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1. Alaska Native Medical Center Craft Shop

2. The Antique Gallery

3. Alaska Mint

4. Cabin Fever

5. Alaska Wild Berry Products

6. Polar Bear Gifts

7. Stewart's Photo Shop

8. Trapper Jack's Trading Post

9. Oomingmak, Musk Ox Producers' Co-operative

10. The Quilted Raven

11. Zoez Window Gallery

12. Alaska E-Bike

13. Grizzly's Gifts

14. Aurora Chocolate (Dimond Location)

15. Alaska Fur Exchange

16. Arctic Rose Gallery

17. elaine s. baker & associates inc..

18. Nature's Jewels Rock Shop & Lapidary

19. Fromagio's Artisan Cheese

20. Once in a Blue Moose

21. Alaska Ivory Exchange

22. Girdwood Ski and Cyclery

23. The Quilt Cache

24. Alaska Sausage and Seafood Company

25. 5th Avenue Jewelers

26. Alaskan Sweet Thing's

27. the rusty harpoon.

28. The Hoarding Marmot

29. Twisted Sisters' Quilty Pleasures

30. Alaska Walking Store

What travelers are saying.

• Alaska E-Bike
• 6th Avenue Outfitters Co-op
• Alaska Native Medical Center Craft Shop
• Alaska Wild Berry Products
• Polar Bear Gifts
• Once in a Blue Moose
• Cabin Fever
• Trapper Jack's Trading Post

The 50 best shopping and stores in Anchorage

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1 Dimond Center

2 Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall

3 Alaska Native Heritage Center

4 49th state brewing - anchorage, 5 anchorage depot.

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6 Ulu Factory

7 alaska aviation museum, 8 the kobuk, 9 aurora fine art, 10 alaska mercantile, 11 tikahtnu commons, 12 midtown mall, 13 title wave books, 14 glenn square, 15 sportsman's warehouse.

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16 JCPenney

18 polar bear gifts, 19 jewel lake west shopping center, 20 new sagaya city market, 21 the hoarding marmot, 22 great alaska mall, 23 bayshore mall, 24 big ray's, 25 alaska outdoor gear rental.

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26 Alaska Mountaineering & Hiking

27 6th avenue outfitters co-op, 28 mountain view sports fly shop, 29 10th & m seafoods, 30 southgate center, 31 5th avenue jewelers, 32 anchorage market, 33 alaska mint, 34 the spice & tea exchange of anchorage, 35 musk ox producers' co-operative.

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36 Alaska Wild Berry Products

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History, shopping and nightlife in downtown Anchorage

Downtown Anchorage, photographed on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (Loren Holmes / ADN)

Downtown Anchorage is just busy enough to entertain yet compact enough to easily navigate — a perfect combination for curious visitors ready to explore Alaska’s largest city by foot, either during the light of day or into the tantalizing twilight of the midnight sun.

Of the roughly 731,000 people who live in Alaska, nearly 293,000 people call Anchorage home. The city celebrated its centennial in 2015, and its frontier-town past lingers alongside today’s modernity; downtown is full of creative art galleries and museums, hip boutiques and shops, upscale eateries and moody dive bars. Its compressed size and sensible street grids render it pleasantly walkable, and its share of hotels make it a probable home base for tourists, if not a logical stopping-off point for any Alaska vacationer.

To get started, stop by the downtown Log Cabin Visitor Information Center at the corner of F Street and Fourth Avenue, a central location for launching Anchorage explorations. Staffed year-round, here you’ll find information about town history and connect with exciting out-of-town excursions or city tours.

While the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake did a number of downtown’s architecture (a 9.2 magnitude to be exact!), some scenic structures remain. Next door to the visitor center sits the two-story cast concrete Historic City Hall, which first opened in 1936. The art deco 4th Avenue Theatre (currently closed) remains a prominent Fourth Avenue landmark.

A handful of quaint circa-1915 cottages on Third Avenue are among the city’s oldest structures. Just below downtown in Ship Creek, the Alaska Railroad Anchorage Depot , built in 1942, still serves the state’s rails today.

