to the sixteenth century and everything from vin chaud (hot wine), to santons (figurines for the crêches), toys and gourmet delicacies are on sale. |