🛒 Shopping Arcades of the World

These are the world's notable shopping arcades — covered retail passages and galleries, many glazed in iron and glass in the nineteenth century, that prefigured the modern shopping centre. Each profile shows where the arcade is, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

28 shopping arcades from 8 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any shopping arcade for its full profile.

Americas (2) Asia (1) Europe (22) Oceania (3)

Americas (2 shopping arcades)

Asia (1 shopping arcades)

Europe (22 shopping arcades)

Oceania (3 shopping arcades)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.