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Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne
Melbourne, Victoria
Melbourne's big open-air market, trading since 1878 and covering two city blocks.
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Punanga Nui Market, Rarotonga
Saturday-morning market in Avarua with food stalls, crafts, black pearls, music and dance.
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Otavalo Market
Otavalo, Imbabura
One of the largest indigenous markets in South America, at its biggest on Saturdays, selling textiles, ponchos and crafts made by the Otavaleño people.
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Marché Bastille, Paris
Paris
One of the biggest and best open-air food markets in Paris, stretching along the central strip of Boulevard Richard-Lenoir from the Place de la Basti…
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Chichicastenango Market
Chichicastenango, Quiché
One of the largest markets in Central America, held on Thursdays and Sundays in a highland Maya town, with textiles, masks, pottery, flowers and food.
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Temple Street Night Market, Hong Kong
Yau Tsim Mong
A busy street market in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, selling cheap clothes, gadgets and souvenirs, with fortune tellers, Cantonese opera singers and open-air…
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Souq Al-Mubarakiya, Kuwait City
Kuwait City, Al Asimah
Kuwait's oldest market, with lanes of shops selling dates, spices, perfumes, textiles and gold, and simple restaurants serving grilled fish and Kuwai…
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Souks of the Marrakech medina
Marrakesh, Marrakech
North of Jemaa el-Fnaa, the medina is a remarkable maze of covered souks, each lane devoted to a craft: leather, spices, lanterns, carpets, babouche …
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Nelson Saturday Market
Nelson
A lively outdoor market held every Saturday morning in Montgomery Square in the centre of Nelson, all year round.
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Souq Waqif, Doha
Doha
A restored traditional market in central Doha with spice, textile and falcon shops, a falcon hospital, and many restaurants and shisha cafés.
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Chatuchak Weekend Market, Bangkok
Bangkok
One of the largest markets in the world, with around 15,000 stalls selling clothes, crafts, antiques, plants, pets and street food, open Saturday and…
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Cicada Market, Hua Hin
Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan
A lively weekend evening market for art, crafts and food, held in a landscaped garden south of Hua Hin's centre.
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Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
Fatih, İstanbul
One of the oldest and largest covered markets in the world, begun in 1461.
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Oxford Covered Market
Oxford, Oxfordshire
A historic indoor market in the centre of Oxford, open since 1774, with about 50 independent traders: butchers, bakers, cheesemongers, cafés, florist…
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Pike Place Market, Seattle
Seattle, Washington
One of the oldest continuously operating public markets in the USA, opened in 1907, above the waterfront, with fishmongers throwing salmon, flower st…
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Mall of America, Bloomington
Bloomington, Minnesota
The largest shopping mall in the United States, with more than 500 shops and 50 restaurants on four levels.