Local goods are usually bad quality, but there are several things that are worth buying.Some wool and linen clothes - you can get very good stuff for little money.Linen in all forms is a special bargain. Typical is a woven patterned linen tablecloth, excellent quality, 150cm x 300cm about 5 ft x 10 ft, for 34,280 Belarus rubles, approximately $16.25 US 10.30 euro, 8.25 GB pound as of May 2008.Womens housery "Milavitsa", is widely known across former USSR. This good quality, and cheap as well. Various types of cosmetics - firstly brand-name, are called "O2". Vodka produced by Brest spirit factory, is probably the best in the world. This easily outperforms Stolichnaya, Absolut and Smirnoff. Generally, the Minsk Airport has a very reliable duty free shop with rich choice of fragrances, spirits and souvenirs. There is no sense to get international brands- usually it costs 20-50% more than European average.
Podzemka
Praspekt nezalezhnasti 43. an underground bookshop-cum-art gallery.
Suveniraja Lavka
Vulitsa maxima bahdanovicha 9. a souvenir type shop with straw crafts, wooden boxes, embroidered linen & belorussian alcohol.
Tsentralnaja Kniharnya
Praspekt nezalezhnasti 19. a bookshop with posters of belorussian president alexander lukashenko.