Visiting the flea markets of Ufa, guests of the capital of Bashkortostan will have a chance to acquire interesting gizmos in the form of stylish accessories and original decor elements that can complement the interior of their home, and also, possibly, find a thing that they have long dreamed of, but could not buy anywhere.
Flea market near the shopping center "Komsomolsky"
Here they sell musical and locksmith tools, electric and coal samovars, badges and coins, women's and men's watches, cast-iron and porcelain figurines, and other interesting items.
Other shopping spots
In the capital of Bashkortostan, a flea market often unfolds on weekends from 3 o'clock in the afternoon on the Square of Two Fountains (behind the Youth Theater), where you can get antiques, vintage items and objects of the USSR era, handmade goods - jewelry, haberdashery, faceted glasses, radiograms, dresses from grandmother's chests, copyright things. In addition, here, from the so-called box with unnecessary things, you can take any item you like for free.
Travelers should visit one more interesting place intended for lovers of original and things with history - it is called “Svoya Polka” (Mendeleev Street, 155). This establishment is a fair of "garage" sales, where you can get hand-made goods made by different authors in a variety of techniques - jewelry, hair accessories, clothes, candy bouquets, knitted items, tilda dolls, notebooks, business card holders and covers for passport, slippers, pillows, souvenirs and more.
Many interesting things can be found in the antique shops of the city:
- "Antik" (Lenin Street, 31/33): here you will be able to acquire metal dishes with deep silvering (mid-19th century), rare coins, a bas-relief of Stalin (1938), a bust of Peter I, porcelain figurines, samovars, sports cups, sets for spices made of bronze, silver-plated candelabra and vases, fifty rubles from the times of the USSR (metal, silver), icons (“John the Warrior”, “Savior Not Made by Hands”, “Macarius Unzhinsky”, “Burning Bush”), music boxes (early 20th century), painting and graphics, bronze inkwell (early 20th century).
- "Collector" (Ulyanovykh street, 35): they sell engravings, paintings, ceramic jugs, smoking pipes, antique cufflinks, flasks, cutlery, stamps, antiques related to military affairs (uniforms, helmets, binoculars, badges, etc.), icons, wall and mantel clocks, interior items (lamps, mirrors, table secretaries).
Shopping in Ufa
It is worth bringing honey, tea and herbal preparations from Ufa (for the purchase it is better to go to a pharmacy or phyto-shop), balms (“Kapova Cave”, “Belebey”, “Agidel”), carpets with Bashkir ornament, wooden dishes hand-painted by craftsmen associations of artistic crafts "Agidel", Ishimbay jersey.
