The 50 Coolest Malls in the World

Shopping experiences that are not for the faint of heart.

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Ah, malls: not just the place you went as a teenager to pretend you didn't have parents. While the mall in your hometown may have been the typical, two-story atrium where moderately priced clothing and endless food court samples were yours for the pillaging, the malls on this list are of another species entirely. These malls are on major capitalist steroids, with hundreds of millions and even billions of dollars being funneled into indoor roller coasters, on-site ski slopes, IMAX theaters, go-kart tracks, and shark aquariums.

And what about the stores? See, that's the thing—at these malls, the shops are secondary. Sure, pop tags if you want, but then you'll be missing out on happy hour bingo under a skylight roof, hitting the slopes in your new Hérmes scarf, or petting sea lions on your way out. Decisions, decisions.

Here are the 50 coolest malls in the world.

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50. Aventura Mall

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49. Westfield London Shopping Centre

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48. CambridgeSide Galleria

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47. The Avenues Mall

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46. The Eatons Center

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45. DLF Emporio

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44. Forum Mall

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43. Alto Palermo

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42. Ambience Mall

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41. Zhengjia Plaza

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40. King of Prussia

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39. Bullring Birmingham Centre

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38. Wynn Esplanade

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37. Grand Indonesia

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36. Centro Comercial Sambil

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35. MetroCentre

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34. Greenbelt (Ayala Center)

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33. Festival Mall

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32. Panamericana Multiplaza

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31. Bawadi Mall

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30. Grand Canal Shoppes

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29. The Kitai-Gorod GUM

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28. South Coast Plaza

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27. Del Amo Fashion Center

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26. Forums Shops at Caesars Palace

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25. Aricanduva Mall

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24. Ala Moana Shopping Center

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23. Pitt Street Mall

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22. CentralWorld

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21. Magna Plaza

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20. Palladium Shopping Centre

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19. SM City N. Edsa

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18. SM Megamall

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17. Madrid Xanadú

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16. Panda Mall (being developed as Uno Mall)

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15. SM Mall of Asia

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14. Zlote Tarasy Mall (Golden Terraces Mall)

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13. Cevahir Istanbul

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12. GPO

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11. Wafi Mall

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10. Mall of America

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9. New South China Mall

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8. Tokyo Midtown Galleria

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7. Berjaya Times Square

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6. Champs-Élysées

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5. Istinye Park

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4. Mall of the Emirates

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3. West Edmonton Mall

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2. Golden Resources (Jin Yuan)

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1. Dubai Mall

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