Bye Bye IKEA
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]
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Nov 7, 2006
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18 Comments, add your own...
1. Frankom | November 7th, 2006 at 5:09 pm
:: how sad ;/
2. 767 | November 7th, 2006 at 5:26 pm
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 :P
3. Toxy | November 7th, 2006 at 5:51 pm
LOL….dude, when we are all getting emotional about IKEA closing down (or should that be moving home) in Kuwait, we really got problems…..
4. Eddy | November 7th, 2006 at 6:13 pm
***tears falling on keyboard***
5. Mark d | November 7th, 2006 at 6:45 pm
Great pictures with that camera phone..what kind of phone is it?
6. Mark | November 7th, 2006 at 6:54 pm
Motorola V3x. Keep in mind these were indoor shots also. Out door it performs better.
7. Purgatory | November 7th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
I wish the day comes when Ikea is bye bye for good.
8. arabianfox | November 7th, 2006 at 8:59 pm
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..
9. mooodi | November 7th, 2006 at 9:18 pm
Nice, we should really dumpster dive that place and see if there’s anyting good left.
I’d hit it.
10. holla | November 7th, 2006 at 10:52 pm
oh shit moodie i didn’t think of that at the time. dude dumpster diving isn’t event hat common in kuwait yet.
11. Noura | November 7th, 2006 at 11:21 pm
Believe it or not; never been to Ikea! But I feel sad! How funny ;/
12. moayad | November 7th, 2006 at 11:27 pm
God things are changing so quickly! .. Where is The Avenues mall anyway?
13. 3baid | November 8th, 2006 at 1:29 am
Bye bye *waves*
14. moocherx | November 8th, 2006 at 3:13 am
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.
15. bemyguessed | November 8th, 2006 at 6:57 am
Thank goodness for that! That store was really hard to park at and ridiculously small. I hated it!
16. zaydoun | November 8th, 2006 at 8:55 am
Not all progress is bad!
17. Fonzy | November 8th, 2006 at 12:04 pm
well think bout it this way… now ur kids get to grow up in a new modern IKEA
18. Mariam | November 10th, 2006 at 6:12 pm
where is avenue mall plz!! Location
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