Tourist shopping and souvenirs in Nizhny Novgorod

Tourist shopping in Nizhny Novgorod is very developed. There are many large shopping centers and several huge malls where you can buy anything. But for tourists, the most interesting places are where you can buy traditional local souvenirs, unique handicrafts, works of art. With this in Nizhny Novgorod, too, everything is in order, and it will be possible to bring home from the trip to relatives and friends a lot of traditional souvenirs inherent in this region.

What to bring from Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod was famous in pre-Soviet times for a colossal fair, where a lot of goods were presented by local artisans. The traditions of ancient crafts have largely been preserved and developed, they have not yet been completely replaced by Chinese souvenir consumer goods.

• Semenovskaya painting. For the khokhloma mural from Semenov town special aniline paints and a significant area of unpainted surface are characteristic. "Trading house semenovskaya painting" produces traditional nesting dolls (from five hundred USD), children's toys and gifts. You can buy these souvenirs both in shops in the city and in the company store during an excursion to the factory in Semenov, Chernyshevsky STR., 1
• Gorodetsky painting. The factory of the same name retains the traditional figurative series – a cavalier and a young lady, a horseman, animals and birds, floral ornaments, feasts and weddings. They paint icons, household items, kitchen utensils, gifts. Matryoshka with Gorodetsky painting can be purchased for 300-400 rubles.
• Khokhloma painting. Together with the same name, numerous artisan Masters still delight with the incredible golden color of the painting, achieved using silver-tin powder. Among the images, nature dominates, the plant world with bright color spots on a dark background. A variety of products covered with khokhloma painting can be bought at a price of 400 to 10 thousand rubles.
• Polkhov-Maidan painting. A rare souvenir, only private craftsmen work in this technique. A coloring book will cost 70 rubles, a matryoshka doll – 900.
• Balakhna lace. Known since the 17th century, craftsmen weave kerchiefs and shawls, estimating small products at 200-700 rubles.
• Products of sormovsky confectioners.
• Nizhny Novgorod guipure. Special technology: embroidery is initially applied to a large grid, after the warp threads are pulled out. Prices for products of JSC "guipure": from 400 to 2-3 thousand rubles.
• Novinskaya wooden toy. It is cut out on the machine, brought manually, equipped with wheels. It costs from several hundred to three thousand rubles.
• Christmas decorations "Ariel". Factory hand-painted glass balls and toys: 400-1400 rubles.
• Pattern-remise weaving. Products from natural fabrics of the factory "woven patterns" will cost three thousand rubles (blouse), 3-5 thousand – a curtain.
• Cossack filigree. "Kazakovsky enterprise of art products" offers products for 2-50 thousand rubles.
• Gorodetsky gingerbread. Gingerbread from cities Gorodets they differ from other Russian gingerbread in their pattern, shape and recipe. You can buy gingerbread in souvenir shops of Nizhny Novgorod and Gorodets, as well as in gingerbread Museum in Gorodets.
• And souvenirs made of clay, with stone carvings and much more.

Where to buy souvenirs in Nizhny Novgorod

Tourist souvenirs in Nizhny Novgorod begin to come across as soon as you get to the airport terminal or get off the train at the station. There are a lot of places of sale, but most of them sell consumer goods, and in appearance and quality very similar to the production of China. Good and original souvenirs can not be found at every step.

The most popular place where you can easily find really good original souvenirs is the tourist area (the historical center of the city), and especially its tourist streets. This is the Kremlin district, Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street, Verkhnevolzhskaya embankment, Chkalovskaya stairs. On these streets there are enough souvenir stalls, stalls and shops, there are branded chain souvenir shops. Separately, it is worth mentioning the company store "Arts and crafts"(on the pedestrian streetBolshaya Pokrovskaya, 43). This is a huge store with reasonable prices and the widest selection, you can find almost everything. If time permits, you can go on excursions to the factories at the place of production, it is believed that prices there are lower than in the city. In addition, during the tour you will see and learn how to make products, and even be able to try it yourself at master classes.

As for large shopping centers, there are three shopping complexes near the railway station and the Moskovskaya metro station; Belinsky Street is built up with shopping centers; Lobachevsky Plaza is in the very center. You can find gifts there, but wandering around shopping centers is not the most pleasant tourist pastime.

Prices for souvenirs are different everywhere, but not significantly. If you want to save money, you need to go around several stores and look after the product you are interested in. The price of the same souvenir may vary even in neighboring stores, and if you find some product you are interested in cheaper in a particular store, this does not mean that the rest will be cheaper here.