The main street in Aberdeen is Union Street. It is wide and around a mile long with beautiful buildings on each side. It appears a bit worn and is mainly filled with standard Scottish high street shops. However it is worth a walk. Local independents include Nova on Chapel Street but sadly, Esslemont and Mackintosh, an independent department store, closed in 2007.
Aberdeen has a number of covered central shopping centers including the Bon Accord Centre (general high street shops), which is linked to the St. Nicholas Centre (general high street shops), The Academy (boutique shops), Trinity Centre (general high street shops) and the newly opened Union Square (general high street shops/boutique shops and with a variety of places to eat inside the centre)
The city has all the department stores and high street shops you would expect in any modern Scottish urban area, clustered around the centres above and along the mile-long Union Street. The table below is a guide on where to find some of the major shops, and what they specialise in.
John Lewis, Bon Accord Centre/George Street, department store
Debenhams, Trinity Centre, department store
Marks and Spencer, St. Nicholas Square (off Union Street) & Union Square, department store and supermarket
BHS, Union Street, department store
Next, St. Nicholas Centre, Union Square & Berryden Retail Park, clothing and homewares
Primark, Union Street, clothing and homewares
New Look, Bon Accord Centre and Union Square, clothing
GAP, St. Nicholas Square, clothing
H&M, Union Street & Union Square, clothing
Zara, Union Square, clothing
Waterstones, Union Street, books and educational guides
HMV, Trinity Centre/Union Street, music, movies and games
One Up, Belmont Street, brilliant independent music store
Forbidden Planet, Belmont Street, Science Fiction store
When shopping, don't be limited to the malls and chain stores! Aberdeen has a vast collection of small, tucked-away shops which can provide everything from Bohemian dressware to Indian furniture. If you are adventurous enough then you may uncover a hidden wonder.
Ethnic Style, Schoolhill road (Outside of Bon Accords Main entrance). Fairtrade clothing and other assorted items from fairtrade suppliers �
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