The Nanjinger

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  • Nanjing Provincial Library

    Nanjing Provincial Library

    Nanjing Provincial Library is a truly impressive building; an eight-storey wonder of architecture, gracing the landscape with a distinctly contemporary look.

    Inside, there is a reasonably impressive selection of English books (since this is an English website we will just focus on them – the selection of Chinese books is absolutely vast). There are large sections on philosophy, science, sociology, leadership/management and architecture/interior design. Then there is the fiction section, which is mainly rows and rows of The Novels That Time Forgot, but there are a few gems; just go hunting.

    On the third floor  you will find the periodical section, which has decent collections of Time, Newsweek, Readers Digest, Realms of Fantasy, Popular Science, Travel Weekly, Der Spiegel and Stern (two German magazines), Elektor and Stuff.

    English website – http://www.jslib.org.cn/pub/njlib/Jslib_englishversion2012/

  • Bai Nao Hui

    Bao Nao Hui is a multi-floor electronics market. Here, you can find an extremely wide variety of electronics, digital cameras, MP3/4/5 palyers, laptop computers, headphones, webcams, and almost anything else for computers. It is important to remember that Bai Nao Hui is not one single store, but is instead a market where each vendor sells their own products. On the first floors, there are booths for many famous brands such as Dell, Sony, Olympus, and Apple. The second and third floors contain smaller booths which sell no-name electronics, and the fourth floor has computer repair shops.

  • Nanjing’s “Video Game District”

    Yes, Nanjing has, among other things, an area which seems devoted entirely to selling videogames and videogame systems which is just up Zhongyang Road from Gulou Park, and quite close to Castle. To this day, I am unsure why so many shops which sell basically identical or extremely similar products at identical or similar prices are in the same place, but that seems to be a sort of Nanjing style (see 1912). In any case, for those looking to buy anything X-Box 360, Playstation 3, orWii related, this is the place to go, as all these systems are sold here. On sale almost all available games, but some are Japanese versions so it is important to ask.

    This “district” has at least ten shops, most of which can also service consoles, add mods, programs, applications, and so on. Of course, each shop in this area has its own style and presentation, though many are similar. The shops with multiple plasma TV’s and workers usually seem to have a better selection than smaller places. but this is not always true. Overall, this is a good place to go for all things video game, and worth a look around.

  • Suning Electronics

    Local firm that is now one of China

  • Jinxianghe Rd

    The outdoor store street in Nanjing; shops for biking, hiking, backpacks, equipment and apparel for outdoors.

     

     

     

     

  • Carrefour

    Carrefour is pretty much the French equivalent to Walmart in Nanjing, with more locations. Aside from this location close to 1912 and the Presidential Palace, there are also locations in Xiaguan District on South Daqiao Road, in Jianye District at on Jiqingmen Avenue and Lushan Road near to the Olympic Centre, plus one in Pukou District at the intersection of the G312 and Liuzhou Road. In terms of products and price, Walmart and Carrefour are quite similar: Carrefour also carries a selection of electronics, home appliances and housewares, as well as fresh and packaged food. Carrefour also has a section devoted to imported items.

  • Ivy Food Store

    Ivy Food Store is sort of the chain equivalent to Times Grocery. There are many stores across Nanjing, with some of the most prominent ones being on Zhongshan Road, just south of Guangzhou Road; on Hunan Road near Hubei Road; and on East Beijing Road, close to Taiping Gate and Xuanwu Lake. So what exactly sets Ivy and Times apart? The answer is simple: the selection.

    Times and Ivy stock some similar things, such as spirits and beers. The larger Ivy stores usually have a fine selection of wines and even some liqueurs, which can eclipse the small but admittedly impressive selection at Times. Times, however, beats Ivy hands down by supplying the little things that can make an expat’s kitchen complete, like spices and seasonings. Don’t go to Ivy expecting to find that one ingredient your favorite dish was missing. Ivy, however, does have a good range of other goods, like cake mixes, candies, chocolates, dried pastas, and canned and bottled sauces.

    Like Ivy, one shouldn’t expect to walk out having saved a lot of money, but when buying imported food stuffs, one should not expect to.

  • Auchan

    Another French hypermarket with three stores in Nanjing.

  • GSAB

    A small, understocked supermarket (for now), but nice addition to the sparse grocery-shopping options in the Olympic Centre area.It offers a range of products not commonly seen in mainland stores. Here you can find Guava and Papaya juices, and many types of sweets including mixed drops, stone chocolate and true Belgian cookies in flavours as typical as chocolate and as extravagant as Nori seaweed.

  • Xiaoshu Leyuan – Little Tree Paradise

    This store with the dulcet name of Little Tree Paradise can be summarised best as the sauce and honey shop. It sells many different types of sauces, from soy and black bean to chili, but is mainly interesting due to its vast choice of honey which takes up the main part of the store.