The Queen Victoria Building, or QVB, is an opulent Romanesque Revival shopping centre that fills the city block bordered by Druitt, George, Market and York Streets. It was built in 1898 and although threatened with demolition in the late 1950s, it reopened as an upmarket shopping centre in 1986.
Although not quite in the same league as Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, or the Victoria Quarter in Leeds, the Queen Victoria Building is one of the world’s most beautiful shopping centres. Although it is hardly a place where most backpackers come to shop, it’s a nice building to saunter through.
Free tour with the iVenture Sydney card
Free tour of the Queen Victoria Building with the iVenture Card Sydney sightseeing pass