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Porta Palazzo Market - (Photo: City of Turin Archive)
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Turin - Torino : the Markets
The Torinese demand for shopping “en plein
air” is amply met by the number and variety of its markets: more
than 60 open-air venues to browse, happen upon objects from the past,
surrounded by color and atmosphere. Aficionados seek out Porta Palazzo,
Europe’s biggest open-air market, or the Balôn in Borgo
Dora: a mega Saturday flea and antiques market with an extra date on the
second Sunday every month. Don’t miss them if you want to get to the heart
of Turin.
Porta Palazzo Market
“I got it down at Porta Palazzo!” Every Torinese must have
said that once in their lives, pleased as punch after a trip down to this
market, Porta Palazzo the biggest market area in Europe.
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Here – amongst the stalls set up in Piazza della
Repubblica, a stone’s throw from the Duomo and the Porte Palatine – you
really can find everything: footwear, clothes, house wares, toys, food from
all over Italy and specialties from all over the world.
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A crowd of faces, languages, dialects that are the living
proof that new Turin is a melting pot of stories,
traditions and cultures.
Balôn and Gran Balôn
The Balôn market gets its name from the
area at the back of Porta Palazzo. In the 1850s or thereabouts, the place
was the haunt of Turin junk dealers; now it’s just the place to discover
shops selling all sorts of objects and products. Saturday is when this
market turns into the heartbeat of the area, linked to popular tradition.
The Gran Balôn is held on the second Sunday each month:
anything from toys to antique furniture, lace, collectors items, a variety
of offers that make this market a magnet for shoppers from all over Italy.
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Balon Market - (Photo: City of Turin Kit)
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Big Markets and Little Markets
Apart from Porta Palazzo and Balôn, Turin hosts an
infinite number of fairs, all sizes of markets, all year round.
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Oasi Market -
(Federazione Provinciale Coldiretti di Torino Archive)
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“Oasi dei prodotti tipici della campagna
piemontese”
“Oasis of traditional Piedmontese country fare”
First Sunday each month (excluding January, July, August), Piazza Palazzo di
Città
Third Sunday each month (excluding July, August December), Piazza Madama
Cristina
Information: Federazione Provinciale Coltivatori Diretti di Torino
“Oltremercato: prodotti biologici, naturali e
ecocompatibili”
“Oltremercato: organic, natural and ecocompatible products”
Quarto Saturday each month (excluding July, August), Piazza Palazzo di Città
Information: Associazione Amici dell’A.S.C.I. Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta
Tel. 0124.617093
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“Noibio: prodotti biologici”
“Noibio: organic products”
First Sunday each month (excluding August and December), Piazza Madama
Cristina
Information: Federazione Regionale Coltivatori Diretti
Piazza Vittorio Veneto 12 – Borgaro Torinese
Tel. 011.4501250
“Extravaganza: vintage e modernariato”
“Extravaganza: vintage and modern”
Second Saturday each month (excluding July and August), Piazza Carlo Alberto
Information: Associazione Effetto Vintage
Tel. 335.6696605
“Ogni frutto ha la sua stagione”
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“To every fruit there is a season”
Third Sunday each month (excluding January, July, August), Piazza Carlo
Alberto
Information: Confederazione italiana agricoltori del Piemonte
“Antiquariato minore”
”Minor Antiques”
Fourth Saturday, fourth Sunday in March, June, September, November, Piazza
Vittorio Veneto, Via Po
Information: Piccola Società Cooperativa Arkana Medioevalis
Tel. 333.9070402
“Mostra mercato delle lavorazioni artistiche and
artigianali”
“Arts and crafts fair”
First Sunday each month (excluding July and August), Via Cesare Battisti
Information: Associazione Itinerart
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Ogni frutto
(Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori del Piemonte)
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“Antico in musica”
“Music and Antiques”
Fourth Sunday each month (excluding December, August), Piazza Abba
Information: Associazione La Vitruviana
Tel. 011.641303
“Fera d’la Leja”
“Fera d’la Leja”
Third Sunday each month (excluding December), Piazza Barcellona
Information: Associazione Shopping San Donato
Tel. 011.480963
Courtesy of
Comune di Torino
(c) 1997-2008 E. Massetti
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