Sunday Market – Not your average farmers’ market

Next to the well-known daily markets (Dapper, Albert Cuyp and Ten Kate) there are a couple of monthly markets in the Amsterdam area. These sometimes sell the more luxurious goods, but from time to time also just plain junk. The best market, if you ask me, is the one which has the best combination of these two.

My favorite one among the monthly markets is the Sunday Market at the Westerpark. Every first Sunday of the month you’ll find the stands partly inside and partly outside at the old buildings of the former gas plant. These stands offer a whole bunch of stuff, from jewelry, gemstones, lotions and scarfs till heads, wallets, pillows and t-shirts. But also handmade artifacts, children’s toys, second-hand furniture and things for your cat or dog.

It’s a perfect way to spend that boring (first) Sunday (of the month). And you don’t have to worry about getting hungry when strolling around. Every time there are several nice food stalls present, like a soup van called ‘Buskruid’ (a Dutch word joke, meaning gunpowder, but literally translated it says bus-spices). Enough to see to keep you busy for an hour or two.

The next Sunday Markets are on the 6th of May, 3rd of June and on Thursday the 17th of May (Ascension Day) as a part of the ‘Hemeltjelief Festival’ (in Dutch) at the NDSM shipyard!