Shopping in Switzerland

Switzerland is strongly associated with the watch making industry. The country produces the widest range of watches in the world. The major centers, where the tourists can buy Swiss watches, are in Geneva, Bienne and Valee de Joux. Apart from the watches the country offers a great variety of gifts to take home. Among them: traditional pottery and ceramics, embroidery, woodcarvings, and cuckoo-clocks. According to the fact that Switzerland is comparatively small country the main shopping is concentrated in Bern. The leading shopping streets are Spitalgasse, Kramgasse, Postgasse and Marktgasse. You can buy the gifts in specialty shops, malls, large department stores, numerous art galleries, boutiques, and traditional shops.

The country’s second best shopping center is Lucerne. Thanks to the constantly growing number of tourists the amount of shops also increases. The best laces and linens can be found at the Sturzenneger shop, stationery, souvenirs and household goods – in such department stores, as Manor and EPA. But not only the watches symbolize Switzerland, two more items are also popular among tourists. Swiss army knives and Swiss chocolates, which can be easily bought in shopping areas, scattered all over the country.