Shopping reviews

The entrance to Nicky & Nelly store is a bit understatement for the shop: it looks like any small boutique door, but the store expands behind corner into a huge space full of clothes, shoes and accessories for children.

Nicky & Nelly is a chain store, but I've never seem them having so much of st... More >

A former topmodel Nina Kurkinen (a frequent face, for example, in Lumene cosmetic ads) opened her shoes and boots store in Helsinki about a year ago. An ardent shoes freak herself, Nina has found an excellent selection of fashionable shoes.

The store is located on Bulevardi, a few blocks south fr... More >

Covent Garden is an ideal location for a lazy afternoon stroll amongst shops, and Nine West is a good destination for ladies looking for fashionable and still affordable clothing and accessories.

The airy store is located on James Street, quite near the Covent Garden tube station. The ground floo... More >

No 1 Department Store is located near the People's park, on Nanjing Road that is one of the main shopping streets in Shanghai. The store consists of two buildings; western and eastern. The names are a tad confusing, as the western building looks and smells like department stores in former Eastern bl... More >

NS King is an ordinary shoe store in Viru Keskus with good selections. If you are not looking for anything extra fancy or a pair out-of-the-ordinary boots, this store is a good choice for buying shoes.

They have a full range of shoes and boots for ladies, gents and children. The shoes are inexpen... More >

Old Navy is the discount chain owned by the company behing GAP and Banana Republic. The Old Navy stores are not that fancy as the other chains', as they concentrate to deliver clothes with smaller pricetag.

The clothes are of good quality, but the design is not always the best. The store itself h... More >

If you're interested to bring items that are typically Chinese, go to Shanghai Old Town, Central Fang Bang road that contains remodelled old town shops selling all kinds of touristy gimmicks.

The street is a little tacky, but it can be great fun to browse the shops and try to figure whether some ... More >

Craftshop Onoma is located in an old bellhouse that looks like the centre of Fiskars village. The shop has a bigger room for the store and a few smaller rooms for exhibitions. There is also a caf? in the building.

If you don't want to browse through all craftshops that are spread around the villa... More >

Orchestra is a biggish children clothing store on the first floor in shoppin mall Sello, located in Leppävaara. They sell nice and fashionable garments for the smaller members of the family. This is not a brand store, so don't expect finding Burberry or Gant clothes there. The prices are reasonable... More >

Oshkosh B'Gosh has a big outlet store in Gilroy Premium outlets village. They provide clothing from newborns to preteens, both girls and boys.

I was interested in newborn clothing only, and find a few nice and cheap enough t-shirts and other items. The garments are colourful, not just the basic p... More >