Daegu shops the way it manufactures: in specialised alleys. One row sells nothing but drill bits, the next only sewing machines, a third only ink and hanji. Between them sit fashion-college ateliers and a department store built over a train station.
Seven linked alleys open 06:00–19:00: seed shops, secondhand power tools, ceramic onggi jars and the dried-goods row. Vendors sell by the geun (600g) — dried persimmons run ₩10,000–15,000, gochugaru ₩18,000. Cash preferred at stalls.
A 700m strip of hardware shops in 1930s Japanese-era buildings, trading since the 1950s. Bearings, brass fittings, hand planes and blacksmith-forged chisels sold to machinists. Several fronts now double as coffee bars behind the shutters.
Daegu's imported-goods market, born from post-war US base surplus. Two floors of camera bodies, vintage watches, foreign snacks, perfume and electronics. Traders open roughly 10:00–19:00 and close the second and fourth Sunday of each month.
The retail edge of Textile City: bolts of cotton, linen and Daegu-woven synthetics sold by the ma (about 90cm), plus a row of sewing-machine repair shops. Tailors here cut hanbang-style jackets and take orders for pickup within two days.
Around 40 galleries and craft studios along a 700m tree-lined road, most open 10:30–18:30 and closed Mondays. Ceramics, calligraphy brushes, hanji paper and small-run prints; the Bongsan Cultural Centre at the top shows free rotating exhibitions.
A converted residential lane of independent labels: linen womenswear, leather goods made on-site, ceramic jewellery and a few vintage resellers. Most boutiques open 12:00 or 13:00 and trade until 20:00, with several shut on Mondays.
Daegu's main retail spine plus a 1km air-conditioned underground mall running beneath it toward Banwoldang. Korean street brands, cosmetics chains, accessory stalls and outlet racks; underground shops trade 10:30–22:00 with fixed low prices.
A nine-floor store built directly over Dongdaegu Station, open 10:30–20:00. Korean designer floors, a large K-beauty hall and a basement food floor stocking Cheongdo persimmon vinegar and Gunwi apple products worth packing home.
A 1970s tobacco warehouse turned studio complex, open 10:00–19:00 and closed Mondays. Resident artists sell prints, risograph zines and small ceramics direct from studios, and the ground-floor shop stocks Daegu-designed stationery.
A narrow lane of pre-war merchant houses off Jung-gu's modern history route. Small shops sell brass tableware, tea from Gyeongsang growers and dried apple chips; the old Jeonggwang teahouse pours ssanghwa-cha in a 1930s brick building.
A handful of surviving secondhand bookshops trading since the 1960s, stacked with Korean first editions, 1970s magazines, old maps and vintage film posters. Sellers dig titles out by hand; most open around 11:00 and close by 19:00.
A student strip of accessory carts, sneaker resellers, cheap eyewear and stamp-carving stalls that fills up after 18:00. Prices sit well below Dongseongno, and several shops cut custom name seals in Korean or Latin script while you wait.