MANGAUNG offers the keen shopper a wide variety of shopping opportunities. The Sanlam Plaza and Middestad Centre in the Bloemfontein CBD house numerous chain and speciality stores, while street trader stalls are found in the thoroughfare east of Sanlam Plaza and Crossroads in Bloemfontein. At these stalls almost anything can be purchased, from fresh produce to African art and craft. The CBD offers ample parking provided by metered street parking and several affordable parking garages.
Mimosa Mall is a well-known and up market shopping mall on the western outskirts of the city centre. Several other shopping centres in MANGAUNG add variety to the shopping experience in the city. Numerous spaza shops and curio stalls throughout the city likewise provide a true African city atmosphere.
Some of the major shopping centres in MANGAUNG are:
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Baysvillage
Bloemgate Centre
Brandwag Centre
Central Park
Checkers Hyper
College Square
Game Centre
Hypermarket, Southern Centre
Kenworth CentreLee Marco Centre (Heidedal)
Loch Logan Waterfront
Middestad Centre
Mimosa Mall
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Northridge Mall
Preller Square
Reahola Complex (Botshabelo)
Sanlam Plaza
Shoprite Centre (Rocklands)
Shoprite Centre (Thaba Nchu)
Showgate Centre
Victorian Square
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Theatres, restaurants, pubs, shopping centres and entertainment complexes provide relaxation to visitors during their stay. Outdoor and adventure tours are within easy reach as a result of the number of resorts, game reserves and dams in the area.