Briggate is the middle one of three parallel streets that run north/south through the main shopping area in Leeds. It's linked to the other streets by various side streets, malls and arcades. It's pedestrianised too, so it makes for a safe environment for shoppers. It's always fairly busy and there are street food stalls and often buskers - plenty to enjoy and a good spot for 'people-watching' if that's your thing.
In the UK, it's fairly normal to have such concentrated shopping areas, around a high street or perhaps a central square. When I went to the USA, although the only city I really visited was Boston, it seemed that there wasn't 'a shopping centre' as such (or if there was I didn't find it, despite covering most of the city by foot in a few days). Shops seemed to be well spread out rather than concentrated in one central district.
Most cities and towns in Germany have a main shopping area in the centre, too, often pedestrianised. Then there are the malls and industrial estate outside town, where you will often find a large IKEA shop, a ‚Kitchen Arena‘, other furniture stores amd so on; hard to reach any other way than by car, often with huge parking lots around them.
ReplyDeleteLoved seeing the shops, and the banners are cute!
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