Substance stocks the weird, the wild, the wicked and the wonderful - electronica, indie rock, world music, new and second-hand LPs and a small collection of music books and cult novels, mostly in English. It's a good place to find out about upcoming gigs.

Vienna's biggest bookshop, spread over four floors including a café, Thalia has an 'International Bookshop' at the back of the ground floor with lots of bestsellers in English and a small selection of books in Spanish, French, Italian and Russian.

This concept store is the Vienna home of the über-hip Swedish streetwear label WeAretheSuperlativeConspiracy. The company grew out of skateboard culture, and the lines of hoodies, tees, parkas and pants follow that aesthetic of simply cut, cool but durable design. Check the website for their latest collection.

Craving Vegemite or Marmite? Salt-and-vinegar crisps? Heinz Spotted Dick? Bobby's is a one-stop food store for brands from the US, UK and beyond that are hard to find anywhere else in Vienna.

The British Bookshop has the largest selection of English reference and teaching books in Vienna. There's also a well-ordered and extensive fiction section, children's books and a few DVDs. There's a second outlet in Neubau called British Bookshop II (Mariahilfer Strasse 4).

The family business Staud has been making jams and pickled vegetables and fruit for more than 30 years. Prices are more than you'd pay in supermarkets for other brands, but the quality is by far the best in Vienna. Saturday morning is a great time to visit, when the nearby Brunnenmarkt is in full swing.

Want to kit yourself out Von Trapp family-style? This 180-year-old institution is your place. Embroidered dirndls and blouses, capes, high-collared jackets and deer suede coats are all hand-made (reflected in their prices). Modern variations are available as well as the traditional designs, though you're likely to find more nostalgic charm in the trad stuff. Christopher Plummer wannabes come for the loden coats (made from boiled and combed wool).

Unger und Klein's small but knowledgeable wine collection spans the globe, but the majority of its labels come from Europe. The best of Austrian wines - expensive boutique varieties to bargain-bin bottles - is available. It's also a small, laid-back wine bar, with a reasonable selection of wines by the glass, which gets crowded on Friday and Saturday evenings.

This charming small shop has a touch of the old world about it, partly due to the handmade packaging of their chocolates and sweets, designed by Wiener Werkstätte in 1928. Altmann & Kühne have been producing hand-made bonbons for more than 100 years using a well-kept secret recipe.

The best place to come if you want to take the temperature of Vienna's contemporary design scene, Art Up works on a cooperative model allowing the designers who stock their work here to get a foothold in the fashion world - around 35 of them at the time of research. The model makes for an eclectic collection - elegant fashion pieces rub alongside quirky accessories (Astroturf tie or handbag, anyone?) as well as ceramics and bigger art pieces.