Are you a flower fan? Or you are a photographer looking for colorful scenarios to portray in all your travel destinations?
I am both! I like walking in the colors, hearing people talking, watching locals buying their daily beauty or making colorful gifts to their beloved. There is a tale behind every flowers’ purchaser, don’t you think so?
No matter where you go, I really suggest you to look for the closest local flower market: you’ll be inspired for no matter what your hobby is (photography, painting, writing, reading…)
Now I’ll tell you about the best flower markets I have seen in Europe and I bet you’ll fall in love with all of them like I did.
Amsterdam
Let’s start from the open-and-shut: Amsterdam, the main city of the floewers’ country.
The magic beauty of this market is its peculiar location, since the small shops are located inside floating barges: once, flowers arrived in Amsterdam every day from the countryside by boat and today the tradition has created this very pictoresque flowers floatig market.
Here you won’t find just tulips and tulips bulbs: there’s plenty of other cut and garden flowers and plants and you’ll find here also lovely objects to take back home.
Bloemenmarkt Amsterdam,
Singel ,
1012 WP AMSTERDAM
Sofia
Two metro station away from the center of Sofia (let’s say from Serdika station) you’ll find a colorful, cozy and very cheap (local feature) flower market. Get off in Konstantin Velichkov and walk for a very few miles (find the position here) .
If you want to stay in the center, also the Woman’s market is a must experience. Not just flowers here but also any kind of good local food and product.
Nice
Nice is so lovely for so many reasons. Small daily street markets are among them, and if you like colors to fill your day, you’ll find, in the flower market of Cours Saleya, a place to walk and have a rest.
This market is ranked by France’s National Council for the Culinary Arts. And you know French take both art and food (and beauty) very seriously.
London
London is always at the top position in any list! At least for me… well, I’m quite sure you’ll like the Columbia Road Flower Market like I did. This is a flower market located in East London, along the very “Victorian” Columbia Road, where the dark “OliverTwistness” of bricks will crash with the bright colors of wooden shops and petals.
Brussels
Every morning you’ll see in the Grand Place (Unesco World Heritage) the Marché des Flesurs. Yes, here in Brussels th flower market is a part of the main local attractions! You can have your breakfast or enjoy tasty local fries surrounded by spring perfumes.
Needless (or maybe not) to say that if you come in Brussels in summer you can enjoy the creation of the huge flower carpet, very improtant local event!
Do you know any other Flower Market really worth visiting for perfumes, beauty and location? Eager to know, write in comments <3!
15 Comments
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laura
Im such a huge flower fan!! Where I live, we have to travel about 45 minutes to get to all the flower markets and sadly they aren’t exactly great here, and if there is a great market – the flowers are SO EXPENSIVE! I would love to have shops like these at my convenience 🙂 They look gorgeous!
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Sabrina - In My Suitcase
oh really! Where are you from, Laura?
In Amsterdam they can be a little more expensive than in the other listed places, but they’re worth it!
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Travel Pockets (Crystal)
Such lovely looking flower shops! I would definitely go to the one in Brussels because I am obsessed with succulents!
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Milton Coyne
wow at first glance, the first picture looks so unreal.. it feels like looking at painted murals haha …These are great place indeed.. I can imagine how great it smells like when being here
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The Lazy Trotter
J’adooooore! I have only been to Amsterdam and I absolutely loved it!! I am all about flowers…
I love the last photo you took, by the way!! 🙂
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Tammileetips
These are such pretty flower markets! I would love to visit this place and take photos, they turned out amazing!
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Dreammerin
Omg! All these photos are stunning! Especially, I love the first photo!! I love flowers <3 Thanks for posting! Have a wonderful week!
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Ana De- Jesus
I was about to suggest the Columbia Flower Market but you beat me to it. I would love to go to Amsterdam!
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Shirley
Yes, I am a flower fan and i love clicking Flower photographs. I love flowers and I really like your post. This is something interesting close to my heart. Thanks for sharing the best flower markets in Europe. Sure I will try any one of them.
Eugenia
These are all such amazing flower markets, I’d love to visit all of them as I love flowers! Amazing post full of amazing photos! Shared it 🙂