Daugavpils is a city, leaving which, you will certainly want to take with them even a small part of it. But do not limit yourself to buying souvenirs. There are many interesting shops here where you can buy not only memorable gifts, but also useful things of excellent quality.
What to bring from Daugavpils?
Daugavpils is a big city, where almost 100 thousand people live. In addition, it is one of the Latvian shopping centers and attracts tourists annually from all over the world. Therefore, there are plenty of places for various shopping. There are huge shopping centers, and boutiques, and souvenir shops, and even ordinary markets.
If you do not want to spend too much time on shopping in Daugavpils, the best solution is to visit one of the city shopping centers. There you can buy great things from European brands, buy gifts for friends, use some services (exchange money, replenish your mobile account, get online), have fun and have a snack.
Shopping centers of Daugavpils:
- Ditton Nams is the largest mall in the region, 800 tenants work on the area of 46,500 m², except for the stores there is a cinema, a bar, several cafes, a pizzeria, a restaurant and a bowling club (Ciekotzņa street 60);
- Gimenes centrs - basically there is a trade in food products, there are several outlets selling shoes and clothes (Valkas street 2);
- Zalais tirgus - the market of eco-products located in the same building as the Ditton Nams Mall, you can always buy fresh meat, fish, fruits, vegetables and dairy products (Zietoksznia street 60);
- Rimi - a small shopping center on the street. Novembra 136, in which there is a pharmacy, a shop Lacuks (for children), Diamend 585 (jewelry) , Mpasaule (video / audio products) , Adas un vilnas fabrika (souvenir) , Alpinija (floral) ;
- Beta is a large furniture supermarket, which also houses Sarkanais Kings (computers and mobile gadgets), a bank branch (Norvik Banka) and dry cleaning (Engineer Street 1);
- shopping park SOLO on the street. Rigas 9 - 62 stores, where the products of the well-known European (Lindex, Reebok, Timberland, CCC, Converse, Ecco) and Latvian brands (Rosme, Velas pasaule, Drogas, J.Rozes gramatnica) are also exhibited , where artisans and peasants bring their products (homemade cheese, smoked fish, souvenirs, pastries, etc.);
- Avenu centrs - many shops for the whole family, a large IKI supermarket, a pharmacy, a telephone service, a branch of the bank, there are several cafes (11 Ricepoles Street).
In the warm season you can get to the peasant evening market , which is located in the parking lot, opposite the shopping center Maxima XX (on Aleys street). The bazaar operates from 16:00 to 20:00 only two times a week: on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Walking along the streets of the city
In order to spend shopping in Daugavpils, you do not need to storm the malls. After all, often, getting into a major shopping center, you spend the whole day bypassing hundreds of shops and coffee breaks in a cafe. You can buy something interesting by simply walking around the city.
We present you a selection of well-known shops in Daugavpils.
Women's clothing stores:
- Exclusive (Saules street 43);
- Emporio d'Oro (Rigas street 58-1);
- Magnolica (Rigas 42-2).
Baby shops:
- Bernu Pasaule (15 Kanvadas Street);
- Bambino (Kraslavas street 60);
- Milo & Marti (Novembra St. 18).
Cosmetics and perfumery shops:
- Frutti Body (17 Saknu Street);
- Madame (Bauskas street 105);
- San Parfe (Rigas street 9).
Sports and tourist shops:
- Planeta (Saules Str. 23c);
- Treks (55, Cieotoksnia Street).
Men can look to themselves new things in the store BrandMan on the street. Saules 47. There is also an excellent store for the whole family with discount prices - Super-Sale on the street. Rigas 65.
Where to buy something special?
That shopping in Daugavpils has turned out really high-grade, it is not enough visiting of shopping centers and traditional little shops. Want to surprise your relatives with unusual gifts and please yourself with original souvenirs from this wonderful city? Then you should look into the following places:
- Shop Shark , located on Rynia Street 26, where everything is collected for fishing (the Baltic people know a lot about fishing, you can not buy such fishing rods and gear anywhere);
- hunting shop Purnavu Muiza (Saules 38) with the largest selection of weapons, ammunition, optics, hunting clothes and equipment (here you can buy a great gift for men who are addicted to this harsh hobby);
- Tea and coffee shop Tejas un kafijas veikals (Rigas street 52) with a wide assortment of elite brands of tea (Bonati), high-quality Arabica and Robusta (Universal);
- DekoArt (Weynibas Street 11) - a huge store with various souvenirs, gifts and decor items;
- Kristalu pasaule World of Crystals on the street. Paradez 17 - a shop where products from natural stones and crystals are sold (beautiful figurines, souvenir sculptures and original ornaments);
- workshop "Meridian" (Saules 13 street) - here you can buy various products from wood (dishes, interior items, clocks, tablets, photo frames).
Do you just want to buy memorable gifts that would remind you and your family about this wonderful Latvian city? Visit the souvenir shop of Davanu pasaule (Rigas street 22a), the Valda shop (Saules street 39) or the Latgale exhibition hall (Aleys street 7).
Shopping in Daugavpils is not just entertainment, but one more opportunity to penetrate the magical aura of this city and plunge deeper into its enchanting atmosphere.