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Top 19 shops in Poland

19 shops worth a visit in Poland, from grand department stores and markets to historic specialists and local makers.

19 shops

  1. 1
    Market

    Cloth Hall (Sukiennice)

    Kraków

    Renaissance trading hall on the Main Market Square, lined with stalls selling amber and crafts.

  2. 2
    Shopping street & arcade

    Mariacka Street

    Gdańsk

    Picturesque Old Town street of terraced townhouses known for its amber jewellery shops.

  3. 3
    Market

    Hala Mirowska

    Warsaw

    Brick market halls of 1901 with food and flower stalls, a Warsaw institution.

  4. 4
    Market

    Stary Kleparz

    Kraków

    Historic open-air market dating back to medieval times, selling fresh produce and flowers.

  5. 5
    Market

    Hala Targowa

    Wrocław

    Early 20th-century market hall with a pioneering reinforced concrete roof near the Oder.

  6. 6
    Food & drink

    Blikle

    Warsaw

    Patisserie on Nowy Świat since 1869, famous for its doughnuts (pączki).

  7. 7
    Food & drink

    E. Wedel Chocolate Lounge

    Warsaw

    Historic flagship café and shop of Poland's best-known chocolate maker, founded in 1851.

  8. 8
    Food & drink

    Hala Koszyki

    Warsaw

    Restored Art Nouveau market hall reopened as a busy food hall and bar venue.

  9. 9
    Department store

    Vitkac

    Warsaw

    Luxury department store in central Warsaw with international fashion houses and a rooftop.

  10. 10
    Department store

    Renoma

    Wrocław

    Expressionist 1930 department store building, restored and now a shopping centre.

  11. 11
    Shopping street & arcade

    Manufaktura

    Łódź

    Vast 19th-century red-brick textile mill complex converted into shops, museums and restaurants.

  12. 12
    Shopping street & arcade

    Piotrkowska Street

    Łódź

    Long pedestrianised boulevard lined with restored industrialist-era facades, shops and cafés.

  13. 13
    Shopping street & arcade

    Stary Browar

    Poznań

    Former brewery turned shopping and arts centre in the heart of Poznań.

  14. 14
    Shopping street & arcade

    Krupówki

    Zakopane

    Zakopane's lively main street, with stalls selling oscypek cheese and highland crafts.

  15. 15
    Market

    Plac Nowy

    Kraków

    Kazimierz square with a round market hall, known for zapiekanki and weekend flea markets.

  16. 16
    Antiques & vintage

    Koło Bazaar

    Warsaw

    Warsaw's long-running weekend flea market for antiques, militaria and bric-à-brac.

  17. 17
    Crafts & makers

    Ceramika Artystyczna Bolesławiec

    Bolesławiec

    Pottery works producing the hand-stamped blue stoneware Bolesławiec is famous for.

  18. 18
    Food & drink

    Kopernik Toruń Gingerbread

    Toruń

    Historic Toruń maker of the gingerbread (pierniki) the city has baked since medieval times.

  19. 19
    Books & music

    Massolit Books & Café

    Kraków

    Rambling English-language second-hand bookshop and café in a Kraków apartment.

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