Walking in this place is feel like being not anywhere in Holland. The place is located close to the coast of Holland just North of Amsterdam and takes about 30-40 minutes to reach from home.Open only during weekend Beverwijk is apparently the largest covered market in Europe started from a flower auction place 25 years ago.
Most of the stores are mainly run by old and new generations of migrants from Morocco, Turkey, Afghanistan as well as the Dutch natives - a real cultural mix.
This is one huge place and take time to walk through all the stall spread out in many large halls, with its own unique culture, goods and atmosphere.The main ones are the Black Market, the Oriental Market, the Flea Market, the Computer Market and the Grand Bazaar. It is said there are some 2,500 stalls or shop units selling clothes, shoes, furniture, antiques, books, computers, household items etc.
The whole complex is currently being modernize, old halls demolished for new ones. The place can be quite cold as we found out yesterday being close to the sea - its not out of winter yet!.
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