Hofer / Aldi is a good discount supermarket with water, some produce, yogurt, candies, excellent…read morechocolate, chocolate cookies, biscuits and various other offerings. Bring your own bags.

This is Aldi. Where does the Hofer name come from? Confusing…read more Anyways, my absolute favorite grocery store when shopping abroad. The food is fresh and cheap. What more could you ask for! Bring your own bags or do what I do, grab an empty or nearly empty box and use that as your bags. My mom and I did this when I was growing up and shopping at Aldi in my hometown. It must not be common practice in Europe though because I always get such weird looks when I'm strutting down the sidewalk with a cardboard box full of groceries. I'm helping save the planet too judge-y mcjudgepants so avert those eyes. Aldi has a great selection of affordable and amazing wine too. Their bread and pastries are baked fresh in the store. Honestly don't shop anywhere else. Go here.

This place reminds me of a mini-Walmart and a 99 cent store in the US. They pretty much have…read moreeverything and anything useful that you would need for your household, ranging from tourist souvenirs and cheap kitchen appliances, to small gift items and cleaning products For example, I needed some AA batteries after coming off working the night shift. I was tired, and didn't feel like getting up a few hours later when other stores would open up. The Lauf und Kauf is opened already around 0700, where most other stores in Vienna don't open up until 1000 or so. I wouldn't say the stuff there is of the highest quality, but they work and are useful, and those are the important factors to consider.

I love primark! Huge store with many styles of inexpensive and affordable clothes. Mainly for…read moreteenagers and young adults. Unfortunately they do not sale clothes that appropriate for older adults. They sale women's, men's, kid's, baby's clothes, lingerie, pj, sports wear and even bedding and towels and luggages. Their clothes are very comfortable and quite stylish, similar to H&M but much cheaper! :) I personally have no problem with the huge crowd of people who shop here but I can imagine some people wouldn't be able to handle the hectic environment and long waiting lines at the changing rooms or the cashier. All the staffs working at primark are very hard working and friendly. This is my absolute favorite place to shop clothes!

I came here on a whim after spending a few days in the city checking out the sites…read more This was probably one of the best places I visited while there. If you're wondering if this would be worth the Uber ride to get to, I would say most definitely yes if you're looking to kill a few hours. I found so many different and interesting things, all of which were in my price range, some things were vintage, porcelain, new, or simply out of date. All of the things that I bought I'm absolutely in love with. They have everything that you could think of, kitchen stuff, fans, sports things, toys, clothing, shoes, glasses, jewelry, suits, high heels, dresses, and everything in between. The staff was very friendly, answered any questions that I had, and checked me out promptly. Wonderful experience.

48er Tandler is a wonderful store in Vienna's 5th District. In fact, it is the best secondhand…read morestore I have ever seen anywhere in my life. If you are furnishing an apartment, this is the place to come or if you need a new appliance for your kitchen - check out Tandler first. Of course they have books and art as well. Bicycles, tennis racquets, toys - they have it all. What makes this place so special is that everything is so organized and the displays are so well done. Shopping for used goods has never been so much fun! Tip - the end station of the12A bus is a block away right in the middle of several super architecturally interesting housing projects from the era of Red Vienna

When my tour group stopped here for whatever reason, I was wondering why we were wasting a couple…read moreof hours of our day shopping at an outlet. Initially I was like, F this, I'm just going to hang out in the bus or grab something to eat. After all, there are no shortage of generic outlet malls here in the states. But something dawned upon me .. why not zero in on brands that don't have an outlet presence in the US. So for a couple of hours I focused only on Euro-centric brands such as Aigner, Wellensteyn, etc. I was glad I made that choice as I was able to find some really good deals as a result. There's really no point in shopping for brands like Tommy Hilfiger here if you're an American visitor. But the prices you get for stuff like Aigner, Barbour etc are pretty good. In fact some of the prices were pretty awesome. We ended up with several bags of gifts and stuff for ourselves. Another note - the Burberry store (while common in the US) was really impressive. Huge and a big selection of items, though the sales we saw weren't nearly as good as the items they had at Aigner etc. Long story short, is it worth schlepping 45 minutes out of Vienna just to shop here? I would say no .. but if you do happen to find your way here and want to find good prices for European brands that you might not find easily in the US .. then I would say it's worth checking out a few stores to see if you get some decent items at good prices.

The Designer Outlet store Parndorf is located about 30 minutes south of vienna (reachable on the…read morehighway A4 to direction Budapest). Besides the architectural difference to shopping streets and malls inside vienna you can find here reduced prices for e.g. last years collection or products with minor defects. But those are sold (according to the shops at least) at 30% to 70% off the list prices. The stores are built to build a kind of cute village. For some stores this seems to be a marketing gag, for some others you can really achieve a great bargain. Its highly recommended to go there during the week, because on friday afternoons and all saturday its extremely crowded. Besides several fashion labels you can find shoes, sun glasses, sports and household stores. If youre lucky to have e.g. size 10 and above in shoes, you can buy MBT-Shoes there for unbelievable EUR 120,00 which cost in a regular MBT-Store 229,00.