COOP City
Kreis 1
Popular with locals, this flagship COOP is cheap and cheerful. It offers the best value for cheese (often shrink-wrapped and luggage-ready) and chocolate.
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Many of Zürich's designer boutiques lie hidden along the narrow streets between Bahnhofstrasse and the Limmat River. Quirky bookstores and antiques shops lurk in the sloping cobblestone alleyways leading off Niedorfstrasse and Oberdorfstrasse. The fabled Bahnhofstrasse—famous because it's reputedly the most expensive street in the world—is dominated by large department stores and extravagantly priced jewelry shops.
Many city-center stores are open weekdays 9–8, Saturday 8–5. Most close on Sunday, with the exception of the shops at the Hauptbahnhof, the Stadelhofen train station, and the airport. Many smaller shops, particularly in the Niederdorf area, open later in the morning or the early afternoon and are closed entirely on Monday.
Globus
Kreis 1
Globus sells designer clothes and housewares. There is also a pricey but irresistible delicatessen in the basement.
Grieder
Kreis 1
Zürich's most elegant department store, Grieder carries designs by Armani and Zegna, among others.
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Jelmoli
Kreis 1
Switzerland's biggest department store, Jelmoli has top-notch brand-name merchandise and swarms of staffers. Don't miss the extensive food and wine section on the lower level.
