Recovering from the Soviet past, Kiev is becoming a capital city of European standards with all the attributes (such as large shopping and recreation centers, boutiques and top brands shops) peculiar to large cities. In this section we offer you information on major shopping centers and supermarkets, as well as some tips where you could buy gifts, souvenirs and high-quality vodka in the Ukrainian capital. You can also find brief information on markets and department stores in the Print and Take section.
Supermarkets
Billa
"The City within the city", this great shopping center, occupying the total area of 1,500 square meters, houses about 40 different stores and boutiques. Regardless the fact that the shopping in the City Center can be equated to visiting about 40 stores all around Kiev, this is not the same taking into account the time spent.
Address: 85 Mayakovskogo Ave., 3 M. Grishka St
Furshet
Many citizens of Kiev have already highly appreciated the convenience of the Furshet supermarkets that under one roof have gathered many departments. Today the Furshet supermarkets are well-known all over the country and even abroad. But just recently, in the 1990s, La Furshet stores were just small groceries scattered around Kiev.
Address: 4 Basseynaya St.
MegaMarket
If you don't want to make the food shopping the stressful trip around local stores or if you are too busy to waste plenty of time on shopping, then try out shopping with a difference at the MegaMarket supermarkets. Any of the MegaMarket supermarkets has a full range of grocery and household wares and offers attentive service, meeting European standards.
Address: 50 Gorkogo St., 6 Krasnykh Kazakov St., 3 Surikova St
Silpo
Low prices, great assortment of groceries and household wares, high quality of the wares offered, quick service, favorable location, 24-hour work and always a rich selection of fresh meat, poultry, fish, bread, vegetables and fruits are inestimable advantages of the Silpo supermarkets that are very popular among citizens and guests to the city.
Address: 21 T. Draisera St.
Gift Shops
Amber House
Nebozhatko Zoya and Novikov Aleksandr, Ukrainian artists known far beyond the boundaries of their native country, were enchanted with the sunny stone years ago and are still under the spell of this magic stone. Their original works in author's unique technique representing the interesting combination of painting and incrustation you could see in the Amber House Salon.
Address: 11 Semyi Sosninykh St.
Andreevsky Spusk
Today Andreevsky Spusk features numerous gift shops and small art galleries, selling oil and watercolor paintings, sculptures and works of applied art by modern Ukrainian artists. This historical street covered with noble patina of many centuries also hosts outdoor souvenir bazaar, where one can find quite both traditional and very unusual objects.
Address: Andreevsky Spusk
ARTEast
One of the best, if not the best art gallery in Ukraine, the ARTEast has been promoting and selling exclusive artworks of leading Ukrainian artists since 1992. Art interests of the ARTEast stretch from classical and contemporary arts, socialist realism to folk art. All the artists, whose works you can see in the gallery, are members of the Ukrainian Union of Artists.
Address: 13 Reytarska St.
Fial
The Ukrainian jewelry firm, Fial, was founded in 1993 and is considered to be rather young. But more than a decade of successful work, state-of-the-art technical basis of the firm, high professional level of personnel, large clientele and prestigious prizes at several international jewelry exhibitions make Fial a notable figure in jewelry production and sale market of Ukraine.
Address: 16 Institutskaya St. (Bosco gallery)
Interio
The Interior Design Studio specializes in selling gifts and souvenirs provided by leading European producers. The extensive collection includes glass, porcelain, metal and leather wares. Stylish vases and lamps, nice paintings and statuettes, classic writing-materials and decorative knick-knack can beautify any interior.
Address: 7 Zhilyanskaya St.
Matiola
The Matiola provides an exclusive collection of handmade items, lovingly created for you by artisans of Ukraine. The standard assortment includes tablecloths of different size, rushniki, tracks, chemises, blouses, shawls and scarves, pictures embroidery, knitted tablecloths, napkins and collars. Each item is individual and reflects the country style and charm.
Address: 4 Hospitalna St. (Rus Hotel)
Milain Limited
Nowadays when everything changes so quickly and so drastically many people cling to the traditions and values of the past. That's why the retro style is as popular as the ultra modern design. Milain Limited, the exclusive representative of the Authentic Models Company in Ukraine, offers the unique collection of gifts, each of which has its own history and soul.
Address: 8 Malaya Zhitomirskaya St., office 1
Kiev Jewelry Factory
Kiev Jewelry Factory, producing almost the half of all jewelry in Ukraine, is the indisputable leader in the production of gold and silver wares on the territory of Ukraine. It dates back to 1936 when on the basis of a small clock and jewelry hospital a jewelry factory was established. The assortment of Kiev Jewelry Factory numbers about 3,500 items and is enriched monthly.
Address: Nezalezhnosti Sq. (Globus shopping center, 3d line, 1 floor)
Present
Are you searching for some great gift ideas for your friends or colleagues? Visit any of the Present shops that are situated in the leading department stores and shopping centers of Kiev. The Present shops offer a wide range of quality giftware from knick-knack to terrestrial globe adorned with semiprecious stones, all at very moderate prices.
Address: Nezalezhnosti Sq. (Globus shopping center, 3d line, 1 floor)
Shopping Centers
City Center
"The City within the city", this great shopping center, occupying the total area of 1,500 square meters, houses about 40 different stores and boutiques. Regardless the fact that the shopping in the City Center can be equated to visiting about 40 stores all around Kiev, this is not the same taking into account the time spent.
Address: 7 Kreshchatik St.
Globus
Globus is one of the most interesting architectural projects of the present. The innovative shopping and recreation center, constructed in 2002, is just enormous, but it doesn't disrupt the historical ensemble of Kiev, as the main part of the Globus is hidden under the ground.
Address: Maidan Nezalezhnosty Square
Mandarin-Plaza
The Mandarin-Plaza shopping center is conveniently located quite close to the city center. The modern hi-tech glass and metal construction crowned with the conical tower arose above the historical Starokievsky district in the first years of the new millennium. Adorned with granite and ceramics, the facade corresponds to the baroque surrounding of the Bessarabsky area.
Address: 6 Basseynaya St.
Metrograd
The largest shopping and recreation center in Kiev was generously provided with the state-of-the-art equipment. The spacious and light halls became venue for all kind of stores, express-cafes, fast foods, restaurants, discos, slot machines halls and centers of consumer service.
Address: Bessarabskaya Square
Ukraine
One of the oldest department stores of Kiev, the Ukraine, was built in 1960-1966. It was closed in April 2002 and opened again a year later, in April 2003, amazing citizens and guests to the city with the beauty and up-to-dateness of its interiors. The general reconstruction turned a typical soviet department store into ultramodern recreation and shopping center.
Address: 3 Peremogi Sq.
