Dalian Shopping

Shopping is one of the most exciting things to be in Dalian. From there, you can find lots of Dalian style seafood, handicrafts and ornaments. Dalian is famous for its annual Dalian International Fashion Festival, if you are lucky to travel to the city around September; you will find this festival venue a paradise to buy the most fashionable clothes from all over the world.

There are four shopping centers in Dalian, namely Qingniwa Bridge, Tianjin Street, Renmin Road and Xi'an Road. Among them, Qingniwa Bridge area near the railway station is the most prosperous. Tianjin Street is known as the "Nanjing Road of Shanghai in Dalian". Friendship Shopping Store along Renmin Road is the most luxurious one in Dalian, and Xi’an Road is a popular choice for locals with many supermarkets including Carrefour, Parkson, Wal Mart and other domestic retail outlets.

Dalian is known as Fashion City where the annual Dalian International Fashion festival is held. If you are lucky to travel to the city around September, you will find this festival venue a paradise to buy the most fashionable clothes from all over the world.

Bordering the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea that foster the growth of an array of sea life, Dalian exports much of its seafood to different countries and regions in the world. Locals consider the eight treasures are sea cucumber, abalone, scallop, prawn, mussel and oyster, etc.

There is a variety of artworks sculpted out of shells. The products included hanging paintings, screens, lamps and ornaments. Furthermore, Embroidery and glasses ornament products are also popular choices.

A group of large shops and malls make this area the busiest shopping center in the city. Like Beijing's Wangfujing and Shanghai's Nanjing Lu, Qingniwa area close to Dalian Railway Station is a commercial landmark of the city and a popular tourist destination.

This was a century-old shopping street with numerous shops and stalls. In recently years, the government turned it into an extravagant European style shopping area with all sorts of well-known brands housed in a great number of skyscrapers. The top-end shopping building, Friendship Shopping City, is on this street.

Situated in the busy shopping area, this shopping center has a collection of fashionable woman dresses, children's commodity, sportswear and men's suits. It is a must for shopping lovers.