Shopping in Helsinki is a pleasure for the shopoholics. Helsinki is a beautiful and the largest city in Finland. Being the capital of the country, the city offers immense entertainment and commercial satisfaction to all the tourists. During shopping in Helsinki, tourists can find a wide range of items from designer clothes, jewellries, accessories, art and handcrafts. Helsinki tours should include all the prominent shopping centers and malls in the city.
Tourists can buy various articles from varied places. There are several places for Helsinki shopping attracting various categories of travelers. The city center is filled with several shopping malls, forum and large shopping centers from where travelers can buy various expensive and designer articles. The shops at these glittering shopping centers houses lots of fashion articles as well as architectural designs.
Apart from large shops there are local markets and shops located in various parts of the city where one can get beautiful articles like art and handicraft goods, local food stuffs and other local favorites.
The main shopping centers in the city are concentrated at Pohjoisesplanadi, Aleksanterinkatu and Fredrikinkatu. Esplanadi is another popular place for the shopping lovers where they can find some of the biggest shopping centers and malls like:
Artek
Aarikka
Design Forum Finland
Marimekko
Stockmann
Sokos
Itakeskus
Kamp Gallery
For budgeted travelers there are some popular places like Market Square and Fredrikinkatu. These areas are covered with a large number of boutiques, local shop and other street shopping outlets. From the Old Market Hall, tourists can buy several food items of local varieties. These places are also home to beautiful handicraft items, for which Helsinki is famous. The shopping tours in Helsinki should include all these places where visitors can get unusual souvenirs. All shops, malls and markets are open from 9 in the morning to 5 in the evening on all the weekdays. But in the weekends, travelers have the advantage to shop for an extra hour since the shops are open till 6 in the evening.
There are some more shopping centers in the city where tourists can find famous Finnish jewelleries and fans. The country is famous for all thee local articles which are available at:
Iittala Shop
Ivana Helsinki
Myymala2
Wunder
Hakaniemi Market Hall
Hietalahti Antique and Art Hall
Hietalahti Open Air Flea market
Valtteri Flea Market
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