In downtown, watch for interpretive signs that tell stories of Anchorage’s earliest days and important landmarks. Or visit the circa-1915 Oscar Anderson House Museum at 420 M St. The charming cottage is scheduled to open in May 2021. Anderson, its namesake, claimed to be the 18th settler to arrive in Anchorage, and his widow donated the property to posterity in 1976.

Polar bears exhibit by Paola Pivi, an Italian-American artist living in Anchorage, on display in the new Art of the North Galleries at the Anchorage Museum on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News)

Other downtown stops for the historically curious include the Anchorage Museum , at 625 C St., packed with historical, arts, and cultural exhibits; the Alaska Experience Theatre , which boasts an experiential show dedicated to the historic 1964 quake with seats that shake and tremble; and even the picturesque Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery , established in 1915 by President Woodrow Wilson, where some of Anchorage’s most significant pioneers are buried.

Downtown has plenty of shopping too. Fourth and Fifth avenues are never short of tourist shops with reasonably priced T-shirts, hats, trinkets and more. The more discerning shopper will find clothing and jewelry boutiques, art galleries, and dessert and wine shops.

Downtown nightlife

Anchorage is full of nighttime pursuits, too, with an inclusive array of bar-hopping options ranging from higher-end cocktail bars to breezy outdoor spaces to no-frills Alaska dive bars.

Start out at the corner of G Street and Sixth Avenue, where you’ll find a nexus of bars, anchored by Humpy’s Great Alaskan Alehouse (610 W. Sixth Ave.). The menu covers the gamut of Alaska pub grub, like fried halibut and king crab nuggets, and its beer selection is top-tier.

Next door to Humpy’s is Flattop Pizza + Pool (600 W. Sixth Ave.), featuring solid pizza and a laid-back, urban vibe. Across the street is Williwaw (601 F St.), whose gem is a rooftop bar that opens on nice summer days and is unparalleled for its sun-soaked seating and views of Town Square.

Williwaw, a new bar and restaurant complex owned by the owner of Humpy's Jan. 6, 2015, opened it's doors slowly over the past six months. With over 6000 square feet of space the establishment hopes to become a family friendly destination during the day, and a multi-use concert, party and dinner space during the night. (Tara Young / ADN)

For a fancy evening, several fine-dining restaurants downtown have similarly delicious cocktail creations and extensive wine selections.

Ginger (425 W. Fifth Ave.) serves Pacific Rim-influenced cuisine amid a modern, warm interior, and a chic bar area where craft cocktails reign. Crush (328 G St.) consistently offers wine flights alongside small, foodie-pleasing plates like feta-stuffed dates wrapped in prosciutto; the menu subtly shifts with the seasons.

Haute Quarter Grill (525 W. Fourth Ave.) boasts upscale American cuisine featuring Alaska seafood and produce whenever possible. This is a great spot on a warm summer night when the bar opens up its front-facing accordion walls and diners can enjoy patio seating.

To mingle with locals at authentic dive bars, try Darwin’s Theory (426 G St.) and Pioneer Bar (739 W. Fourth Ave). Both have been around for decades and share some commonalities: no food, no-frills bartenders and no shortage of loyal regulars.

People dine on the outdoor patios at 49th State Brewing Company on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 in downtown Anchorage. The city today encouraged bars and restaurants to take advantage of a new streamlined process to add outdoor seating as much as possible to limit the spread of COVID-19. (Loren Holmes / ADN)

Mad Myrna’s (530 E. Fifth Ave.) is downtown’s lively and welcoming gay club, recently remodeled. With drag shows, cabaret performances, karaoke nights and dancing, Myrna’s is a true standout with a high-energy vibe.

In your nightlife explorations, don’t forget Anchorage’s growing number of breweries. Downtown hosts 49th State Brewing Co. (717 W. Third Ave.), complete with a huge bar, massive menu, and an epic rooftop deck with fantastic views of the inlet and distant mountains – even Denali on a clear day.