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Ikea: Value and modern style draw crowds

By Adam Easton in Warsaw

Published: November 17 2009 17:11 | Last updated: November 17 2009 17:11

If you don’t like bustling crowds during your weekend shopping then it’s probably best to avoid visiting Ikea in Poland.

If you do go, be prepared to dodge customers laid on beds or sofas – checking their springiness, or young couples with small children standing in front of a kitchen display trying to visualise how it would look in their flat. Even the restaurant selling roast beef and Swedish meatballs with potatoes is full.

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