Food

The Squares of Gràcia: Where Barcelona Eats Dinner Outdoors, Away From the Tourist Grid

Gràcia was an independent town until 1897 and still feels like one: a dense grid of low-rise streets north of the Eixample,…

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Rome

Mercato di Testaccio: Where Romans Actually Eat

Mercato di Testaccio is the covered food market of Rome's old butchers' district, with 100-plus stalls and a ring of cheap-eat counters…

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Berlin

Dong Xuan Center: Berlin’s Little Vietnam in a Lichtenberg Warehouse Maze

The Dong Xuan Center is Berlin's largest Asian market, a maze of warehouse halls in Lichtenberg that is the hub of the…

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Copenhagen

Reffen: Copenhagen’s Street-Food Island on a Former Shipyard

Reffen is a huge seasonal street-food market on Refshaleøen, a former shipyard island on Copenhagen's harbour, with dozens of independent kitchens in…

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Barcelona

Mercat de Sant Antoni: A Roman Road in the Basement and Europe’s Biggest Sunday Book Market on Top

Mercat de Sant Antoni is a huge 1882 iron market hall near the Eixample that reopened in 2018 after a long restoration…

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Paris

Marché d’Aligre and Le Baron Rouge: The Six-Day Market With a Barrel Wine Bar Attached

Marché d'Aligre in the 12th arrondissement runs six days a week — a covered 19th-century hall, a shouty open-air produce market, and…

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