Tag: flea market
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Style Moment | El Rastro Flea Market, Madrid
“The camera is much more than a recording apparatus; it is a medium via which messages reach us from another world.” Orson Welles (1915-1985) American actor, director, writer and producer
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EXCEPTIONAL EATERIES | Paris Flea Market | Chez Louisette
I love going to the Paris flea market to search for treasures, and to visit vendors who have become friends over the years. When I’m there, I always break for lunch at a rollicking café that is just as exceptional for its character as it is for the food. The Marché Vernaison is a maze…
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FLEA MARKETS | Madrid | El Rastro
On a Sunday in Madrid, there’s only one place to be. The El Rastro Flea market. Since the 15th century, the El Rastro neighborhood has been famous for the trade of second hand items. The market starts at 9, and by 11 the streets are teeming with people. I started at the Plaza General Vera…
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FLEA MARKETS | Seville | Calle Feria
Every flea market has a personality. Having shopped in flea markets all over the world, so you’d think they would all start to look the same to me. In fact, many of the objects for sale are so clearly identifiable with their location. Seville was no exception.
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FLEA MARKETS | London | Portobello Road
For me, there is no better way to spend a London Saturday than Portobello Road market. Portobello Road is a Victorian street in the Notting Hill district of London. The market began as a fruit and vegetable market in the 19th century, and antique dealers started setting up stalls in the 1930’s. (There are still…
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FLEA MARKETS | Milan | Mercatone dell’Antiquariato
All year round, on the last Sunday of each month, the Mercatone dell’Antiquariato is held along the Navigli Canal in Milan. This is one of my favorite flea markets in Europe, and I have found some of my best treasures here. It was here that I first discovered these stunning mid-century West German porcelain vases….
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FLEA MARKETS | Budapest | Petőfi Csarnok
If there’s a flea market in a city, I’m there. On Saturdays in Budapest, the Petőfi Csarnok in City Park fills up with vendors selling everything from bric a brac to shampoo, with some antiques thrown into the mix. It’s a colorful mix of merchandise…and characters.
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FLEA MARKETS | Barcelona | Els Encants Vells
I’ve been to a lot of flea markets, and they’re all pretty similar: tables under tents lined up in straight rows, or stalls bordering narrow lanes. The flea market in Barcelona is nothing like that…this flea market is crazy.
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FLEA MARKETS | Reykjavik | Kolaportið
I’ve been to some funky flea markets, and this one is no exception. Housed in a large warehouse building on the harbor, the Kolaportið Flea Market offers an eclectic mix of antiques, those famous sweaters, fur, potatoes, and dried fish. Held every Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 5:00, you’ll find stacks of old books,…
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Weird but Wonderful | Horse of a Different Color
It’s 15 degrees Fahrenheit, so cold that the Paris flea market is deserted except for the hard-core antique dealers…and mounted horse patrols? What a peculiar sight among the antiques.
