Food Markets: In the Belly of the City

Florence - Mercato Centrale

The Mercato di San Lorenzo, or Mercato Centrale (Central Market) in romantic Florence, is Tuscany's true gem, as here, t

Toulouse - Marché Victor Hugo

Unquestionably, there's no better place than the centrally-located and well-covered food market of Marché Victor Hugo t

Zagreb - Dolac Market

The old ladies selling their baskets full of vegetables; cheese on the Dolac market in Zagreb; travelling from the Medit

Riga - Centraltirgus

Riga's Centraltirgus in Latvia is the biggest covered city food market in Europe, where there is century-old rye bread m

Freiburg - Munstermarkt

Freiburg has an incredible gothic cathedral with a food market at its feet; farmers from the Black Forest bring their tr

Palermo - Ballarò

Meandering through the lively city of Palermo in Sicily, the almost one-thousand-year-old Ballarò open-air street marke

Helsinki - Vanha Kauppahalli

The renovated Old Market Hall, or Vanha Kauppahalli, is a magnificent 19th-century building, and Helsinki's oldest indoo

Lisbon - Mercato da Ribeira

The spacious and completely refurbished Mercado da Ribeira, or the Time Out Market, with the iron interior and the large

Munich - Viktualienmarkt

The Viktualienmarkt developed from an original farmers' market to a popular market for gourmets. But the center of the s

Amsterdam - Albert Cuyp Market

Located between Ferdinand Bolstraat and Van Woustraat in the colorful De Pijp neighborhood of Amsterdam, the busy Albert

Valencia - Mercado Central

The hall of the Mercado Central in Valencia is a pearl of Art Nouveau architecture, which focuses on the fantastic regio

Bergen - Fisketorget

Fisketorget is a market in the heart of Bergen, Norway's second largest city, which lies on the country's west coast. Th

Cagliari - Mercato Di San Benedetto

At the San Benedetto market in Cagliari there is a special variety of regional offers. In particular, the Sardinian spin

Cork - English Market

Despite being hit by two fires, in 1980 and 1986, Cork's English Market is a gem in the Northern European market landsca

Thessaloniki - Kapani Market

Chaotic and evocative, Kapani Market in the Greek city of Thessaloniki resists the changes global fast-food culture is b

Ljubljana - Central Market

The diversity and richness of Slovenia are perfectly represented at the central market of Ljubljana: bakeries, family da

Dijon - Les Halles de Dijon

Explores the markets in Halles de Dijon, which is a huge expanse hosting over 700 stalls in 4 pavilions. Its size goes a

Hamburg - Isemarkt

Nearly a kilometer long, the Isemarkt in Hamburg is one of the most significant biweekly markets the city can boast. The

Venice - Rialto Market

At the Rialto market, delicacies that are part of the Venetian culinary tradition are brought by boat directly from the

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