How strange will not seem strange, but shopping in Tallinn starts in the air, truth, provided that you are flying the Estonian Air airline. It is in an airplane that you can buy products of the famous Estonian confectionery factory Kalev, which is in great demand among all tourists. With that on the plane, the price of candy and other sweets will be 15-20 more cheaper, the most applied to the famous Estonian liqueur "Vana Tallinn".
And on arrival in the capital of Estonia, a real paradise opens for shopaholics. The price level of branded European things in Tallinn is lower than in Europe, even though the country has moved to euros. And in the largest hypermarkets of the city as the level of prices for good, branded things here is much lower than in Europe. And in the two largest Tallinn department stores Stockmann and Socos prices are much lower than those that we see in similar stores in the capital of Russia. But it is worth limited to these shops, they are only part of the global shopping that can be performed in Tallinn. The main concentration of all sorts of boutiques and shops is located in the old town, and the largest amount of their number on Viru Street, which begins at the Town Hall Square.
What to buy?
In addition to ordinary everyday things that can be bought in Tallinn cheaper than in Moscow, special attention should be paid to knitted things. This is the corporate chip of Estonia. Warm, bound by limited parties, and in general in single copies, they can become an excellent gift or simply a warm reminder of this small, but very hospitable and a cozy country. Mittens, sweaters, socks, blankets and other woolen things are sold in private shops of the already mentioned old city. Women who are not indifferent to the decorations will undoubtedly delight shops selling exclusive products from a semi-precious amber (by the way, they are cheaper here than in neighboring Latvia and Lithuania).
It is rich in the city and art galleries and antique shops in which you can often find what will become a real decoration of the collection, if you are certainly a collector of artistic values.
Schedule
Most of the city stores are working as usual for Europe and unusual for Russian tourist graphics, from 10:00 to 18:00, and on Saturdays are closed an hour earlier. But in principle, we did not work here, you can go for the day for shopping. But this rule does not apply to shops located in the old town. They work in the mode from ten in the morning and up to nine evenings, with all seven days a week. True on the weekend it can be closed for 1-2 hours earlier.
Sales
The main season of sales in Tallinn is Christmas, which comes a few days before December 25th and lasts actually until the end of January, depending on the availability of goods on the shelves. At the same time, the Tallinn Christmas Bazaar, the Tallinn Christmas Bazaar, who loves to come to come to arrive at the Tallushi Square, for which, with each year their number is growing. In the bazaar, you can not only buy products of folk fishing, but also to try traditional Estonian dishes, as well as just have a great time. The second season comes in the summer, in the period from the second half of June to the end of July, but at that time and discounts are less, and the range of poorer. In addition, some brand stores arrange traditional seasonal sales collections of the past year, but here it's lucky, you will fall or not.
Tax Free.
Not all Tallinn stores work with the Tax Free system, so if you want to save on the return of the tax, you should look for shopping with the Tax Free Shopping sticker. It should be borne in mind that in Estonia two types of VAT: 5% and 18%. The return of the tax is carried out only with those products in which the second tax is included. This can tell the sellers that they are glad and doing.