Showing posts with the label Market

The Witches’ Market of La Paz, Bolivia

Jan 11, 2018

Along a narrow cobblestone street in an old quarter of La Paz , in Boliva, old women dressed in traditional Andean garb of colorful ankle-le...

Inside Tokyo’s Tsukiji Market: The World’s Biggest Fish Market

Aug 17, 2016

Sandwiched between Sumida River and the upmarket Ginza shopping district, in Tsukiji in central Tokyo, is a large wholesale market for fruit...

Bridges With Buildings

May 17, 2016

Back in the old days, one of the easiest way to raise money for a bridge’s maintenance was to rent space over the bridge to merchants and sh...

Markthal: Rotterdam’s Beautiful Food Market

May 3, 2016

At Rotterdam’s historic Binnenrotte Square, next to Blaak Station, is an eleven-stories-tall arched building that huddles over an immense fo...

Floating Markets of Southeast Asia

Apr 26, 2016

Floating markets, where goods are sold from boats, are a trademark attraction among the Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Indonesi...

The Backyard Trains of Hanoi

Jun 6, 2014

The Old Quarter in Vietnam’s capital city Hanoi is a bustling area of small, narrow streets packed with hundreds of buildings with charming ...

Shanghai Marriage Market

May 14, 2014

Every Saturday and Sunday, between noon and five in the afternoon, regardless of the weather, the People's Park in Shanghai in China is ...

Maeklong Railway Market: Marketplace With a Railway Track Through it

Dec 28, 2012

Maeklong Railway Market, located in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, around 37 miles west of Bangkok, looks like any other open-air market in Asia...