Zagreb's colourful market

Advantages: Fascinating, colourful, might get to sample some Croatian foods, shop for a picnic
Disadvantages: Can't buy some things if you're in a hotel

...where you?ll find meats and meat products, dairy stuffs and some dry goods. This market hall is actually underneath the main part of the outdoor market where you?ll find fruit and vegetables. When you go into the market hall, go off to the left for the meats section; here you see lots of fresh meats hanging and lots of things like offal and tripe displayed in the chillers. Then you?ll come to the stalls that sell cured meats such as spicy sausages or the delicious air-dried ham known as prsut ? the Croatian version of Italian prosciutto. If you go enter by the doors on the right, you?ll go straight into the dairy section; at the front of this section are big stone counters where local women can come and sell their homemade cheeses. You may get lucky and score a small free sample of cheese ? the soft white ones are absolutely divine. Next...

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Review of Dolac Market, Zagreb

A Bit of Culture in the Market Place

Advantages: Great variety of entertainment on offer. Generally cheaper prices than larger venues
Disadvantages: The length of the trek to the loos! Not the most comfortable seating

...The Old Market Hove is a place which is difficult to label! It?s an historical building of some note, a theatre, a cultural centre, a venue for private hire catering for all sorts of events including weddings and civil partnerships, a recording studio, home to the celebrated Hanover Band and a base for Springboard, a competitive performing arts festival for young people. In fact it is a wonderful and invaluable community resource just a stone?s throw from the sea in The Brunswick area of Hove but just on the Brighton border. ~~~BRUNSWICK TOWN~~~ The area now known as Brunswick is, for me, one of the most fascinating areas of Hove. Brunswick Town was largely the brainchild of the Reverend Thomas Scutt whose family owned much of the land upon which it was built and Charles Augustin Busby, a talented architect who was responsible...

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Review of The Old Market, Hove

To market, to market

Advantages: Hustle, bustle, colour, bargains
Disadvantages: Variable quality, not so good for souvenirs

...predominance in their respective halls, but we found quite a bit of overlap and plenty of stalls dotted around that didn?t fit readily into any of these categories ? general delicatessen, for example, or confectionary. The bakery hall, in particular, is now more or less all-round grocery. The indoor areas, incidentally, are kept clean and about as tidy as you can expect in a market. The stalls are mostly well-lit and seem well-equipped, especially those offering meat, fish or dairy products, with refrigerated cabinets and the like. Few are period pieces, but they are attractively presented and sometimes decorated with flowers. Generally, both the quality and variety of the produce looked good, and the stall-holders often seemed ready to offer samples of their wares to dispel any doubts. The stalls here, like the halls themselves, have...

torr 08.08.2007 (13.08.2007) · Read review
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Review of Riga Central Market

On your marks get set for Greenwich Market

Advantages: intersting products, something for everyone, great for gifts
Disadvantages: Not a practical market

...Wednesday to Sunday with slightly different emphasis on products sold for example Thursday is antiques and collectibles. However my review will be based on the Weekend market with arts and crafts, fresh produce and deli style foods.I love visiting Greenwich Market on a weekend as there is a little bit of everything in what they sell. Its not a practical market though. If you are looking for two pounds of bananas for a pound, screws, a dodgy mobile phone cover or polyester jumper head to Deptford or Lewisham markets instead. What Greenwich does offer is th best in arts, crafts, gifts, clothes and food. The market management gives priority to small creative businesses selling small scale often local or ethically traded products which I full support. When looking for slightly unusual gifts I often come up trumps at Greenwich Market. Let...

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Review of Greenwich Market

The Cattle Market

Advantages: Nowhere else on earth has more multiculturalism packed into one place
Disadvantages: These days it's little more than a tourist attraction.

...you get dancing space girls in cages, and all the staff look like the product of a drunken fling between Neo from the Matrix, and Ronald MacDonald. It's all black PVC and neon hair. And lets not forget the obligatory eating disorder - a must have in today's trendy society. If you're rich enough to buy anything in there (£60 for pretty much every item in there), they will serve you with the kind of bitter disinterest that only a Camden industrial goth space-clown can. Heading back out of the proper market you go through the food courts. We have flavours from all around the world, with lots of little buffets with little people screaming at you and trying to jam various dead animals down your throat. The prices are pretty good - most of them you can pay £3 to and they'll jam a load of "food" in a tin for you - rice, vegetables, chicken, rat...

