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The carpet section of the bazaar.
Tabriz, Iran

Grand Bazaar of Tabriz

The largest covered bazaar in the world.
Abu Saxiy Market
Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Abu Sahiy

The heartbeat of modern Uzbekistan’s thriving market culture.
The top few floors and roof of the market.
New Delhi, India

Khari Baoli Rooftop

The roof of one of the world’s largest spice markets provides a grand view over the neighborhood's glorious bustle.
Military uniforms have been a mainstay at the market for decades.
military history

For Decades, Italians Have Salvaged Old American Military Uniforms in This Open-Air Market

The khaki and camouflage have traveled from battlefield to clothes rack—and sometimes stage and screen.
Daniela De Lorenzo March 15, 2021
Clothes fill each corner of Pugliano Street.
Ercolano, Italy

Vintage Market of Pugliano

For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.
Bazaar vendors chat while selling lap cheong, momos, and fritters.
Kolkata, India

Terreti Bazaar

For just a few hours each morning, this market serves specialties from the city's shrinking Chinese-Indian community.
Mercatus Traiani (Trajan's Market)
Rome, Italy

Mercatus Traiani (Trajan's Market)

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.
Old Stockbridge Market
Edinburgh, Scotland

Old Stockbridge Market

The remnants of a facade from a 19th-century market stall emporium.
Sandaga Market in December 2019, before the government relocated vendors and started to demolish informal stalls. Many of these vendors are selling clothing, but one blows bubbles from toys for sale.
architecture

The Fight to Save One of Dakar's Most Distinctive Markets

In a city full of French colonial influence, Marché Sandaga was built in a uniquely West African style.
Ricci Shryock October 5, 2020
The Stone Fish of Asan Tole
Kathmandu, Nepal

Nyālon (Fish Stone)

This small shrine dedicated to a fish is believed to hold the secrets to this historic market's founding.
The Butter Market
Barnard Castle, England

The Butter Market

This building was once a town hall, a fire station, a prison, a dairy market, and the target for two marksmen.
Ravi Pandian and Chandran (right), shopkeepers at Burma Bazaar.
markets

India Meets Myanmar at a Bustling Bazaar in Chennai

Indians who were pushed out of Burma have made this market a multicultural haven.
Yamuna Matheswaran March 12, 2020
Providing samples of wild boar ham.
Adelaide, Australia

Something Wild

This store offers tastes of Aboriginal Australia, with some contemporary and global twists.
Inverkeithing, Scotland

Inverkeithing Mercat Cross

Aside from denoting a public square or market, this medieval structure was also a sign of a town's prosperity.
Oaxaca, Mexico

Casilda Aguas Regionales

In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.
Pozontle paired with another market stand's garnachas.
Oaxaca, Mexico

La Pozontlería

One of the city's few vendors selling the Sierra Norte's ancestral beverage lies within a hidden farmers market.
Devizes Market Cross.
Devizes, England

Devizes Market Cross

The plaques around this 19th-century structure recall some rather strange tales.
Alec and his friend.
Belfast, Northern Ireland

'Alec the Goose'

The statue honors a beloved bird that once roamed St. George's Market.