Opened to complement their cafe/bar and upmarket B&B, the Między Nami shop is an Aladdin’s Cave of items for the home and pantry – basically, a collection of anything the owners like! That includes seasonal produce from family-run farms, Kenyan fair trade baskets, body care products from Côté Bastide,... Read more
Need a little style and spring in your step? Check out these 4 top shops. 7Store ul. Chmielna 7, 7store.pl Aiming to present the latest sneaker trends 7Store pride themselves on the latest designs from the likes of New Balance, Converse, Le Coq Sportif, Vans, Nike and Adidas. There’s... Read more
As one door closes another one opens: after four years in Powiśle, cult label Reykjavik District touchdown on edgy Burakowska… While gentrification might have stalled its creative revolution, you don’t have to go far back to the time Powiśle was being talked about as the definition of urban cool:... Read more
Need some literary inspiration. Check out our top five favorite bookstores to pick up something inspirational. Bookoff ul. Ogrodowa 7, www.bookoff.pl A cult bookstore filled with trendy fashion and design bibles, photography albums, on-trend cookbooks and grown-up comics. You could potentially end up spending really rather heavily. Cook Off,... Read more
Snuggled in a quiet corner of Mokotów, Muppetshop reveals itself slowly and discreetly: not here the riot of baubles and plastic and Made in China trinkets, instead, this is a store with style. Billed as a concept store for the young – both in age and spirit – it... Read more
Hailed for her originality and nonchalant, sophisticated style, Agi Jensen is part of a new breed of fashion designer putting Warsaw on the map… How did it all start… I lived abroad for eight years, first in Copenhagen and then Dublin: two distinct cultures with their own sense of... Read more
Find two sides to GaliLu’s coin: first, as a fashion store (Mokotowska 28), trading upmarket labels from the likes of Oyuna and Enzo Firenze. Its second function is that of a perfumery (Mokotowska 26) specializing in scents, bath and body, skincare and hair products. Filled with rare find fragrances,... Read more
Warsaw’s top chocolate stores revealed… Karmello (ul. Chmielna 11, karmello.pl) ‘Taste is personal, quality is not’, or so rings the Karmello motto. Specializing in boutique chocolate, pralines, macaroons and suchlike, further points are awarded for their ability to fulfill special, personalized orders. Krakowska Manufaktura Czekolady (ul. Marszałkowska 84, chocolate.krakow.pl)... Read more
Because nothing says, “I love you” more… Bukieciarnia (ul. Mokotowska 41) Just about the cutest little florist you’ll find, Bukieciarnia set the pace with flower arrangements for all seasons and occasions. Stunning floral arrangements are complimented by a range of odds and ends inside a store decked out like a... Read more
Tree not looking right? Check out these Insider favs to add something special this year. Bombkarnia (ul. Emilii Plater 47, bombkarnia.pl) Founded in 2006 by Małgorata Esse, Bombkarnia’s success has been such that their baubles found themselves in the official gift packs given to President Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy.... Read more
