The Flea Market

Today EcoWolf would like to share anoth­er use­ful habit with the Eco Pack: vis­it­ing the flea mar­ket. Before going on a trip why not check whether there are any flea mar­kets at your des­ti­na­tion? If there are, then make sure to pay them a vis­it because at flea mar­kets you’ll find not only inte­ri­or-design mas­ter­pieces but also deli­cious local pro­duce.

Are you tired of buy­ing goods that break two months after pur­chase? An excel­lent solu­tion is to find the things you need at flea mar­kets. If they’ve stood the test of the time and already changed hands sev­er­al times, then you can be pret­ty con­fi­dent that such prod­ucts are well-built and will con­tin­ue serve you for a very long time. Not only that, but it’s like­ly that such items will boast at least a dash of unique­ness, gen­er­at­ing inter­est and maybe even a hint of envy among your friends.

Treasure trove of old and new

Some of Eco Wolf’s favorite inte­ri­or and house­hold items were found at such mar­kets. That’s why we can con­fi­dent­ly say that they sell not only “old junk” with the famil­iar moth­ball smell, but also real mas­ter­pieces (the main way to find such trea­sures is to stay alert and open ).

Where can I find flea markets?

Globally

First of all, there are sev­er­al web-sites that present all the nec­es­sary infor­ma­tion about flea mar­kets (work­ing days, hours, and loca­tions):

• https://www.fleamapket.com/ – an Eng­lish-lan­guage site with nav­i­ga­tion and design sim­i­lar to AirBnB’s. This is a user-friend­ly data­base of flea mar­kets all over the world, fea­tur­ing inte­grat­ed maps, pho­tos, and short reviews.
• Vides-Grenier.org – a cozy, old-school, French-lan­guage site where you can find the timetable and address­es of flea mar­kets in fran­coph­o­ne coun­tries in Europe.

By country

You can also find out about flea mar­kets in select­ed coun­tries from the fol­low­ing mate­ri­als:

• The best flea mar­kets in Rus­sia
• An amaz­ing pho­to report from the huge flea mar­ket in Nyon, which is held on every last Sun­day of the month (this month it’s on Decem­ber 31!) on the water­front of Lake Gene­va
• The most famous flea mar­ket in Ukraine  (check out their web­site)
• All address­es of flea mar­kets in Berlin
• All address­es of flea mar­kets in Lon­don
• The best flea mar­kets in the USA
• Flea mar­ket on Dry Bridge in Tbil­isi (men­tioned in all guide­books on the Cau­ca­sus)
• Announce­ment of an annu­al event to be held in April 2018 in Paris: design­er fur­ni­ture and cloth­ing made from 1950s to 2000s .