10 of Moscow’s Souvenir Highlights

Serious Shoppers

If you’re looking for some designer labels to keep you happy, you can’t miss the TsUM department store, a symbol of fashion in Moscow for more than 110 years. The historic building alone is worth a visit. The fashion boutiques on nearby Tretyakovsky Proezd also offer international premium labels.

Ulitsa Petrovka, 2 tsum.ru

Souvenir Spots

While you can find these souvenirs in almost any underground crosswalk, if you have time it is worth your while to take a trip to one of Moscow’s souvenir markets, where you can find a much better selection. Moscow’s Arbat is lined with stores offering traditional handcrafts. If you don’t mind going further afield, Izmailovsky Market is a contender for one of the seven wonders of the souvenir world. This giant open-air market is located right next to the Izmailovsky Kremlin, a pseudo-historical complex which takes elements from some of Russia’s greatest architecture, and you should plan on spending a day here if you want to see everything.

Izmailovskoe Shosse, 73Zh Metro Partizanskaya Kremlin-izmailovo.com +7 (495) 215 5437

Art Aficionados

For art lovers, the gift shop at the Tretyakov Gallery has some beautiful items. If you’d like to admire a reproduction of an Ivan Aivazovsky sunset at home, or wrap yourself in a blanket featuring a Wassily Kandinsky abstraction, you won’t mind exiting through the gift shop after your museum excursion.

Lavrushinsky Pereulok, 10 Metro Tretyakovskaya tretyakovgallery.ru +7 (495) 957 0701

Metro Memories

One of Moscow’s main attractions is its gorgeous and notably well-functioning metro system. Leaving without something to remember your trips through this wonder of urban engineering would be a shame, and the metro has a number of its own stores providing stylish branded goods. The flagship souvenir shop is located right next to Mayakovskaya station.