Shopping
Shopping
Luxury shopping centres await you, including the famous GUM, TSUM and the legendary children's shop - CDM on Lubyanka. Moscow is a shopping mecca for tourists. You can plan a separate itinerary around the various city malls, shopping centres and boutiques. Popular places for interesting concept shops and trendy boutiques include Tverskaya Street, Tretyakovsky Proyezd and Kuznetsky Most. An exclusive shopping experience is guaranteed at Moscow's most famous department store, GUM, located in Red Square. In addition, the capital's central squares host many seasonal events, such as Christmas markets. And you can enjoy panoramic views of Moscow's historic centre from the roof of the CDM on Lubyanka.
GUM
PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENT STORE
GUM is located at Red Square, the center of Moscow. It all starts here in Russia.
Time moves around GUM: centuries, eras and governments change but the Main Department Store of the large country is still in the center. It is the bright individuality. It is the world attraction. It is the same recognizable symbol of the capital, like the Kremlin or the Bolshoi Theatre. The store is visited by over 60 thousand customers daily.
Local attraction, Local Attraction, Local Area, Off-Site
Three GUM passages are like three-level broad avenues. Here you can buy almost everything: fashionable clothes, shoes, accessories, watches & jewelry, cosmetics & perfumes, food, books & household goods. Over 2000 employees provide excellent service to each customer daily.
Special GUM status is emphasized by the stores of the world-famous brands. Today GUM lives like it once was conceived. It is ideal shopping city of Moscow. The most delicious ice cream in the city is sold here just like 130 years ago. Vanilla, chocolate or creme brulee ice-cream is perhaps the first thing that comes to the mind, when Muscovites and guests of the capital are asked about GUM. The famous ice cream from childhood is always in GUM.
By nightfall, thousands of lamps lit GUM to delight the Muscovites.
Address: 3, Red Square, Moscow
Opening hours: 10 am – 10 pm, daily
CDM
Central Children's Store on Lubyanka – a legendary children's shop
The Central Children's Store (CDM) on Lubyanka holds a special place in the hearts of the capital's residents and guests. For more than half a century, people have been coming here on excursions, in search of heartwarming gifts and the feeling of a fairy tale.
The shop was built in 1957 under the project of Alexey Dushkin, an outstanding architect and author of Moscow metro stations. CDM became the largest children's shop in the USSR and the first shopping facility to install escalators.
In 2015, the shop opened after a large-scale reconstruction. Many original elements of the facade and interior were preserved.
Local attraction, Local Attraction, Local Area, Off-Site
The centre of attraction for guests is the historical space of the main atrium. Its dome is decorated with colourful stained glass windows based on the works of the famous Russian illustrator Ivan Bilibin, and the dome of the small atrium is decorated with stained glass windows with reproductions of paintings by Aristarkh Lentulov, the founder of the Russian avant-garde. A three-dimensional light show is staged daily in the main atrium at 18:00, 19:00, 20:00 and 21:00.
The time in CDM is shown by the unique "Rocket" clock, which is among the five largest and most accurate mechanical clocks in the world.
One of the best viewpoints in the city is located on the roof of the Central Department Store. It offers a panoramic view of the historical centre of Moscow: the Kremlin, the Polytechnic Museum and Lubyanka Square.
Today the CDM on Lubyanka offers more than 140 shops, services and family leisure formats, as well as numerous cafes and restaurants. More than 12 million people visit CDM every year. Hundreds of events take place here: exhibitions, festivals, master classes, animation programmes and concerts.
Address: 5/1, Teatralny Proezd
Opening hours: 10 am – 10 pm, daily