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Review of Camden Town Market (London)

worst product on market

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: everything

...This was the worst product we have ever had. The dimplex stoves cooker was extremely bad in every repescts. It looked great in the shop, suited the kitchen design but what a mess. It was a poor cooker as the temperature of the ovens did not work properly. This is why one has temp. controls so that baking and cooking can be easily done without fuss or concern. However engineer could not fix it and after 6-7 call outs the company said it was not a manufacturing problem but something else. They never replaced it, did not answer calls and waited till the guarantee ran out and then said they could fix it in ireland for very high prices. Every aspect of the after service was appauling. they could not get an expert to answer why there was poor quality in all aspects. I brought another engineer in to see what the problems were and he said that...

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Review of Stoves RICHMOND 1000

Borough Market - 250 years of food heaven

Advantages: Fresh produce, lots of choice.
Disadvantages: Can spend too much money.

...The first time I went to Borough Market I was dragged there under duress by the Boyf. We'd been along to the Summer Festival on London Bridge and then he said he was going to show me a market that I'd like, I was apprehensive but within minutes of arriving I was marveling at the sites and smells of all the amazing produce on sale. Since then I've been back numerous times on a Thursday and Friday lunchtime to stock up on various goodies. Of course, I can't possibly list everything there - it's seriously extensive - but trust me, if you like food and drink then you'll love Borough Market and all its nooks and crannies. ~ Location ~ London Bridge Station is the closest, not even one minute walk away so don't go getting off at Borough Station which is seriously misleading! Once you leave L.B. Station, you will be...

Amazingwoo 10.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Borough Market

Running on Black Market Blood?

Advantages: The bands most versatile album to date; crosses genres quite well
Disadvantages: There are bland moments to behold and some messages are a bit hazy

...expected it to be from the first time they wrote an album and the coming down period after their drug fuelled rages was another difficult element to contend with. Following nine months in the studio, 'Black Market Music' was released in the October of 2000 with the promise that it would be a lot less about lead singer Brian Molko's own personal shortcomings and more about telling a story through an array of characters, a notion that was to certainly be expanded on from 1998's album. Not being aware of the band back when it was first release, in all of my innocent glory, it wasn't until a couple of years ago when I received this album. It has to be said that I wasn't instantly captivated by 'Black Market Music'; I'd adored 'Sleeping With Ghosts' - the follow up record to this one - and thought that the dynamic of 'Placebo' was a good...

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Review of Black Market Music - Placebo

A nose around the market.

Advantages: A great day out.
Disadvantages: Did not see any.

...from all directions but the roads had plenty of pelican crossings. There were food shops galore which tickled my nostrils. I was pleased that I had told my friend not to bring a packed lunch with her today. Still following my nose - as I had left the address at home, we walked on. Yes, I have had a pretty heavy schedule this last week, I knew the name of the road had two oo's in it! However we found a delightful clothes shop where I purchased a super outfit for my sister's party - I digress! After that little shopping spree we decided we would eat. There was one part of the market where there were stalls selling a variety of foods. Thai, Indian, Mexican. We decided on the Mexican and had a lovely little snack outside sitting at the tables. Very cheap at £4 each. We sat there for two hours, just watching people come and go and having...

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Review of Greenwich Market

The Sheffield Castle Markets

Advantages: Some Good Bargains
Disadvantages: Ready For A Refurb

...Castle Market is the largest of Sheffield's Markets and houses a large collection of Shops and Stalls selling a wide range of different Goods. This large indoor Market is built on the site of Sheffield Castle and there are many ruins and tunnels beneath this Market which are opened up to the Public on special occasions, usually only once or twice a year. These tunnels link the former Sheffield Castle ,built in 1266 but largely demolished in 1648 during the English Civil War, with the Manor Castle and other important historic Buildings within the City. The location of the present day Castle Market is on the banks of the River Don, directly on top of where the Castle once stood. Just a few minutes walk from the main Bus Interchange and Railway Station. Sadly nothing now remains of the former Castle above ground and the infrequent...

micksheff 17.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of The Sheffield Castle Markets