Shopping
From DebConf7
This page gives some suggestions on good specialist shops near the conference venue. For general items, the main concentration of standard shops is along Princes Street.
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Gifts
Jenners 48 Princes Street. Department store, on the same site since 1838.
Royal Mile Whiskies 379 High Street. Helpful tourist-oriented whisky shop.
The Scotland Shop 107 South Bridge. The closest shop to Teviot selling tacky souvenirs to tourists.
Food
There is a farmers' market on Castle Terrace on Saturday mornings – the best in the UK, according to Country Life magazine.
I J Mellis main store at 30a Victoria Street. Specialist cheesemonger.
Crombie's of Edinburgh 97 Broughton St. Traditional butcher.
Lupe Pinto's 24 Leven St. Mexican deli.
Valvona & Crolla 19 Elm Row. Italian delicatessen and wine merchant.
Pine Tree Bakery 64 Home Street. Polish baker's.
Real Foods 8 Brougham St, and 37 Broughton Street. Organic/health/vegetarian/vegan food.
Falko Konditormeister 7 Bruntsfield Place. German bakery.
Henderson's 94 Hanover Street. Vegetarian deli.
Music and video
Fopp 55 Cockburn Street, and 3-15 Rose Street.
Avalanche Records 17 West Nicolson St and 63 Cockburn St.
Underground Solu'shn Records 9 Cockburn Street. Hip hop, house, techno, drum 'n' bass.
Hog's Head Music 62 South Clerk Street.
Coda Music 12 Bank St. Folk.
HMV main store at 129/130 Princes Street. Largest Edinburgh branch of this chain. Check their 'sale' section.
Virgin Megastore 125 Princes Street. Another large chain store.
Books
Blackwell's main store at 53-62 South Bridge. Academic and general bookshop. Has a good Scottish section.
Waterstone's main store at 128 Princes Street. Largest Edinburgh branch of this bookshop chain.
Transreal 7 Cowgatehead. Science-fiction and fantasy.
Deadhead Comics 27 Candlemaker Row. Comics.
Forbidden Planet 40-41 South Bridge. Comics, graphic novels, roleplaying.
Beyond Words main store at 42-44 Cockburn Street. Photographic books.
Word Power 43 West Nicolson Street. Radical bookshop.
Other
Lush 44 Princes Street. Cosmetics.
Mr Wood's Fossils 5 Cowgatehead. Fossils.
