Food Markets: In the Belly of the City

Feb 25, 2013

One of Europe's biggest open-air food market, Turin's Porta Palazzo, is a vibrant core of fresh smells, bright colours, and lovely people.

Feb 26, 2013

Nestled in an impressive three-levelled building, picturesque Budapest's central indoor market is not only one of the largest but also one of the most elegant food destinations in Europe.

Feb 27, 2013

With more than one hundred food and vintage stalls plus numerous restaurants, the popular Naschmarkt--Vienna's vast 16th-century food market--is a colourful culinary destination.

Feb 28, 2013

Located on a hill in the city of Lyon, the neighborhood of La Croix-Rousse (Red Cross), is the town's coolest district, and one of the best itineraries of taste.

Mar 1, 2013

According to many, La Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria, or simply, La Boqueria, is the best public food market in the Ciudad Vieja and a tourist's ultimate destination in Barcelona's La Rambla.

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Jul 13, 2015

The Mercato di San Lorenzo, or Mercato Centrale (Central Market) in romantic Florence, is Tuscany's true gem, as here, there's only one motto: taste, in all its glorious simplicity and authenticity.

Jul 14, 2015

Unquestionably, there's no better place than the centrally-located and well-covered food market of Marché Victor Hugo to get a general view and to feel the beating heart of Toulouse's vivid food scene.

Jul 15, 2015

The old ladies selling their baskets full of vegetables; cheese on the Dolac market in Zagreb; travelling from the Mediterranean islands to the Austrian Alps; from freshly caught hake and simple Baltic snacks to internationally awarded cheese.

Jul 16, 2015

Riga's Centraltirgus in Latvia is the biggest covered city food market in Europe, where there is century-old rye bread making, grilled lampreys, soviet milk sausages, and hemp butter.

Jul 17, 2015

Freiburg has an incredible gothic cathedral with a food market at its feet; farmers from the Black Forest bring their trout and herb pestos, wild berries and smoked ham to the city.

Jan 22, 2018

Meandering through the lively city of Palermo in Sicily, the almost one-thousand-year-old Ballarò open-air street market is a true hidden wonder which throbs with activity around the busy Piazza Carmine in the old part of the town.

Jan 23, 2018

The renovated Old Market Hall, or Vanha Kauppahalli, is a magnificent 19th-century building, and Helsinki's oldest indoor food market crammed with exotic delicacies, Finnish baked goods, and tasty cold meats that are impossible to resist.

Jan 24, 2018

The spacious and completely refurbished Mercado da Ribeira, or the Time Out Market, with the iron interior and the large central dome is a bustling with people traditional food market where one can discover Lisbon's best under one roof.

Jan 25, 2018

The Viktualienmarkt developed from an original farmers' market to a popular market for gourmets. But the center of the social life of the city is the world-famous Biergarten - here the seven historical breweries of the city pour the finest beers of the world.

Jan 26, 2018

Located between Ferdinand Bolstraat and Van Woustraat in the colorful De Pijp neighborhood of Amsterdam, the busy Albert Cuyp Market is one of the oldest food bazaars in town with a delightful abundance of local bites.

Jan 31, 2021

The hall of the Mercado Central in Valencia is a pearl of Art Nouveau architecture, which focuses on the fantastic regional products that are grown on the fertile soil around Spain's third-largest city.

Feb 1, 2021

Fisketorget is a market in the heart of Bergen, Norway's second largest city, which lies on the country's west coast. There is plenty of fish and seafood, but a lot has changed because of climate change and overfishing.

Feb 3, 2021

At the San Benedetto market in Cagliari there is a special variety of regional offers. In particular, the Sardinian spiny artichoke has been cultivated on the island for a long time. She is the pride of the vegetable farmers.

Feb 7, 2021

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

Feb 4, 2021

Chaotic and evocative, Kapani Market in the Greek city of Thessaloniki resists the changes global fast-food culture is bringing to the city. Day after day it supplies the residents of the city with food.

Nov 20, 2023

The diversity and richness of Slovenia are perfectly represented at the central market of Ljubljana: bakeries, family dairies and meat stalls offer the Carniolan sausage or the Kraški pršut.

Nov 21, 2023

Explores the markets in Halles de Dijon, which is a huge expanse hosting over 700 stalls in 4 pavilions. Its size goes along with the variety of specialities coming from the Burgundy region.

Nov 22, 2023

Nearly a kilometer long, the Isemarkt in Hamburg is one of the most significant biweekly markets the city can boast. There are 200 stalls full of fruit, bread, vegetables, fish and baked products.

Nov 23, 2023

At the Rialto market, delicacies that are part of the Venetian culinary tradition are brought by boat directly from the islands of Sant'Erasmo and Le Vignole. Artichokes, giant tomatoes, and more come from the wetlands north of Venice.

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