The Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market, Episode 332

<p>Today Annie Sargent brings you a conversation with Eva Jorgensen about the Paris Saint-Ouen flea market. It is one of the biggest, most famous flea market in the world. This flea market gets almost 5 million visitors a year which is impressive because it’s only open 3 days a week!</p> <p>In this episode of the podcast, we talk about vintage clothes shopping, antiques, and wonderful old items you could bring back in your suitcase. It's really about the thrill of the hunt, and the wonderful surprises you might find at the Marché aux puces de Saint-Ouen.</p> <blockquote> <p>Eva is the author of <a href="https://amzn.to/3tcISJN">Paris by Design</a></p> </blockquote> <h2>10 Pro Tips About the Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market</h2> <ol> <li>Go on a Monday if you'd like to see it on a quiet day.</li> <li>Fridays: Supposedly the flea market is ONLY open on Friday mornings for dealers. Eva went on a Friday morning and nobody asked if she was a dealer (she's not). So, if you can only go on a Friday, it's also a possibility, but only in the morning.</li> <li>It's best to AVOID the Porte de Clignancourt metro stop, even though that's the way Google Maps will tell you to go. If you go that way you'll run into the giant highway and all the people who setup on the sidewalk and sell junk and trinkets. Generally, Annie avoids any metro stations called "porte de" around Paris as explained in Episode 194 about <a href= "https://joinusinfrance.com/episode/dicey-paris-neighborhoods-episode-194/"> Dicey Paris neighborhoods</a>.</li> <li>You'll have a better experience going to the Garibaldi metro station on line 13. You cross the street and go through the garden on the side of the church (called Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire-Saint-Ouen, it's big, you can't miss it) and you'll exit the garden at rue des Rosiers (93400) turn right and walk 1 kilometer. You'll enter at the back of the Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market.</li> <li>Part of Saint-Ouen is definitely sketchy, but if you take this way to the market, you'll walk through a quiet residential neig