The best fashion and gift stores Vienna

It is a curious concept that this small shopping mall in the premises imagined by Hundertwasser, a stone's throw from the experimental residential building that the artist signed for the city of Vienna. Here you can enjoy the whimsical decorative motifs in the purest Hundertwasser style. Today the gallery aligns souvenir, gift and reproduction shops with Klimt or Hundertwasser motifs composing a kitsch and fairy-tale bazaar. Sightseeing, cultural or consumer temptation... What would Hundertwasser say?

This world-famous big house comes from the Austrian Tyrol. It is crystal that has made its success. The shining brand has opened prestigious boutiques in many major cities around the world. Did you know that the sheath dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in 1962 on the occasion of President Kennedy's birthday was covered with Swarovski crystals? Here you have a very large choice in both classic and new collections. The Viennese crystal boutique sparkles with all its glitter. Enchanting, of course!

Between the Place de la Cathédrale Saint-Étienne and the Opéra, a central department store in a high tower overlooking the city's busiest shopping street. This elegant multi-storey building (with escalators) houses fashion and accessories departments from dozens of major labels, as well as a bookshop, a restaurant and, on the top floor, the Skybar, a night bar with a splendid view over the rooftops. Luxury in the heart of the city..

Rosa Mosa is the result of a collaboration between designer Simone Springer from Salzburg and Yuki Misobuchi from Kyoto, who worked on several fashion-related projects before creating their own label in 2001. Rosa Mosa's shoes and accessories are inspired by tradition and are made with a concern for quality, both in terms of materials and manufacturing, but in line with current fashion trends. They include sublime clogs and sandals, handbags combining leather and wood (the iconic Angelo bag) or even wooden ones.

Giesswein has moved from the ring to the Brandstätte. The famous Austrian brand, renowned for its classicism and quality, produced its first knitted wool sweaters in 1954 and quickly expanded its felted wool production. In 1974, Giesswein launched its first felted wool slipper, making this family-run company synonymous with comfort and quality. The Viennese boutique offers a wide range of slippers for women, men and children, as well as accessories and jackets. Warm, classic and long-lasting.

This is the Viennese boutique of the Swiss brand with an eco-friendly and offbeat trend that revolves around bicycles and urban mobility on two wheels. The principle of its recycling: transforming old truck tarpaulins into very practical bags, all unique and very stylish. 800 tons per year are transformed in the brand's workshops! Recovery, cutting, washing, design, assembly and then it's folded. A dozen shapes to choose from and as many different bags as there are bags on offer. So, if you are an urban and trendy cyclist...

Unlike impersonal, overcrowded souvenir stores, this very pretty boutique, a stone's throw from Kettenbrückengasse station, offers a selection of accessories and clothing by original, mostly European, artisans and designers. You'll find jewelry, homewear, kimonos and babouches, scarves and gloves, handbags and original decorative objects, as well as bath products. A rich and successful selection from Austria, France, Holland and Denmark.

A small boutique that has been in the vintage and fashion business from the 1880s to the 1980s for decades. A century particularly rich in elegant pieces by Prada, Gucci, Valentino, Escada Helmut Lang, Karl Lagerfeld-Chanel, Kate Moss, Stella McCartney, Dries van Noten, Strenesse, Donna Karan, Paolo M. Anderson and many others. The clothes on the shelves are all in excellent condition. Also accessories and jewelry for a total vintage look. But be warned: you're in the temple of vintage chic, so the bill can quickly climb.

This is Babette's feast! A gourmet and delicious bookstore. If you have fallen in love with Austrian cuisine, this is where you will find recipe books to cook schnitzels, knödels and other goulash and why not if you are daring sachertortes. The books are written in English or German and often beautifully illustrated. In addition, you will find exotic spices on the shelves in pretty little round metal boxes stamped Babette's. Try the Viking Spice or the Veggie Curry...

Vienna is known for its confectionery, but also in a less affordable register for its jewellery creations. The company has been in existence since 1902 and welcomes you in a chic boutique on the Graben. In the shop window, reconstructions of unique antique pieces created in the company's own workshop stand alongside collections of jewellery from international brands, luxury watches and silverware. Refined, classic or more modern, you have the choice of styles. A brooch, a pearl necklace or earrings for your luxury shopping?

For a change from kitsch souvenirs and snow globes, The Vienna Store Hamtil & Söhne, a label that has been around since 1923, offers a selection of refined home accessories, jewelry, watches, handbags and souvenirs inspired by 1900s Vienna and Viennese modernism. So many trendy, designer products made in Austria. Can you resist the breading plates to make your own Viennese schnitzel? Plus, books on Vienna.

You will easily find this pink house, its front is really pink! It is the headquarters of the lesbian and queer community. The library is very rich concerning the LGBT community, its history, its struggles and claims. In consultation or to take away, a large choice of books and videos on sexology, the feminist movement, sexual minorities, but also literature, foreign literature, art. Adjacent to the restaurant, this library was founded in 1982. One can coordinate literary research with a good meal.

Merchandise from NYC, models from 1950, 1960, 1970 at attractive second hand prices. 

Large bookstore on several floors with a selection of international magazines. Very wide choice of books in all fields, possibility of ordering. You will find books in all the languages and a tourist part that will fill the nomads.

This tiny antiques shop offers a whole pile of old books, postcards, graphics, drawings, photos.

One of Vienna's best-supplied CD and vinyl stores for trendy music. You'll find a wide selection of international music from all genres: electro, house, trip-hop, hip-hop, down tempo... Local productions are highlighted. Second-hand vinyls are also on sale, and flyers can be picked up at the counter to find out about the best parties in the capital. The appointment of the amateurs of electro music and of evenings and connected nights. Of course, Viennese music groups are familiar with this address.

This is the shopping mall at Vienna's main railway station, the terminus of the shuttle train from the airport. It occupies a modern building and houses a variety of fast-food stands and boutiques selling fashion, cosmetics, gourmet foods and more. We appreciate the late closing in the evening, if not the warm atmosphere: the station mall is like all the big station galleries, it's not here that you'll find conviviality. On principle, in a station, you're in a hurry! But for practical, efficient shopping, it's perfect.

The intellectual and university bookshop in the center of Vienna, right next to the university. Students are busy here. If most of the books are in German, you can find some in English or French. Nice collection of old books. This bookshop has existed since 1789. However, you should know that this Viennese intellectual heritage has lost its independence. The Kuppitsch is now one of the eight bookstores in Vienna that are part of the German Thalia chain.