Market shopping in Barcelona
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Mercat de la Boqueria
Shop in the Mercat de la Boqueria, one of the world’s great produce markets, and complement with any other necessities from a local supermarket.
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Mercantic
Antique collectors could set aside a Sunday morning for a trip to Mercantic, a collection of gaily painted timber huts occupied by antique and bric-a-brac dealers selling everything from restored furniture to dusty old telephones. The first Sunday of the month is delivery day, when the stall-holders take delivery of a new wave of old stuff. The permanent market, with some 80 stall holders, is open during the week too (9.30am to 8pm Tuesday to Saturday, 9.30am to 3pm Sunday). There’s also an activities and play area for children. A date to watch is the Antiquaris Barcelona antiques fair usually held between late March and the first week of April.
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Mercat de Santa Caterina
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Fira de Santa Llúcia
The Fira de Santa Llúcia, on and around Avinguda de la Catedral, is held from 28 November to 23 December. You can buy figurines, including many models of that infamous Catalan Christmas character, the caganer (crapper), to make your own Nativity scene.
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Els Encants Vells
Also known as the Fira de Bellcaire, the ‘Old Charms’ flea market is the biggest of its kind in Barcelona. The markets moved here in 1928 from Avinguda de Mistral, near Plaça d’Espanya. It’s all here, from antique furniture through to secondhand clothes. A lot of it is junk, but occasionally you’ll stumble across a ganga (bargain).
The most interesting time to be here is from 7am to 9am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, when the public auctions take place. Debate on a future location for the market has ebbed and flowed for years but at the time of writing it was still firmly anchored to its spot on the north flank of the Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes.
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Fira Alimentació
Once a fortnight, gourmands can poke about the homemade honeys, sweets, cheeses and other edible delights at the Fira Alimentació from Friday to Sunday.
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Mercat de Sant Antoni
Just beyond the western edge of El Raval is Mercat de Sant Antoni, a massive but largely tourist-free food market that also hosts a flea market on Sunday.
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Art and Crafts Market
The Barri Gòtic is enlivened by an art and crafts market on Saturday and Sunday.
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Mercat de l’Abaceria Central
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Mercat de la Concepció
Mercat de la Concepció; is open from Monday to Saturday from around 8am to 8pm.
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Coin and Stamp Collectors’ Market
The coin and stamp collectors’ market is present on Sunday morning.
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Mercat Gòtic
The antiques Mercat Gòtic enlivens the Barri Gòtic on Thursday.
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