Shopping reviews

Iittala is one of the best known Scandinavian design houses based in Finland. They provide a full selection of tableware, kitchenware, utensils and decorative items made of glass, porcelain and steel. As usually in Finnish design, the form of follows the function in Iittala items.

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Iittala, one of the best known Finnish design house, has a factory in Iittala, a small town north from Hämeenlinna. And not just the factory, but a host of other services, such as a factory shop.

If you have not visited yet in any Finnish design factory store, consider to do it. You can find wor... More >

Indigo Palms is a casual clothing brand for both women and men, "Men's and women's denim for island living". The smallish store is located almost in the middle of the Santana Row shopping area in San Jose.

The clothes are quite bland and you can get similar garments from much cheaper stores, such... More >

Info is the second biggest, or the smallest, bookstore in Lahti downtown, located conveniently next to Sokos department store on Aleksanterinkatu.

Info is a chain of bookstores, usually found in smaller towns than the other chains Suomalainen and Akateeminen. This, however, does not tell the qual... More >

Ivana Helsinki is the brainchild of one of the hottest young Finnish fashion designer, Paola Suhonen. She has been able to turn a traditional and boring Nanso around to be one of the coolest hots in the Finnish fashion circles.

The store located in Uudenmaankatu, a street renown for hip bars and ... More >

Ivo Nikkolo is the only Estonian fashion designer that has had some international success, especially in the Nordic region. There are several shops in Tallinn selling his clothes, including one in the old town; we visited the one in Kristiine shopping center.

The style of Ivo Nikkolo is quite Sca... More >

Turks and Caicos Islands are mostly exempt of taxes of any kind. Thus, there are plenty of duty free shops selling jewelry, fragrances, sunglasses and other similar stuff. We visited Jai's on Regent Village, a new and upscale shopping center in Grace Bay area on Providenciales.

The big and airy s... More >

Jalo is a combined jewelry store and goldsmiths working post. The store is conveniently located in the yellow brick buildings next to the belltower in Fiskars village.

There is a plethora of different rings and other jewelry items available, and items can be also custom ordered. Silver and gold a... More >

Jumbo shopping mall has a dualistic nature; the new part looks very polished and dandy, and the older part is sort of a metal barn.

The location near the Helsinki-Vantaa airport makes the mall a good destination for people sleeping in an airport hotel, as after checking in you can still go and sh... More >

Jungle Bubble store in Kamppi looks and feels not to belong there. All the other shops around it are well built and decorated with enough money, but this place looks sort of an outlet store. The good news is that the prices reflect a bit this.

The clothes sold there are mainly for the younger gen... More >