District 1 in Ho Chi Minh City

10 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Shopping Reading Time:  5 minutes

Museum of Fine Arts © Phuong Huy/cc-by-sa-4.0

Museum of Fine Arts © Phuong Huy/cc-by-sa-4.0

District 1 was the central urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. With a total area of 7.7211 km² (2.9811 sq mi) the district had a population of 204,899 people in 2010. It is the historical birthplace of the city, where the Citadel of Gia Định is first built. The district was divided into 10 small subsets which were called wards (phường) prior to the 2025 administrative reforms.   read more…

Mariahilfer Straße in Vienna

8 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Shopping Reading Time:  5 minutes

at Zieglergasse © Gugerell

at Zieglergasse © Gugerell

Mariahilfer Straße is the largest and one of the most famous shopping streets in Vienna, Austria. It connects the Innere Stadt with the 15th district, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, and the Westbahnhof railway station. The street was named after Mariahilf, Vienna’s 6th district, in 1897, and is commonly referred to as “Mahü”.   read more…

Kensington Market in Toronto

3 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit, Shopping Reading Time:  11 minutes

© Suwannee.payne/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Suwannee.payne/cc-by-sa-3.0

Kensington Market is a distinctive multicultural neighbourhood in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Market is an older neighbourhood and one of the city’s best-known. In November 2006, it was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. Robert Fulford wrote in 1999 that “Kensington today is as much a legend as a district. The (partly) outdoor market has probably been photographed more often than any other site in Toronto.”   read more…

Saint-Ouen flea market near Paris

20 May 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit, Paris / Île-de-France, Shopping Reading Time:  6 minutes

Marché Biron © Alpenhexe

Marché Biron © Alpenhexe

The Saint-Ouen flea market, called marché aux puces de Saint-Ouen in French or simply St.-Ouen, and also known as the Clignancourt flea market, is a complex of flea markets in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, in the northern suburbs of Paris. The complex consists of a series of covered markets (marchés couverts) and shopping streets, and is large enough that first-time visitors can find it disorienting. Its individual markets range from stalls selling bric-à-brac and secondhand clothing to galleries dealing in museum-quality antiques. Dozens of restaurants and bistros operate within the complex. Bargaining is customary.   read more…

Skyline Plaza in Frankfurt

21 April 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Shopping Reading Time:  8 minutes

© Burcuiceberg/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Burcuiceberg/cc-by-sa-3.0

Skyline Plaza is a building complex in the western part of Frankfurt, Germany, near the trade fair premises of Messe Frankfurt. It is planned to consist of four buildings:

  • a shopping mall with around 180 shops and restaurants and a large spa,
  • a congress center Kap Europa for Messe Frankfurt,
  • a 191 m (627 ft) office tower One,
  • Grand Tower: a 180 m (590 ft) residential tower.

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Central Market Phnom Penh

11 December 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit, Shopping Reading Time:  7 minutes

© Kiensvay/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Kiensvay/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Central Market (Khmer: Phsar Thum Thmei; meaning “New Grand Market”) is a market and an art deco landmark in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. The bright yellow building completed in 1937 has a 26-metre high central dome, with four tall arch-roofed arms branching out diagonally across the block, creating vast hallways housing countless stalls and a variety of goods. Initially designed by city architect Jean Desbois, construction works were supervised by French architect Louis Chauchon. When it first opened in 1937, it was said to be the biggest market in Asia; today it still operates as a market.   read more…

Central Market of Valencia

27 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit, Shopping Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Diego Delso/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Diego Delso/cc-by-sa-3.0

Mercado Central or Mercat Central (English: Central Market) is a public market located across from the Llotja de la Seda and the Church of Santos Juanes in central Valencia, Spain. It is one of the main works of the Valencian Art Nouveau. Most vendors sell food items, although souvenir shops and restaurants are located inside the market as well. It is a popular location for tourists and locals alike.   read more…

Sydney Fish Market

19 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit, Shopping Reading Time:  7 minutes

© MDRX/cc-by-sa-4.0

© MDRX/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Sydney Fish Market is a fish market in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The market sits on the Blackwattle Bay foreshore in Pyrmont, 2 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district. It is the world’s third largest fish market.   read more…

Mercado do Bolhão, Porto’s historic market

10 November 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit, Shopping Reading Time:  8 minutes

© Petnog/cc-by-sa-4.0

© Petnog/cc-by-sa-4.0

Bolhão Market is one of the most emblematic markets in the city of Porto, Portugal. Its construction is characterized by its monumentality, typical of neoclassical architecture. The vendors in the market are distributed across two floors. There are four main entrances at different levels: the south entrance provides access to the ground floor via Rua Formosa; the side entrances via Rua de Sá da Bandeira and Rua Alexandre Braga provide access to an intermediate level with staircases connecting both floors; and finally, the north entrance via Rua de Fernandes Tomás provides direct access to the upper floor.   read more…

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