When Carla and I decided to move to Croatia, we were a bit concerned if Croatia would have good selection and variety of products in their stores. Well, there is nothing to be concerned about. They've got everything and more!
So far, we have been primarily focusing on visiting Croatian grocery stores. We have visited Konzum, Billa, Mercator, Interspar, Lidl and Getro. All of these stores sold a wide variety of grocery items, were beautifuly equipped and decorated, and most of the stores also carried large sections of other types of goods (housewares, electronics, small appliances, dishware, etc.) The prices vary considerably between the stores so we are still trying to figure out which store will be our favourite for our weekly grocery trip.
There is a small Konzum store near our apartment (half a block away), where we load up on any items that we run out before it is time for our weekly grocery trip. We love living downtown!
We had a chance to check out a few Croatian malls and we are very impressed. Most of the modern malls here were built in the last few years (and another big mall is just starting to be built). So far we've been to Avenue Mall, Importanne Centar, City Centre One and Kaptol Centar. All of these malls were really nice and super modern. There are a couple more malls that we would like to visit (King Cross and Mandi). As you've noticed, most of these malls have English names. It's a cool thing to do here (to give your mall an English name).
Pretty soon we will be going to an office products store to buy a work chair for a computer desk. That should be fun as we have yet to see what their office stores look like.
In the past, Croatians travelled to Austria or Hungary to buy products that were not available in Croatia. Now you can find absolutely everything in Croatia. The times have definitely changed!
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