96 Best Places to Shop in Switzerland

This Swiss-based luxury company creates elegant watches, jewelry, cuff links, and more.

This popular clothing store on Schnabelgasse features men’s and women’s apparel under the Swiss fashion label Claudia Güdel. The boutique also stocks a selection of locally made scarves and leather accessories.

In addition to champagne truffles, this shop carries a Basel specialty called Läckerli, a chewy cookie made of almonds, honey, dried fruit, and kirsch. There are also branches of Confiserie Bachmann on Blumenrain and Centralbahnplatz.

Find an assortment of pralines and truffles, as well as hazelnut gingerbread emblazoned with the iconic bear, at Eichenberger. There are five stores in Bern, three of which have cafés.

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.

This store carries a wide selection of clothing and household goods, as well as groceries on the lower level.

A good spot for traditional pottery, Erlebnis-Töpferei is just north of Thun.

This exclusive plus-size boutique has a vast selection of labels and styles.

This shop has sold chocolate since 1875 when (it's said) even passing coach horses stopped and wouldn't budge until someone gave them a praline.

Crafts, including carved wooden toys, make Epsetera fun for all ages. There's also a downtown location at  64–66 rue du Grande-Pre ( 022/92900299).

Europaallee is a massive shopping complex that connects the city's Langstrasse and Bahnhofstrasse under and around the main train station (Hauptbahnhof). The complex, which includes Google's largest European offices, is chock-full of shops, hotels, restaurants, salons, and indoor and outdoor spaces.

Held on Matte's Mühleplatz the third Saturday of the month from May to October, this market has the look and feel of an antiques-laden tag sale.

For magazines, travel guides, and other reading material, FNAC is the superstore. It even has a hyperactive coffee bar and a ticket kiosk.

This modern complex is filled with shops and restaurants. Underground parking is connected to the Place du Marché, a large covered pavilion where the open-air food market is held every Friday morning.

If it's international designer clothing bargains you're after, explore this factory outlet store. It's open daily from 11 to 7.

This shop, one of many outlets in Geneva, creates complicated modern timepieces.

The city's most fashionable department store, Globus has a wonderful gourmet supermarket in the basement.

This upscale department store has a splendid food hall on the lower level.

Globus sells designer clothes and housewares. There is also a pricey but irresistible delicatessen in the basement.

Good-quality, stylish, often vibrantly colorful home accessories and cooking gear fill the upper stories at Globus. On the lower levels, fashionable hats and scarves, cosmetics, and designer labels give way to foodstuffs—from specialty oils to cheese—in the upscale supermarket downstairs.

This department store excels at home accessories, kitchen utensils, and clothing. The ground floor Food Hall offers meals, light snacks, and gourmet groceries throughout the day.

A high-end watch shop, Gübelin is the place for Breguet, Patek Philippe, and its own house brand.

If you are searching for brands like Ebel, go to Guillard.

Inhale tempting smells from around the world at this old-style, open-bin store where oak shelves are lined with coffee, dried fruits, nuts, and grains. It's attached to a small café that sells home baking.

Clothing and accessories handmade from vintage kimonos.

Flavorful cheeses, fresh flowers, local wines, and fine Swiss chocolate are among the items on offer all day Monday through Saturday at Halle de Rive. A vibrant seasonal fruit-and-vegetable market fills Boulevard Helvétique on Wednesday and Saturday morning.

Colorful handmade wooden figures and candelabras, delicate shaved-wood trees, and lacy wooden cutouts adorn Holz Art.

Stop into this emporium of all-things-carved-wood for cows, figures in traditional Alpine outfits, and nativity scenes.

This popular shop specializes in ski and climbing equipment and accessories.