Date: 12th April 2014
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| Metro line beneath 1 level down from the Vienna's Flohmarkt |
My family was experiencing their
first and wonderful time in Karachi Flea market, famously referred to as “Sunday
Bazaar” during our 3 years stay in Karachi. It was the place where, we, Malaysian likes to hang out during our weekends. We have not been to any flea market
in Kuala Lumpur before 2007 though. Thereafter, we came to know about plentiful
of such flea market in KL, such as Downtown flea market in the Mines area that
the boys love to shop.
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| Fallen for this beautiful building so so much! |
When vacationing in Greece in 2008, Syahirah,
Nasrul and I have been to a Sunday flea market in Athens. We happened to by pass 1 flea market seated by the road side not far from the Acropolis where we found it on our way
back to the hotel. The items on sales were mostly what I saw in Vienna.
On our Saturday morning in Vienna on 12th April
2014, we, coincidentally found a Vienna’s Flohmarkt, one of the the largest
flea market in Europe when we lost our direction to visit Rathaus. Being there,
I would say, it was a market that you might consider buying a souvenir to your
loves one back home. It was advised to get there early to beat the crowds to
old books, antique jewelry and oddities from across the continent.
Flea market requires quite
considerable lengthy time to explore; hence, it may not be physically possible
to get around to every stall in just one weekend. I hope, from the photos of what were there at
the flea market would give you some idea of what Flohmarkt has had to offer. Part of the thrill and the despair is getting
off Vienna’s beaten tourist track to dig out its hidden treasures, flea market
style. There are many others Vienna flea
markets that you may found in other part of the cities.
Most of the stalls sell typical
market produce, i.e. socks and cheese, however there was a corner setting up in
antiques. There’s fruits, food stuffs
and coffee shops at the centre of the market should you decide to take a break
whilst continuing shopping in between. In overall all stalls turns out to be
quite selective and attractive to look for.
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| My priority was to look for the bracelet... It was tough though many selections at this stall |
Be careful when choosing items
from the flea market as its normal to expect a bit of rubbish at flea markets, especially
at “antiques” corner. To be more
specific; there’s a lot of broken rubbish, along with some second-hand items
that have a slim chance of being needed by anyone but you tend to buy it out of
necessities.
Flohmarkt is an open-air market
being fairly large in size, with a mixed selection of items. On the whole, it’s
an interesting flea market, with a nice string of market cafes for lunch and
people-watching afterwards. There’s also a farm foods stalls where you can grab
a bite or quench your thirst.
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| Beautiful Nova with beautiful bestie, Anne... Loves |
In overall, it was a great flea market, indeed. It was even great
when the nice young lady, Nova in her cheerful mood had share her knowledge of
the place and all places that we explored thereafter. With her, our group
became a 4 mother and a girl. Stay in
touch Nova. In the meantime, do enjoy all beautiful photos that Anne and I snapped at the market.
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