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Shopping
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Shopping
in Warsaw has changed dramatically since 1989. The old state-owned shops were one of the first things to go at the end of the communist era, replaced in the majority of cases by a wide array of private concerns, both Polish and Western-owned, that now adorn the streets of the capital. Shopping here today is not very different from shopping in any other major European city. There's no shortage of goods, with specialist stores catering to most consumer whims, alongside the regular general and department stores. And since the English-speaking expatriate community in Warsaw is as large as that in Prague, you won't find yourself lost for a newspaper or book in English, or struggling to keep variety in your diet or to buy clothes. A specific touch of Polishness is provided by the welter of markets, bazaars and street traders that you'll find around the capital.
Biggest of the central department stores is the
Galeria Centrum
on Marszalkowska, opposite the Palac Kultury i Nauk. The pedestrianized
ul. Chmielna
, running east from here, has its fair share of clothes shops and boutiques. Other useful information
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Poland,
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