Flea market is a common sight in Europe but even more so in Holland. It is quite popular here where anybody can set up a stall and sell anything, mostly old stuff. It is like a car boot sale but on a grander scale. The items sold are traditionally old rubbish but attract a large number of visitors. It was estimated the total market size in Holland last year alone was about 200 million euros. So old rubbish eh!
Today we passed through a flea market set up in a shopping area near our house. There must have been over a hundred stalls in all. There were all sorts of things on sale, things that you would have thrown but may be useful and of value to somebody else. There were also some speciality stalls selling old furniture, stamps, coin collections, paintings and all sorts of things at incredibly low prices. In a way it is a great way of recycling things.
Flea market is a common sight in Europe but even more so in Holland. It is quite popular here where anybody can set up a stall and sell anything, mostly old stuff. It is like a car boot sale but on a grander scale. The items sold are traditionally old rubbish but attract a large number of visitors. It was estimated the total market size in Holland last year alone was about 200 million euros. So old rubbish eh!
Today we passed through a flea market set up in a shopping area near our house. There must have been over a hundred stalls in all. There were all sorts of things on sale, things that you would have thrown but may be useful and of value to somebody else. There were also some speciality stalls selling old furniture, stamps, coin collections, paintings and all sorts of things at incredibly low prices. In a way it is a great way of recycling things.
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