For alternative fashion , Rundle Street, and particularly Miss Gladys Sym Choon at no. 235, is the place to go. For retro clothing visit Mabs, 207 Grenfell St, or The Banana Room. For Aboriginal arts and crafts try Tandanya or the Otherway Shop at 185 Pirie St. B# Records on Rundle Street and Krypton Discs, 34 Jetty Rd, Glenelg, are both good for records .

There are several good bookshops around the city: Imprints, 80 Hindley St, is a good highbrow shop; the excellent Unibooks, at Adelaide University, provides an excuse to nose around the university; Angus & Robertsons, 138 Rundle Mall, is a large mainstream store; Europa Books at no. 238 Rundle St, sells foreign-language literature and travel books and guides in English as well as maps; Adelaide Booksellers, 6A Rundle Mall sells good secondhand titles, as does O'Connell's Bookshop at 62 Hindley St, which will also buy or exchange books. For antiquarian books, head for Michael Treloare, 196 North Terrace, and admire his beautiful bookcases. In Norwood, Murphy Sisters Bookshop, 240 The Parade, is a feminist bookshop also specializing in Aboriginal studies.

Markets include Central Market, Orange Lane Market, Brickworks Market, Port Adelaide Market and Torrens Island Fish and Produce Market. In a lane tucked away behind the excellent Universal Wine Bar on Rundle Street, East End Cellars, 22-26 Vardon St, is an excellent bottle shop if you want to buy some choice South Australian wines to take away.

Shopping hours are Monday to Saturday 9am to 5 or 6pm, with late-night shopping until 9pm on Friday in the city and Thursday in the suburbs, plus Sunday trading (11am-5pm) in the city only.