Shopping

From hip fashion stores, to food shops to glossy department stores, there is something for everyone in Lausanne.

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Here’s our pick of the best stores, sights and hangouts across the country for fans of the printed word.

We want to show you just how creative your shopping in Geneva can get – once you know where to go. 

If you're a Brit living in Switzerland, or a Swiss person with a penchant for British goods, then Jim's British Market has it all. 

Turn your back on the lake and hike up the hill towards Geneva’s upmarket Florissant quarter for hippy-dippy interior design shop Ozone. Inspired by 1960s London, it offers an affordable range of retro goodies – think bright Perspex vases, Warhol prints and quirky Quadrophenia-inspired mirrors. However, this is definitely '60s-lite and there’s a tendency to stick to the obvious, such as original framed photographs featuring big name icons Twiggy and Bardot. But take the trouble to wander further and you'll unearth some fascinating shots of unknowns, capturing the decade’s fashion on the street. As a nod to its posh neighbours walking their pampered pooches, Ozone now stocks a line of over-the-top doggy accessories.

This lovely boutique and gift shop is a delight for anyone who likes retro style and patterned fabrics. Beautifully laid out, the shop has sourced fabric bags and scarves in funky prints, vintage telephones and handbags, jewellery, ceramic cups and teapots, patterned comforters and baby sleeping bags, bath salts, candles and frankly anything else that the team has deemed beautiful and original. Sewers can pick up fabrics, threads and beads, while aspiring creative-types can attend a workshop in dressmaking or beaded jewellery.