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I just had to see this place, even though we had been told the quality of goods wasn't great ... our canal tour took us past during the earlier part of the day, and when I saw baby pot plants for sale, I knew I had to take a look!
Most of the stuff was of cheap quality, and not something I wanted to take home ... but I did find a few good buys: body jewelry, saraongs, and a couple of nic-nacs. There are about 300 stalls, so you can find something appropriate if you take the time!
This is located near some other attractions, so I reccomend a 'look-see' if you are in the area - but don't reccommend making a special trip. Most of the folks we talked to reccommended the Alert Cyup Markets instead, but we just didn't have the time to make it over there :)
The weblink attached has information on the history of this market, as well as pictures, movies, and information on surrounding attractions :) Leave a Comment Theme: OtherDirections: It's near town hall, the Jewish Historial Museum, Rembrandthaus and such - easy by tram, canal bus, or to walk .....Website: http://www.euronet.nl/users/edusoft/waterloo/indexeng.html
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The name "Waterlooplein", which translates as "Waterloo Square", was used for the first time in 1880, when the city filled in two canals, the "Leprozengracht" and the "Houtgracht", forming a new square.
The original outdoor market dates from 1893 when the mostly Jewish market, then located on and around the "Jodenbreestraat"with other stalls on surrounding streets, was forced by the governement to move on to Waterloo Square itself. The forced move aroused some strong feelings. The Waterloo Square outdoor market in the late 1900's was a bustling place, operating six days a week, being closed, of course, on saterday, the Jewish Sabbath. This was the place where you could literally find almost anything. The horrors of Wold War II with mass extermination of Jews by Nazi Germany forever marked the end of the old Jewish market. Even though it was restored after the war, it never was to regain its old orginal flavor and style.
Where can you find the hottest, most trendy fashions? The "waterlooplein"market of course! The market people knoe exactly what's in, what's hot (and what's not!) and what is about to be "cool new stuff". An incredible array of clothing, shoes, hats, leather goods and so on, re available at the Waterloo Market. If a new fashion hasn't yet been defined, the market people often become trend-setters and can actually dictate fashion. Like a few years ago, they began selling fur coats in the middle of the summer. The hip, "now"culture had to have a fur coat for summer wear. And now days the Waterloo Market is still defining the latest "look"for new wave amsterdam. To top off that "look" there is a rich international selection of accessories. How about an African mask? A neat pair of German "lederhosen"? A handmade batik from Indonesian? An orginal RAF jacket? man "lederhöse"? A batik from Indonesian? A original RAF jacket? You can find all these things and more....and don't forget one-of-a-kind antiques, curiosities and an incredible selection of second hand books in many languages. They're all for sale at the Waterloo Flea Market! Theme: OtherDirections: The present location of the Waterloo Square Flea Market is located behind Amsterdam's Townhall. Trams 9 and 14 as well as the Subway have waterlooplein stops
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