Markets and independent shops in Nanjing

Markets and independent shops in Nanjing

1. Buy

   Chaotiangong

   朝天宫

   For antique lovers, this place is a small market hosted next to the Confucius Palace. You can find all sorts of small and big objects there, some are real antiques, others are fake. If you want to buy something, be prepared to negotiate the price! This place is fun to stroll around seeing both things to sell and sellers as the environment is quite charming.

   Daily 11:00-17:00

2. Buy

   Hunan Road

   A slightly more low-key version of Xinjiekou, running between Xuanwu Lake and Zhongshanbei Lu. It has most of the same stores including the Phoenix International Bookstore which has a whole floor of English-language books. There is also a small pedestrianised street running south from Hunan Road which is lined with pretty much every variety of restaurant imaginable, including the usual KFC and McD's, several cheap jiaozi and noodle places, some more upmarket Chinese places and a handful of international restaurants including a Thai and Indian restaurant..

3. Buy

   Xinjiekou

   Nanjing's fashion district, the cosmopolitan, fast-paced heart of the city bathed in neon. It's the closest thing Nanjing has to Tokyo or Times Square. All the major retail is centered on this area, which despite its complexity is only a couple of square blocks in size. There are giant department stores including Wal-Mart, Watsons, Suning, and "Fashion Lady"—a bewildering, subterranean complex of clothing boutiques and vendors that looks like a video game come to life. On the outskirts of Xinjiekou are some higher-end establishments selling everything from single-malt scotch to MINIs. The eight-floor Deji Plaza has a number of retailers such as Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Ermengildo Zegna, Coach, Guess, Versace, Vasque, Crocs, Toys R Us and so on. At DongFang Shopping Centre there's Gucci, Fendi, Celine and so on. While you might be able to get away with haggling at the Fashion Lady don't expect any in Deji Plaza.

4. Buy Not mapped

   The area around the Confucius Temple

   in the south of the city has a lot of shopping, especially clothing and tourist items. It is a maze of tiny individual shops, and fun to explore even if you are not buying. If you are interesting in buying, bargaining over prices is the name of the game here. If you are skilled in the art of bargaining you can easily get an asking price of ¥380 reduced to ¥80 without breaking a sweat. The streets outside the temple area provide more shopping opportunities, as does the underground mall. The entrance to this mall is sandwiched between two shops but the neon lights provide a clue. This is a Nanjing shopping experience you will want to return to again and again. Opposite Confucius Temple there's Aqua City Shopping Centre with retailers like H&M, Uniqlo, Zara, Mango and so on. While you are there, take a stroll through the temple, and over the historic bridge which offers great photo opportunities. If it's a cup of tea that interests you check out the little gold-roofed floating tea houses on the canal.

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   BuyBookshop

   先锋书店

   Librairie Avant-Garde (Mount Wutai Branch) is a bookstore opened by Qian Xiaohua in 2004, now regarded as the most representative bookstore in Nanjing, China. It has become a cultural icon of the city, and because of the adjacency to Nanjing University and the popularity among students, it is dubbed as "the second library of Nanjing University". The bookshop is hidden in a former government parking lot underneath Wutaishan Stadium, which has been used as a bomb shelter.
6. BuyMarket

   JLC Market

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   Wheelchair accessible

7. BuyBookshop

   Librairie Avant-Garde

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   Xianfeng Bookstore

   39 江苏路

   Closed · opens 10 am·Wi-Fi

9. BuySweet shop

   Salering Cake

10. BuyTea shop

    Tenfu's Tea

    1 中山南路

    Wheelchair accessible

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    Bakery

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    Foreign Language Book Store

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    Huanbei Market

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    Salering Cake

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    Salering Cake

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    一间很小的书店

17. BuyWine shop

    七天连锁酒店

18. BuySweet shop

    元组食品 小卫街店

19. BuySweet shop

    克莉丝订

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    兰园集贸市场

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    凤凰国际书城

22. BuyMarket

    南京市紫金城菜市场

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    南京花卉西市场

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    古籍书店

25. BuyFarm shop

    后宰门农贸市场

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    大众书局南京书城

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    峨嵋路副食品市场

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    樱驼花园农贸市场

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    玉桥市场

30. BuyMarket

    科巷菜市场

    66 科巷

31. BuySweet shop

    莎莉文

32. BuySweet shop

    莎莉文 瑞金一店

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    街区摆摊点

    门东历史文化街

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    银城东苑集贸市场

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    顾业亮大师工作室

36. BuyMarket

    飞茂菜市场

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    香铺营集贸市场

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    龙江菜场

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Nanjing (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Place data from Overture Maps. Some descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).