Shopping is the favorite pastime of almost every person on Earth. Modern shops, shopping centers and department stores amaze the imagination not only with the range of goods sold in them, but also with their scale. Some establishments are really gigantic, and looking at them, you imagine that not earthlings worked on their construction.
After all, the largest store in the world has an area of 293,905 square meters. What is not sold in such a limitless territory! Here you will find goods to your taste not only for people of all ages and genders, but even for animals. There are many more incredibly large stores and shopping centers built on our planet. Let's take a tour of the largest of them.
The biggest among the biggest
Until 2009, New York's Macy's department store held the title of "world's largest store". But this record was broken by the Shinsegae department store, which was built in Busan, South Korea. The area of this giant exceeded the space of its predecessor by almost one hundred thousand square meters and reachedindicator in 293905 sq. meters. The department store was immediately entered into the Guinness Book of Records. In addition to the department store itself, Shinsegae has spa rooms with mineral pools, an ice rink, an indoor stadium (occupies four floors) where they teach the intricacies of golf, a book supermarket and an exhibition gallery. Also here you can find a concert hall, a sky-park and a cinema that combines with a restaurant.
Shinsegae Department Store in Busan has 18 floors, of which four are underground and 14 are above ground. In this institution you can buy whatever your heart desires, the main thing is that finances do not fail. Here, in addition to excellent shopping, the opportunity for a great vacation is also 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 first large shopping center in South Korea was located on the site of this institution. It was a Japanese establishment of the Misreukkosi Department Store and opened in 1930. In 2007, the department store was reconstructed, it acquired a new name and reopened its doors to customers.
Shinsegae Department Store is a chic shopping mall that houses the world's most popular brands. The main building has shopping pavilions of such luxuriousbrands like Chanel, Hermes, Louis Vuitton and many more. Here you can also visit multi-brand stores of shoes, bags and clothes. Check out the latest fashion trends and 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 admirers of contemporary art. After all, another distinctive characteristic of the main building of the Shinsege department store is that this building is also an art gallery. On each of the floors of the institution exhibited a variety of contemporary art. On the top floor of the six-story Shinsegae Department Store is the extraordinary Trinity Garden sculpture garden. Here are collected the works of popular masters from various countries.
Shinsegae Department Store in Seoul also boasts that it carries The History of Whoo, a traditional Korean premium cosmetics line. The well-known artist from Korea, Lee Yong Ae, became the face of this campaign. In addition, the multi-brand section of interior and daily use items deserves special mention. It's called PISON. They sell cutlery, ceramics, all kinds of home accessories, bathroom products and other goods from world-famous European labels.
Another mall
The city of Busan (Korea) is also knownone big store. Of course, it does not reach Shinsegae, but it is considered one of the largest in the world. This is Renecite, whose name was formed from a pair of words of French origin: rene, which translates as "to be born again" and cite, which means widespread consumption.
In this store, the most cherished desire of all shopaholics can really come true - to purchase in one place all the necessary goods, from fashionable clothes to furniture. Accessories, electronic devices, jewelry, computer equipment and much more can be purchased at the Renecite shopping center. Tired of shopping, you can visit the food court. The department store offers both retail and wholesale.
The biggest mall
The biggest 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. Calling this establishment an ordinary store is simply not the language, because it is really a giant shopping complex with a total area of 1.2 million square kilometers.
The Dubai Mall has an ice skating rink, an indoor aquarium, 1,200 shops, a gold souk with 220 shops, a hotel, a cinema complex, a retractable street and much more.
To all stores shop
Another largest store in the world is again in South Korea, in the capital of the country - Seoul. This is Lotte department store. There are several of them here, and they are all justbreathtaking in their size. In the center of the metropolis is the largest establishment of the network, which has 16 floors and three underground tiers. Lotte sells both a product group of goods and an industrial one.
