Like many of you I have been visiting IKEA in Shuwaikh since I was a kid. Sadly at the same time this post gets published (5PM) IKEA in Shuwaikh will have closed down for good. Tomorrow IKEA will reopen but at a new location in The Avenues mall. I was lucky enough to pass by IKEA for lunch today and see the original IKEA for one last time before they closed their doors. It was really strange walking around and not see any furniture on display. I took some pictures with my phone so check them out. [Pictures]
18 replies on “Bye Bye IKEA”
:: how sad ;/
i remember the days wen i used to play in that kids area down wen i was a kid.. there was a tv with power rangers to watch 😛
LOL….dude, when we are all getting emotional about IKEA closing down (or should that be moving home) in Kuwait, we really got problems…..
***tears falling on keyboard***
Great pictures with that camera phone..what kind of phone is it?
Motorola V3x. Keep in mind these were indoor shots also. Out door it performs better.
I wish the day comes when Ikea is bye bye for good.
Yes its sad to see it go,,, but its moving on to the avenues and sometimes a change is good…
Now the only thing i am worried about is that the part of the 5th ring were the avenues is located will get jammed. Interesting the rest of the mall doesn’t seem to be finished.
But what i am really waiting to see is how the French supermarket chain carrefour will be..
Nice, we should really dumpster dive that place and see if there’s anyting good left.
I’d hit it.
oh shit moodie i didn’t think of that at the time. dude dumpster diving isn’t event hat common in kuwait yet.
Believe it or not; never been to Ikea! But I feel sad! How funny ;/
God things are changing so quickly! .. Where is The Avenues mall anyway?
Bye bye *waves*
I like the design of the new Ikea building. It looks as disjointed as a piece of Ikea furniture I’ve tried to put together myself.
Thank goodness for that! That store was really hard to park at and ridiculously small. I hated it!
Not all progress is bad!
well think bout it this way… now ur kids get to grow up in a new modern IKEA
where is avenue mall plz!! Location