World's Best Shopping: Stores That Are Quintessentially Part Of A City (PHOTOS)

Shopping is certainly one of a handful of travelers' favorite pastimes. Every Christmas--or every day of the year--tourists flutter about cities around the world looking to shop 'til they drop.

There are stores so identified with certain locations that they become required stops fro travelers looking to get a taste of a city's culture. Fred Segal has been synonymous with Los Angeles for over 40 years, while New York's Saks Fifth Avenue is an institution in its own right.

Take this as your guide to stores around the globe that any traveler (who is interested in shopping) should hit up on their journeys.

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[ZenCrusader]

12:33 PM on 10/26/2011

I am reminded how iconic Marshall Field & Co. was in Chicago for many many decades. I miss Fields.

[SalesmanForLife]

04:45 PM on 10/25/2011

Don't forget Loden Frye in Munich...........love that place and I fly out just to shop there.

[Rodney314]

04:35 PM on 10/25/2011

What about Savile Row?

[Pragmatic Ideas]

04:16 PM on 10/25/2011

KaDeWe, a symbol of Western capitalism when Berlin was divided, certainly has more historical relevance than several of your picks. A WW2 bomber even crashed into it!

[raker]

04:00 PM on 10/25/2011

KaDeWe in Berlin belongs on any list of iconic stores. I've never heard of half the stores on this list.

[JenniferWest]

04:47 PM on 10/25/2011

I thought of the same thing. It's really an amazing store. Especially the food stuff!

[raker]

05:02 PM on 10/25/2011

One of my fondest memories of a wonderful trip to Berlin was the magnificent food emporium in KaDeWe .

[stopgeorge]

03:43 PM on 10/25/2011

I thought "IKEA" was Swedish for "common sense"?

[macgyver51]

04:43 PM on 10/25/2011

Nope, just "cheaply made."