Shopping in Anchorage
Visitors to Anchorage can find plenty of touristy gift stores in the downtown, as well as shopping malls and markets as listed below:
- Anchorage Market and Festival, [web]. Saturdays & Sundays (mid May-mid Sept) at 3rd Ave. and E St. (10-6), Wednesdays (Jul-Aug) in the Northway Mall parking lot (11-5), free entry. Several hundred vendors offer all sorts of items in this large open air market. Items include fresh produce, fresh local seafood, prepared food, arts and crafts, souvenirs, etc. Some items could be found anywhere in the lower 48 but many items are truly Alaskan.
- Dimond Center, The largest mall in the entire State of Alaska. Dimond Center also features an ice rink, movie theaters, and a bowling alley.
- Fifth Avenue Mall, Usually considered Anchorage's nicest mall, it is attached to the original JCPenney Building and it also has skywalk access to the only Nordstrom store in Alaska. There are 2 parking garages which are connected to the mall, The old JCPenney's garage on 6th avenue, via Penney's; and the 5th Avenue Mall Garage between 5th and 6th avenue
- Boniface Mall Mostly empty and used by the Anchorage School District
- Sears Mall This mall is convenient to visitors getting on the Seward Highway; however, this mall is just like the mall in every other town in America. The Lenscrafters is the same as the Lenscrafters in any other city.
- Northway Mall
- Northern Lights Shopping Mall Strip mall
- Valley River Shopping Mall Strip mall in the bedroom community of Eagle River (about 10 miles north of Anchorage)
- University Plaza Mall
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