10 Best Markets in Strasbourg

Marché de L'Esplanade is your classic French market offering a vast range of vendors twice a week every week and is popular with locals and visitors alike. This is a place where you can find farm-fresh produce, meats, cheeses, bread, baked goods, prepared foods and other staples, and in fact, many locals come here every week to do their regular grocery shopping. The farm-fresh quality of the food makes it an attractive option, especially if you're visiting and want to sample some local recipes and delicacies.

This is a wonderful place to go to not just get great food, but to soak up local culture and do some people watching. It's 11 minutes northeast of the city centre.

The Flower Market is a small but charming market in the heart of the city centre just a few steps away from the cathedral offering fresh-cut plants. Here you can grab a single blossom of the blooms du jour or a full bouquet to give to your beloved while you walk the beautiful scenery of the Rue des Grandes Arcades. Even as the city grows and many local markets are endangered, the Flower Market, or Marché aux Fleurs, has continued to thrive.

From lilies to orchids to roses in every colour and type, you'll find fragrant and lovely blossoms here as well as smiling and welcoming people. It's only a 10-minute drive north of the city centre.

The Christmas Market is the reason why Strasbourg has gained the moniker 'The Capital of Christmas' and offers more than 300 stalls across the city centre celebrating the holidays. This market has been going on in some form or fashion since 1570, so it's at the heart and soul of local culture. Here you'll find regional produce, handmade ornaments and decorations, prepared foods and local arts and crafts.

What sets the Christmas Market apart from other markets is that it's all across the city centre, transforming many of the other local markets into part of one gigantic one. Hit up Cathedral Square, the Place des Menuniers, and the Place Kléber for highlights.

Marché des Capucins is one of the largest markets in Bordeaux and an excellent source for produce, baked goods, wine, local seafood and more. Located near the Victory Square – Quai Sainte Croix tram station, the market has numerous stalls offering homemade snacks, gourmet cheese, top-notch wine, fresh-caught fish and oysters, regional produce and global foods.

Also known as the ‘belly of Bordeaux’, the market offers some of the best food in the city. During your visit, pick up some food souvenirs to take home with you, or gather all the essentials for a picnic in a local park. You’ll also find samplings from local restaurants and caterers, as well as beautiful bouquets from local florists.

The Marché des Producteurs is a weekly market where local farmers, artisans and purveyors of organic prepared foods offer fresh foods, arts, crafts and farm-to-table items. This smaller market is a favourite among locals because the prices are fantastic and the goods are consistently high quality. Whether you're looking for organic jellies and jams, fresh raw honey straight from the hive, meats, cheeses, choucroute or veggies straight from the farm to cook up a meal for you and yours, you'll find the tastes, sights and smells you want here.

This market can get a bit crowded, but that's only because it's such high quality that locals flock here from surrounding towns. It's also right in the heart of the city centre.

The Marché Neudorf is among the major markets in Strasbourg, open twice a week and offering artisan crafts, fishmongers, cheesemongers, baked goods, charcuterie, fresh produce and other local specialities. It's open twice a week and is partly covered and partly open air. You'll even find plenty of options here that aren't specifically French but may actually be Italian, Asian, and from other regions of the world. One thing all the vendors share is that their goods are fresh or, in the case of arts and crafts, handmade by local artisans.

This market is large and yet still manages to be quaint. It's not far from the city centre, only about a 5-minute drive southeast of town.

The Flea Market is exactly what it sounds like: a twice-weekly secondhand market where you'll find deals on all manner of collectables, antiques, secondhand goods, arts, crafts and kitsch. If you're looking for vintage vinyl, picture frames, vintage fashions, housewares, furniture, wall art or anything else eclectic and unusual, this is the place to come. You can also grab some local street food while you browse the stalls, from sausages to soft pretzels and other delicacies. While this market is well known, you can find hidden gems among the vendor stalls.

Just always remember when you're talking about flea markets, get here early to get the best deals and best selections. It's in the heart of the city centre.

The Book Market is a unique, small, quirky and eclectic outdoor market that is entirely focused on used and collectable books and literature. Here you'll find just about every kind of book you can imagine, from children's books to novels, coffee table books to nonfiction or biographies. This market isn't large, but it's a bibliophile's dream. Whether you're just looking for something new to read or you're a dedicated collector seeking to find a real treasure amongst the piles, this is just a fun place to browse.

Of course, you will want to keep in mind that many of the books here are going to be French-language texts. It's right in the city centre.

The Marché de Strasbourg Broglie is a public market held in a historic outdoor square flanked by the town hall and opera house, offering all manner of food and goods. Here you'll find local delicacies and gourmet Alsatian food, homemade pretzels, foie gras, jams, jellies, mulled wine and all kinds of arts and crafts that are handmade by local artisans. In the winter this is one of the city's markets that transforms into its famous Christmas Market, but it's here all year long.

One thing that makes this market distinctive is that it's tucked among one of the most historic spots in the city, lined by monuments, medieval buildings and cultural sites to explore. It's right in the city centre.

La Nouvelle Douane offers 22 options for Alsatian farm-to-table produce, prepared food, baked goods, meat products, eggs, dairy, fish, honey, jams, wines and other food products. Everything you'll find here is farm-fresh and organic, all raised right here in the region. It's a popular market with locals who come here to do their regular shopping. This is the place to come to sample all the local flavours of the Alsace region of France and do some people watching and soak up local colour and culture simultaneously.

This market is a local staple and is easy to access. It's located right in the heart of the Strasbourg city centre.