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April 19, 2008

Boulevard du Souverain

Weekly market
Thursday : 8am - 1pm

Parvis Saint-Gilles


Weekly market
Everyday except Monday : 5am - 1pm

This is one of the city's more frequent markets. It is quite large too being about three blocks long. Clothing features heavily with items for sale for 2, 5 and 10 euros. The quarter also boasts an array of interesting cafés and shops.

Mabru Marché de Gros

Wholesale market of 250 vendors selling fresh product for retailers, wholesalers, restaurants, groups including produce, meat, fish, dairy products, wine, frozen goods, flowers, packaging goods and table settings

Everyday except Sunday: Hours varies daily and by product :

Fruit and vegetables
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday : 1am - 10am
- Wednesday and Friday : 3am - 10am
Flowers
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday : 5pm - 9pm professionals only
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday : 4 am to 8 am.
Related trade including meat, fish, game
- Tuesday to Saturday : 3am - 11am
Cash & Carry
- Monday to Friday : 4.30am - 8pm
- Saturday : 4.30am - 6 pm

Visit their website before you go.

Location: Quai des Usines 22-23

April 9, 2008

Place Saint-Joose

Weekly market (est. 2000)
Thursday : 9am - 3pm

Parvis Saint-Antoine

Weekly market
Thurday : 6am - 1pm

Avenue Jean Palfyn

Weekly market
Thursday : 8am - 1pm

Place Reine Astrid


Weekly market which transforms from a small produce market of about 14 stalls into 300 stalls on Sunday.
Monday to Sunday : 6am - 1pm
Location: The Sunday market stretches into "Le Miroir" on rue Léopold I (between chaussée de Jette and boulevard de Smet de Naeyer), as well as rue Pierre Timmermans and avenue de Jette (between avenue de Laeken and rue Prince Baudouin and rue Leon Dopéré), plus on the central berm of Jette and the beginning of chaussée de Wemmel.

Enjoyable large market where you can get just about anything. Imaginative parking skills required. Photo taken from Le Miroir.

Place Victor Horta, St. Gilles

Weekly market :
Thursday : 12 noon - 7pm
Location: around Gare du Midi

April 8, 2008

Place Eugene Simonis

Weekly market
Thursday : 3pm - 7pm (1 April to 31 October) and 3pm - 6pm (1 November to 31 March)
Location: parvis du Parc Elisabeth

Place Communale, Molenbeek

Weekly market
Thursday and Sunday: 8am - 1pm
Location: On Thursday the market includes le parvis Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Place Emile Bockstael

Daily market (advertised as a full market on Saturdays)
Everyday : 7am - 1pm

Chaussée de Boondael


Weekly market
Thursday : 1pm - 7.30pm
Location: between avenue Guillaume Gilbert and rue Léoplold Delbove (at the Cimetiere d'Ixelles end of chaussée de Boondael)

Calm, neighbourhood market (photo taken around 5.30pm). Some familiar stands from Place du Châtelain including the Italian food vendor and the Desaeger green grocer from place des Chasseurs Ardennais.

April 6, 2008

Place Sainte-Catherine


Daily market
Everyday : 7am - 5pm

This market is meant to be on every day but there are few regular stalls. The best day is the Wednesday organic market. In 2008, the city moved the organic market from place de la Monnaie to this location. However, a stall selling a large variety of potatoes and some onions, an oyster stand (pictured) and a cheese/charcuterie vendor also appear irregularly. Some days there are none.

Rue au Beurre Portraits


Art market - paintings and portraits
Everyday : 11am - 6pm
Location: between the Grand Place and the Bourse - the little street with the fountain.

Over winter I looked for this market on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday but it was no where to be seen... In late Spring, as the tourist season began, a portraitist and a characaturist appeared.

Place du Jeu de Balle Brocante


Flea market of secondhand items.
Everyday : 7am - 2pm
Location: quartier Les Marolles on rue Blaes between rue du Chevreuil and rue de l'Hectolitre.

This place is always popular. Lots of junk. Photo taken on a Tuesday. The Friday evening food market I have found advertised does not take place.

Since 2006, to celebrate Tintin's visit to this market in 'Le Secret de la Licorne' a special Tintin day is held on the Saturday nearest the Belgian national holiday (21 July) -- scheduled for the 19th in 2008.