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Shopping Centers in Krakow.
Big
shopping malls arrived to Krakow in the 21st century and as
elsewhere they have proved an immediate success. Now Krakow
boasts five full-fledged shopping malls of which Galeria
Krakowska and Galeria Kazimierz enjoy central location, while
Krakow Plaza and M1 are strategically situated halfway between
Krakow’s central Old Town historic district and the city’s
eastern major residential and industrial area of Nowa Huta.
Krakow’s
shopping malls vie for the customer’s time and money with
big retail centers positioned at major access roads to the
city’s downtown. They are clusters of varied retail outlets,
from big to small, with a hypermarket and a mini-mall as a
core, sometimes complemented by a multiplex and/or other
amusement facilities .
Shopping malls in Krakow.
Bonarka
Address: 11 Kamienskiego street. Opened in
November 2009. 270 shops with 91,000 sq meters of
floor area. Extras: 20-theater multiplex, eateries and cafes.
Supermarket: Auchan. DIY superstore:
Leroy Merlin. Couturier shops: Pierre Cardin. Best-known retailers: C&A,
Zara,
H&M, Peek&Cloppenburg,
Sephora, EMPiK. Opening hours: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Parking
garage for
3,200 cars.
Galeria
Kazimierz
Address: 34 Podgorska street. Opened in March
2005. 160 shops with 36,200 sq meters of
floor area. Extras: ten-theater multiplex, gym, eateries and cafes.
Supermarket: Alma. Electronics superstore:
Mix-Electronics. Couturier shops: Pierre Cardin. Best-known retailers: C&A, Zara,
H&M, Sephora, EMPiK.
Opening hours: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays
and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays. Parking garage
for 1,800 cars.
Galeria
Krakowska
Address: 5 Pawia street. Opened in September 2006 as a
part of the New City project. 270 shops with 60,000 sq meters
of floor area. Extras: eateries and cafes. Supermarket: Carrefour. Sports emporium: Intersport. Electronics superstore:
Saturn. Couturier shops: Versace, Pierre Cardin. Best-known retailers: C&A, Zara, H&M,
Peek&Cloppenburg, Sephora, EMPiK. Opening hours: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
on weekdays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays.
Parking garage for 1,400 cars.
Krakow
Plaza
Adress: 44 Aleja Pokoju street. Opened in 2002. Over 100 shops
with 40,000 sq meters of floor area. Extras: IMAX cinema plus
a ten-theater multiplex, an amusement center, eateries and
cafes. Supermarket: Carrefour. Sports emporium: Intersport.
Best-known retailers: Zara. Opening hours: 10
a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on
Sundays. Parking garage.
M1
Address: 67 Aleja Pokoju street. Opened in 2001. Over
eighty shops with 52,000 sq meters of floor area. Supermarket:
Real. Electronics superstore: Media Markt. DIY superstore:
Praktiker. Sports emporium: Go Sport.
Best-known retailers: Zara. Opening hours: 9 a.m. to
9 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on
Sundays. Open-air car park.
Krakow’s
other major shopping centers.
Alma
Address: 6 Pilotow street. Supermarket: Alma. DIY
superstore: Castorama. Plus a three-story
furniture-and-furnishing emporium.
Jasnogorska
Address: 2 Jasnogorska street. Supermarket: Makro
Cash&Carry. Furniture superstore: Ikea.
Krokus
Address: 37 Bora-Komorowskiego street. Supermarket
Tesco plus a shopping arcade with varied stores. DIY
superstore: Obi. Extras: water park with a fitness
center,
multiplex, go-kart rink, and eateries. A parking garage as
well as an open-air parking lot.
Solvay
Park
Address: 105 Zakopianska street /opposite Zakopianka
shopping center/. Fifty shops plus eateries and cafes on three
stories with 23,400 sq meters of floor area Supermarket:
BOMI. Electronics superstore: Media Markt. Parking for 200
cars.
Zakopianka
Address: 62 Zakopianska street. Supermarket: Carrefour
plus a shopping arcade. Two sports emporia: Decathlon and
Intersport. DIY superstore: Castorama. Electronics superstore:
Mix-Electronics. Furniture superstore: Abra. Plus a cluster of
stores selling home fittings and furnishings. Extras: ten-theater
multiplex, eateries. Open-air parking
lots.
Note:
Shopping centers in Krakow as well as shops
in entire Poland are closed on major national holidays, namely New
Year, January 6th, Easter,
May 1st,
May 3rd, Whit Sunday, Corpus Christi, August 15th, November 1st,
November 11th, and
Christmas. Pharmacies and gas stations stay
open on those days.
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The
city’s central Old
Town historic district,
turned into a pedestrian precinct, teems with stores of all sorts.
Thousands
of stores sell goodies in Krakow.
Tax-free
Shopping in Krakow
Souvenir shops
Make everybody happy back home with a
souvenir from Krakow.
Krakow
Galleries
Enrich yourself with a first-rate work
of art at a very reasonable price.
Krakow
Foodstuffs
Tips on getting Krakow's bread and
butter as well as other dairy products, fruits,
vegetables, meat, seafood, etc.
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