This is a report about Europe’s largest shopping centre - SCS, which stands for Shopping City Süd.
HOW TO GET THERE
If you live in the UK, then it is certainly not just around the corner, because you’d have to fly to Vienna, Austria, first.
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Advantages: You will find everything here; weather doesn't matter Disadvantages: quite crowded on Fridays and Saturdays
...large car park around the SCS which offers about 8000 spaces. However, it often is quite full, especially on Fridays and Saturdays.
By public transport, take the tram (Badner Bahn) which leaves at Opera in the city centre, and it will take you about 35 minutes to arrive at the Shopping City Süd.
A BRIEF HISTORY
A short section, because most modern shopping centres do not have any interesting history. ... ...1976, and many expansions have been added during these 25 years. It was (and still is) the largest shopping centre in Europe.
The total property is 230,000 sqkm, the length of the main building is 900 meters, and there are approx. 3,000 meters of shopwindows to look at.
SHOPS
On the two floors of the main building you will find about 300 shops of all different sizes, from very small boutiques to ... more
This is a report about Europe’s largest shopping centre - SCS, which stands for Shopping City Süd.
HOW TO GET THERE
If you live in the UK, then it is certainly not just around the corner, because you’d have to fly to Vienna, Austria, first.
From Vienna, you can drive to the south of Vienna (Süd means South), direction Graz, take exit 7 off the motorway A2 which will bring you directly to the Shopping City Süd, just outside Vienna.
There is a large car park around the SCS which offers about 8000 spaces. However, it often is quite full, especially on Fridays and Saturdays.
By public transport, take the tram (Badner Bahn) which leaves at Opera in the city centre, and it will take you about 35 minutes to arrive at the Shopping City Süd.
A BRIEF HISTORY
A short section, because most modern shopping centres do not have any interesting history.
The SCS was originally built in 1976, and many expansions have been added during these 25 years. It was (and still is) the largest shopping centre in Europe.
The total property is 230,000 sqkm, the length of the main building is 900 meters, and there are approx. 3,000 meters of shopwindows to look at.
SHOPS
On the two floors of the main building you will find about 300 shops of all different sizes, from very small boutiques to extremely large department stores.
I don’t think there is any kind of shop which is not represented here. You can spend hours and hours walking aroung and shopping without noticing what happens outside (the more people with umbrellas you see the more likely it is raining outside).
All entrances are numbered (1 to 9), so you should try to remember the entrance number where your car is parked. Otherwise it is easy to get lost.
The quality of shops, staff and products is generally OK, and the prices are not higher than in other shops in Vienna.
Outside the main building, along the Nordring, some large stores (e.g. DIY) have been built in stand-alone buildings with their own parking spaces.
MOTOR CITY SÜD
On the area, in the North of the main building, a number of car dealers have opened their shops, which means that you can also by your car here - could be a Smart Car for example.
BLAUE LAGUNE
On the area, in the South of the main building, there is Blaue Lagune (blue lagoon), where you can even buy a house. On display are 85 prefabricated houses from 42 manufacturers, located around a pond. You can go inside all houses and decide which one to buy.
MULTIPLEX
On the area, in the South of the main building, there is Multiplex, a building with a small number of shops (two big computer stores amongst them), opened in 1994.
It hosts the UCI cinema centre with nine cinema halls - always crowded, especially on Saturday and Sunday.
You will also find a fitness centre, billard hall, amusement arcade, skittle alley, and one of the largest discos of Vienna (Nachtschicht, which means Nightshift)
RESTAURANTS
And, of course, all the many people who come shopping, need to eat and drink sometimes.
In the main building, you will find 29 restaurants, and in the Multiplex there are 16 restaurants, which should be enough for all.
There are a lot of different types of restaurants so that everybody can find a restaurant of her/his choice. Examples are Chinese, Italian, Mexican, American, French, Austrian, Japanese, Vienna coffee-houses, Fish restaurants, Sushi Bars, beer pubs, McDonalds, pastry and cake shops, some restaurants in the larger department stores and the Ikea restaurant.
OPENING TIMES
Non-food: Mon - Fri 09:30 to 19:00 hrs, Sat 09:00 to 17:00 hrs Food: Mon - Fri 07:30 to 19:00 hrs, Sat 07:30 to 17:00 hrs
Multiplex / UCI: Daily 10:00 to 24:00 hrs
SUMMARY
If you like shopping, join the other (on average) 65,000 people who come here per day and visit Europe’s largest shopping centre.
But don’t forget that there is much more to see in and around Vienna!
Advantages: wide range of shops with better stock levels than many in-town branches Disadvantages: hassle to get there - takes a good 30 minutes from the city centre
...lot of the stores in SCS do have outlets in town, most of the outlets are not as big as this. My reason for going initially was to see if the P&C (Peek & Cloppenberg) outlet had a different selection of clothes to the store in the Mariahilferstraße (see separate opinion!) although generally the selection was pretty similar. I went to Eduscho and Tschibo (there are branches in town on practically every street!) to see if they had got any of the things ... ...also take a trip to SCS to relax, as there is a 9 screen multiplex cinema, a fitness centre, snooker/pool centre and a bowling alley, not to mention “Nachtschicht” which is a meat market/nightclub. Nachtschicht often has SMS clubbing nights (sponsored by One – one of Austria’s most prominent mobile phone networks) where you can chat people up by text message – if that is your thing – they send out frequent text messages to One for Me users reminding ...
Morgenhund 24.09.2001 (13.06.2004)
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Advantages: Excellent mix of shops and restaurants Disadvantages: Lack of position indicators/locators and Info Desks
I agree with Michael's report and views. I could not have said it better myself.
The only downfall of the entire complex is that I found it difficult to navigate through....wierd 'cos I am a shopaholic and used to BIG malls. Ther seems to be a sense of "where am I?" on the end of the mall which is the end opposite to where IKEA is. They have few "locator boards" and virtually no Info points/desks on site and if they do, they are not well demarkated. ... ...tricky as you come off the Autobahn as is getting back ont it. Just follow your nose and use a bit of common sense and you'll end up right where you need to be....just take loads of spending money with you.
Eating/Restaurant facilities are good so watch those kilograms!
Enjoy!!
Erich ...
erichwirtz 21.01.2009
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