Shopping is a favorite pastime of almost every person on Earth. Modern shops, shopping centers and department stores amaze the imagination not only with the assortment of goods sold in them, but also with their scale. Some institutions are really gigantic, and looking at them, you imagine that it was not earthlings who worked on their construction.
After all, the largest store in the world has an area of 293,905 square meters. What is not for sale in such a limitless territory! Here, goods to taste are found not only for people of all ages and genders, but even for animals. Many more incredibly large shops and shopping centers are built on our planet. Take a tour of the largest of them.
The largest among the largest
Until 2009, Macy's New York Department Store was the title "largest store in the world." But this record was broken by the Shinsegae department store, which was built in South Korean Busan. The area of this giant exceeded the space of its predecessor by almost one hundred thousand square meters and reached the figure of 293905 square meters. meters. The department store was immediately listed in the Guinness Book of Records. In addition to the department store itself, Shinsegae also has spa rooms with mineral pools, an ice rink, an indoor stadium (four floors), which teach the intricacies of golf, a book supermarket and an exhibition gallery. Here you can also find a concert hall, sky-park and a cinema that combines with a restaurant.
Busan Shinsegae Department Store occupies 18 floors, of which four are underground tiers and 14 are above ground. In this institution you can buy anything you want, the main thing is that finances are not let down. Here, in addition to excellent shopping, the opportunity for a great vacation is provided. Shinsegae is a great place for the whole family and for traveling alone.
Another department store called Shinsegae
But not only in the city of Busan (Korea) there is a department store called Shinsegae. The huge Shinsegae Department Store is also located in the capital of the country - Seoul. It is located in the city center. Previously, the site of this institution was the first large shopping center in South Korea. This was the Japanese institution Misreukkosi Department Store, and it was opened in 1930. In 2007, the department store was reconstructed, it gained a new name and reopened its doors to customers.
The Shinsegae Department Store is a luxury shopping center with a collection of the world's most popular brands. The main building has trade pavilions of luxury brands such as Chanel, Hermes, Louis Vuitton and many others. Here you can also visit multi-brand stores of shoes, bags and clothes. In them you can get acquainted with the latest fashion trends, as well as learn about young fashion designers in Europe and the United States.
Shop, art gallery, sculpture garden
Shinsegae Department Store is not only a paradise for shopaholics, but also a real Eden for lovers of modern art. After all, another distinctive characteristic of the main building of the Shinsega department store is that this building also represents an art gallery. On each floor of the institution exhibited a variety of contemporary art. On the last tier of the six-story Shinsegae Department Store is the extraordinary Trinity Garden Sculpture Garden. Here are collected works by popular masters from various powers.
The Shinsegae department store in Seoul boasts that it features the traditional Korean premium-line cosmetics line, The History of Whoo. The face of this campaign was the famous artist from Korea Lee Yeon E. In addition, the multi-brand compartment of interior items and daily household items deserves special mention. It is called PISON. Here they sell cutlery, ceramics, all kinds of home accessories, bathroom products and other products of world famous European labels.
Another mall
The city of Busan (Korea) is known for another huge store. Of course, he does not reach Shinsegae, but in the world it is considered one of the largest. This is Renecite, the name of which was formed from a couple of words of French origin: rene, which translates as "born again" and cite, which means widespread consumption.
In this store, the most cherished desire of all shopaholics can really come true - to purchase all the necessary goods in one place, starting with fashionable clothes and ending with furniture. Accessories, electronic appliances, jewelry, computer hardware and much, much more can be purchased at the Renecite mall. Tired of shopping, you can visit the food court. The department store provides both retail and wholesale.
The largest shopping center
The largest store in the world is, of course, Shinsegae. But the largest shopping center on Earth is the Dubai Mall, which, as the name implies, is located in Dubai. It is simply not the language to call this establishment an ordinary store, because it is really a giant shopping complex, with a total area of 1.2 million square kilometers.
The Dubai Mall has an ice rink, an indoor aquarium, 1,200 shops, a gold market with 220 shops, a hotel, a cinema complex, a retractable roof street and much more.
All stores shop
Another largest store in the world is again located in South Korea, in the capital of the country - Seoul. This is the Lotte department store. There are several of them, and all of them are simply breathtaking in their dimensions. In the center of the metropolis is the largest institution of the network, with 16 floors and three underground tiers. Lotte sells both a product group of goods and an industrial group.