Whenever a popular foreign brand opens a store in India, our people lose their calm. I remember the first time a Starbucks store opened up in our city. Even H&M. Customers thronged the store and shopped their hearts out like there was no tomorrow.
And now, the Swedish home furnishing brand IKEA opened up in Bangalore and it caused not just a massive traffic jam in the Nagasandra area but also led to long queues to be formed towards the entrance as thousands of Bangaloreans arrived to shop! Visuals from the weekend at IKEA have gone viral on Twitter. Have a look:
Crowds at the IKEA store in Bangalore today. Looks like Tirupati finally has some competition 😝 pic.twitter.com/fQiS4e87rA
— Suyog Gaidhani (@suyogg) June 25, 2022
Crowd waiting to enter new IKEA store in Bangalore, India. Hopefully, not for meat balls! pic.twitter.com/bZSoiUPFjL
— Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) June 25, 2022
According to Indian Express, the waiting time for customers to enter the store was raised by 3 hours!
#IKEA #ikeabangalore #ikeabengaluru
Today Story.
10kms from Home
Managed to enter the IKEA Gates
Went through lovely tunnel like parking way. Parked the Vehicle, Went up a Floor, Made this Video, Remembered #Tirumala. Decided it's not today. Returned home without Darshana 😉 pic.twitter.com/F9HDD0panz— ದೀಪಕ್ ಮಾಜಿಪಾಟಿಲ್ | Deepak Majipatil (@deepakmajipatil) June 26, 2022
Crowd @ #IKEA #IKEABANGALORE Stay home stay safe pic.twitter.com/Ka5k08Zkuq
— srinivasa rengan (@srinivasforyou) June 25, 2022
People waiting for 3hr to enter @Ikea Bangalore on it's the first weekend. Plus Crazy traffic. pic.twitter.com/rBrqJIPtqL
— Kaustav Mukhopadhyay (@KaustavMukho) June 25, 2022
People who were at home and were witnessing this madness couldn’t help but poke fun at the incident and share memes! Have a look:
IKEA store opens in Bangalore
People: pic.twitter.com/Hx29OE2Ehn
— Hemant (@Sportscasmm) June 26, 2022
Family waiting since 4 hours outside IKEA Bangalore pic.twitter.com/4tgUXpV28N
— Godman Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) June 26, 2022
when people coming out from the #IKEA outlet #BengaluruBulls #ikeabangalore #IKEAInNagasandra pic.twitter.com/QDG9Qhknvb
— Hemant | हेमंत | ಹೇಮಂತ | హేమంత | 😷 (@DostKannada) June 26, 2022
POV: You visited the IKEA store in Bangalore. pic.twitter.com/y50JHDKynu
— AIl India Memes (@allindiamemes) June 26, 2022
Scenes at IKEA Bangalore today pic.twitter.com/AY3MIvYBz5
— Meghanadhh (@Meghanadh_B) June 26, 2022
How i think bengaluru houses are, after seeing the crowd at #ikeabangalore pic.twitter.com/318tnx3XGY
— Keerthi (@thekeerthikumar) June 26, 2022
Just some people trying to get to IKEA in Nagasandra, Bangalore. 😂 pic.twitter.com/9UdwLIvy0r
— Biswajeet Palo (@Biswajeetpalo) June 27, 2022
Imagine IKEA opening a store in Gurgaon!