Guests of Orenburg should relax in the Topol park, see the St. Nicholas Cathedral and samples of military equipment in the memorial complex-museum “Salute, Victory!” … And those who are looking for vintage, unique things and collectibles can visit the flea markets of Orenburg.
Flea row at the Green Bazaar (Central Market)
Here, on weekends, local residents sell dishes, books, magazines, postcards, stamps, and everything that has become unnecessary for them, but may be useful to others.
Flea market on Bohdan Khmelnitsky street
At this spontaneous flea market, retirees act as sellers, who put up for sale their simple goods in the form of socks and sweaters knitted with their own hands, used clothes and shoes, various figurines, Soviet dishes, teapots and samovars, cup holders, vinyl records, books, toys, etc. other things.
Antiques
It will not be superfluous to familiarize yourself with the assortment of Orenburg antique stores:
- "Antiques" (Leninskaya street, 39): here you can buy silver items (a vase for fruit, a silver cigarette case, a silver coffee pot, sets of silver spoons, forks and glasses), furniture (a linen cabinet, a "Psishe" mirror, a walnut bookcase, round table made of white wood), porcelain (for sale figurines “Young organ-grinder”, “Boy with baskets”, “Mistress of the Copper Mountain” and others), icons (Our Lady of Vladimir, Russia, late 19th century; Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, South Ural, mid-19th century), painting, clocks (mantel, table, pocket, floor), wooden box "Village hut" (costs 9000 rubles), kerosene lamps of various sizes, cup holders of the Soviet period, coins, badges of construction teams of different years of the Soviet period, sports and icons of different sports.
- "Antiquities Shop" (Bohdan Khmelnitsky Street, 1): specializes in the sale of collectibles, silver (you can buy a silver tray), old books, paintings, including those by unknown artists.
If you consider yourself a collector, then in Orenburg you should attend special meetings that are organized on Sundays from 9 am to noon at the recreation center “Russia” (Prospect Pobedy, 138). You can get here by bus # 52 or minibus # 57 from the railway station (the desired stop is “DK Russia” or “Cinema Sokol”).
Shopping in Orenburg
Those looking for shopping centers will find them in the Dzerzhinsky District. Shopaholics should take a closer look at the Voskhod trading house and the Gostiny Dvor shopping center.
Before leaving Orenburg, buy an Orenburg downy shawl, felt boots made of sheep wool (for women there are models decorated with sequins, various patterns, beads), mittens, socks, goat down scarves, products from the Winnie the Pooh confectionery.
