Lviv is a city of castles, palaces, aromatic coffee, and good-natured people. This medieval city fills all arriving tourists with only positive emotions and leaves a memory of itself forever. Shopping in Lviv will also bring you pleasant impressions, and we'll tell you where to go shopping.
Shopping Centers in Lviv
The majority of large shopping centers are located in the city center. Among them:
- Central department store "Magnus" (Shpitalna Street, 1) is located near the Lviv Opera House. Working hours: Mon-Fri. 10:00-20:00. The five-story building houses more than 30 brand stores of world and Ukrainian manufacturers. Here you can find a wide range of goods: clothes, shoes, goods for children, for home, sporting goods, household appliances, jewelry and ornaments, and much more. On the 5th floor, you can have a snack in a bistro.
- To the shopping center "Roksolana" (Sobornaya Square, 14), you can reach by any transport that goes to Sobornaya Square. Work schedule: Mon-Fri. 10:00-20:00. Here you will find clothes, accessories, cosmetics from world-famous brands, as well as a supermarket, cafes, and a lot of entertainment for children. On the 7th-8th floor, there is a luxurious restaurant "PartyFon".
- "Opera Passage" (Svobody Prospekt, 27) - shopping gallery located near the Opera House. Working schedule: Mon-Fri. 09:00-21:00. In addition to stores of clothes, shoes, accessories, cosmetics, and perfume, you will find exclusive boutiques, including ethnic Ukrainian goods, which are not presented anywhere else in the city. There is also a supermarket, beauty salon, SPA-center, cafe, and a restaurant on the roof.
- TC "Skrynya" (179 Horodotska Street) is not in the center but is also often visited by tourists. It is located near the railway station, at a distance of 1.5 km to the center. You can get here by routes 32, 43, 111, 199, and others. The working schedule is Fri.-Fri. 10:00-20:00. The shopping center will please guests with numerous stores of clothes, shoes, accessories for adults and children. On the territory, there is a supermarket "Silpo" and a cafe.
- Another very popular place among tourists and locals is the shopping and entertainment center King Cross Leopolis (Pustomytovsky district, Sokolniki village, Stryyska street, 30), which is located at the exit from Lviv and is the largest in the city. You can get here by car, public transport (routes 3A, 10, 25, etc.) or free transportation from Chervona Kalyna Avenue, Iskra shopping center, Shevchenko Street (Ryasnoe-1). Working hours: Mon-Fri 10:00-22:00. There are more than 100 stores of clothes, footwear, accessories, sports, children's, jewelry, household appliances, and electronics stores. Among entertainment: bowling, 5D cinema, skating rink, children's entertainment center. Also in the mall, there is a food hypermarket "Auchan," construction hypermarket "Epicenter-K," and a large number of food courts.
There are no outlet stores in Lviv, but all shopping centers organize seasonal sales, and in December and August discounts can reach up to -50-70%.
Markets in Lviv
Another fascinating place to shop in Lviv is the markets. Here you can not only get pleasant purchases but also socialize with good-natured locals.
- Krakovsky market (11 Bazarnaya Street) is the largest food and clothing market in Lviv, also considered the central market. It is located in the central part of the city, the most convenient way to get there is from Kleparivska Street. Working hours: Mon-Sat 6:00-21:00. Here you will find products from local farmers, handicrafts, knitted items, etc.
- Shuvar (Khutorivka street, 4 b) - the largest wholesale market of agricultural products in the eastern region of Ukraine. Work schedule: Mon-Sat. 7:00-18:00. It is located in Sykhiv district, you can get there by routes 4A, 11, 16 (from the railway station), 37 and others. Following the reviews of customers, prices for goods are affordable, the products are always fresh.
- Vernissage (Pl. Vicheva) - souvenir market, located right behind the Opera House. Working hours: 08:00-18:00. Here you will find such handmade goods from Ukrainian masters as: paintings, antiques, souvenirs, jewelry, clothing with Ukrainian ornaments, artwork, etc.
- Torpedo (Kukuruznaya Street and B.Khmelnitskogo) - a market with more than 300 outlets selling goods for professional and household use (power tools, gardening, cycling, plumbing, etc.). To get to the market, you can take the routes to the bus station No. 2. Work schedule: Tue.-Tue. 08:30-17:30.
If you plan to do a lot of shopping, go straight to Pivdenniy Shopping Center (36 Shchiretskaya Street). This is the largest shopping mall in Lviv. It is located near Sknylivsky Park, you can get from the center by route 33 (from Sechevye Streltsov Street). Work schedule: Tue.-Fri. 10:00-19:00. On the territory there are: 10 shopping centers (about 2 thousand stores), food market, medical center, grocery supermarkets, hotel, banks, cafes and restaurants, and much more.
Boutiques in Lviv
Best boutiques in Lviv according to tourists' reviews:
- showroom Sklad (5 Drohobycha St.) - clothes, accessories, small things for home from Ukrainian manufacturers; DiZaineri.UA (10 Serbskaya St.) - business clothes from famous Ukrainian designers;
- Showroom Maja Kotelnitskaya (Žižki, 9) - jewelry from brass, silver, natural stones;
- DRESS&Co (Staroevropejska, 20) - showroom and commission store of luxury items (clothes, including lingerie, jewelry, glassware);
- Dress&Co (Staroevropejska, 20) - showroom and commission store of luxury items (clothes, including lingerie, jewelry, glassware).
What to Buy and Bring from Lviv
Most often, the first thing tourists buy in Lviv is coffee. The choice is wide: in chocolate, with infusions, light, strong.
The large chocolate factory "Svitoch" offers chocolate, candies, gift sets in brand stores in the city. Also, Lviv Chocolate Workshop is a very popular place to buy handmade chocolates.
A great gift for men will be a beer glass or mug, draught beer from Lviv brewery, where you can also taste the products.
Another, no less original gift will be Lviv nalewki. They come in different types: on herbs, fruits, berries, vegetables. You can buy a set with several small bottles of different flavors.
Tourists often buy in Lviv hand-painted dishes made of wood, ceramics, clay, as well as embroidered shirts, small souvenirs with symbols of Lviv (panorama of the city, images of a lion, etc.).
Book lovers can look in the book supermarket "Litera" (27, Franko Street). Fans of antique things are recommended to store at the store "Antiques" (26, Bratov Rogatintsev Street). The best gun store, if you believe the reviews, is IBIS (9a Lemkovska St.).
