Shopping
ABOVE: Salzburg woodcarver at
work.
General Information
Shopping Hours switzerlandforvisitors.com
Swiss and Austrian shops keep shorter hours than their counterparts in many
other countries, so print out these tables and take them on your trip.
Holiday Shopping
Swiss Christmas Markets switzerlandforvisitors.com
Shop for ornaments and gifts, nosh on baked goods, and soak up the Advent
atmosphere at Switzerland's traditional Christmas markets in late November and
December.
Malls in Switzerland
Mythen Center, Schwyz
The Swiss have succumbed to the shopping-mall phenomenon. Mythen Center is in
Schwyz, a cantonal capital where the Swiss flag was born.
RailCity
Shop until 9 p.m. at the SBB's railroad-station malls in Zürich,
Basel, Bern, Winterthur, Geneva, and Lausanne.
Swiss shopping guides
Bahnhofstrasse, Zürich switzerlandforvisitors.com
An article, with retailers' Web links, about one of Europe's most
elegant shopping streets.
Web shopping
Orell Füssli
An outstanding bookstore in Zürich, with more than 250,000 German-language
titles available on the shelves or from an online catalog.
Schweizer Heimatwerk
Bahnhofstrasse 2
Quality crafts and other handmade goods from Switzerland.
General
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