{"id":11655,"date":"2024-11-04T13:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/?p=11655"},"modified":"2024-11-04T16:07:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:07:47","slug":"kaliningrad-flea-market-has-moved-to-a-new-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/kaliningrad-flea-market-has-moved-to-a-new-location\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaliningrad flea market has moved to a new location"},"content":{"rendered":"
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They said it would happen, and it has<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

4 November 2024 ~ Kaliningrad flea market has moved to a new location<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kaliningrad flea market<\/strong><\/mark><\/span> that has occupied the pavement area close to the Central Market, and in more recent years spilled over onto a ribbon of disused ground bordering the moat of the Wrangel Tower, has officially moved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me, as I dare say for many, the relocation of this sprawling and excitingly chaotic masterpiece of antiques, collectables, curios and junk, marks the end of an era. Not that we did not know that it was coming; plans to move the market on have been in the pipeline for years.  Indeed, I wrote about the proposal in a 2022 blog post: What makes Kaliningrad Flea Market a Junk Buyer’s Paradise?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaliningrad flea market moves to a new location<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We all know that nothing stays the same forever; K\u00f6nigsberg can testify to that. Nevertheless, knowing that change is imminent rarely compensates when it comes to pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will be some, of course, who will breath a sigh of relief that most days, but on a Saturday in particular, they will at last be able to stroll without let or hindrance along the sidewalk next to the Wrangel Tower instead of running a zigzag gauntlet through sandwiched lines of dealers’ stalls agog with curious clutter-buggers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I, for one, however, will miss the incipient urge whenever I visit the city\u2019s Central Market (food market) to detour to the \u2018junk\u2019 stalls to see what they have on offer that I cannot live without, such as an old tin bucket<\/a>, for example.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mick<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There have been occasions when travelling by bus on route to somewhere else that I have accidentally alighted at the flea market. Of course, I have only gone to look, not to buy. So imagine how surprised I have been on arriving home to discover that whilst I was only looking a Soviet belt, a K\u00f6nigsberg ashtray, a kitsch ornament and an old German helmet have somehow jumped into my shopping bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaliningrad flea market has moved<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I have not yet had the chance to work out which bus route one should take to get to the market\u2019s new location. Gaidara Street 8 is its new address; a piece of land, I am told, that lies opposite the bridge on the way to Sovetsky Prospekt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time of writing (4 November 2024), the market is not yet functioning. By all accounts, the site is vast, but a great deal needs to be done to bring it up to snuff, to make it seller- and buyer-friendly. News is, however, according to the market organisers, that the site will be ready and the market up and running in a matter of days not weeks.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, where did I put my Kaliningrad map? What have I done with my bucket?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copyright \u00a9 2018-2024 Mick Hart. All rights reserved.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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