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In existence, in some form, since the 14th century there are claims this four-days-a-week Barcelona market was originally set up as a means of selling off the possessions of people who had died, to repay their debts.<\/p>\n
For the last decade, Els Encants<\/a> has been housed in a custom-designed space and the benefits of its breezy open sides and rippling mirrored canopy are easily appreciated during the summer months.<\/p>\n
The market\u2019s biggest distinction, however, is the quality of items \u2013 where some flea markets are flooded with cheap imported clothing, here you\u2019re still more likely to be browsing antique<\/a> lamps, vintage clothes, jewellery<\/a> and furniture.<\/p>\n
Fiera Antiquaria di Arezzo, Tuscany<\/h3>\n
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Ekspansio \/ Getty Images<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nMore for serious antiques collectors<\/a> than Sunday morning treasure-hunters \u2013 though there are plenty of smaller gems to be sought out too \u2013 Fiera Antiquaria di Arezzo<\/a> has been going since 1968.<\/p>\n
Spooling out below the city\u2019s terracotta-tiled roofs, or sometimes shifting over to the park, the setting is as much of a draw as the shopping.<\/p>\n
Among the fair\u2019s 500-odd stalls you\u2019ll find everything from antique linens and telescopes to marble busts<\/a>, vintage chairs, ornately gilded mirrors and old photographs<\/a>.<\/p>\n
If you happen to visit the city when the fair isn\u2019t running, its website lists a useful map of local dealers and restorers.<\/p>\n
Frederiksberg Loppetorv, Copenhagen<\/h3>\n
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Hemis \/ Alamy Stock Photo<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nOne for fans of mid-century<\/a> Danish design \u2013 and much more \u2013 this flea market pops up behind the City Hall on Saturdays during the summer months.<\/p>\n
The pickings tend not to be quite as refined as those at the city\u2019s smaller but highly regarded Thorvaldsens Plads Antique Market, but Frederiksberg Loppetorv<\/a> is much bigger, the range more varied and the chance of stumbling across a piece of Royal Copenhagen, Georg Jensen or Holmegaard just as plausible.<\/p>\n
The location \u2013 in Copenhagen\u2019s affluent Frederiksberg \u2013 is another reason to visit, with elegant parks, design stores and stylish coffee shops all close at hand.<\/p>\n
La Grande R\u00e9derie d\u2019Amiens, Northern France<\/h3>\n
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Bryant Nicolas \/ sagaphoto.com \/ Alamy Stock Photo;<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nThe flea markets of Paris<\/a> and Lille may be better known but, with around 2,000 stallholders converging on this twice-yearly (April and October) event, Amiens\u2019 flea market<\/a> is one to watch in northern France.<\/p>\n
A browser\u2019s dream, you\u2019ll find antiques<\/a> from professional dealers right down to domestic bric-\u00e0-brac; think grand chandeliers<\/a> to coffee pots.<\/p>\n
Go a day or two early and make the most of this charming Picardie city; walk the cobbled streets of its pretty Old Town, admire its floating gardens, Les Hortillonnages, visit its otherworldly 13th-century cathedral or feast on regional treats such as golden macarons.<\/p>\n
Flohmarkt Theresienwiese, Munich<\/h3>\n
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Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo \/ Alamy Stock Photo<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nMunich\u2019s largest flea market<\/a> takes place on the Oktoberfest fairground site, Theresienwiese, just once a year, at the end of April, and is organised by the Bavarian Red Cross.<\/p>\n
The opening event of the city\u2019s Spring Festival, it plays host to up to 3,000 sellers and draws huge crowds hoping to sniff out a bargain from among its reams of vintage furniture<\/a>, glassware, militaria<\/a>, crockery, clothes, gardenalia and paintings.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re visiting at other times of year, you won\u2019t leave empty-handed. As well as weekly flea markets like the one at Olympiapark, Munich also hosts the Auer Dult three times a year.<\/p>\n
Amsterdam Vrijmarkt, Amsterdam<\/h3>\n
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Not so much a flea market as a nationwide free-for-all, every year, on 27th April, King\u2019s Day is celebrated with the government waiving the need for permits to sell on the streets.<\/p>\n
This national holiday sees locals clearing out their attics as a ripple of car boot sale-like stalls pop up in towns and cities. The largest vrijmarkt<\/a> is in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n
More giant jumble sale than collector\u2019s haven, there are some specialist areas, however; the Jordaan district tends to be a better hunting ground for antiques.<\/p>\n
The area\u2019s beautiful canalside buildings are also home to galleries, interiors stores and world-class museums.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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