Top 10 flea markets in Europe?

Photograph of the market at Lille from The Guardian, by Philippe Huguen/AFP

Two years ago, The Guardian published their picks for the Top 10 European flea markets. Incredibly, they didn't list Le Marche aux Puces de Saint-Ouen or its smaller cousin at la Porte de Vanves. There's also a glaring admission of . . . ha, that's a teaser. I can think of two very large, little-known fleas in Europe that I'm going to write about in the coming days. Until I can get my act together, though, read The Guardian's descriptions carefully. Some of these look legit, but a few are junk markets:

• Flea market in Waterloo, Belgium
• Carmagnola market in Turin, Italy
• brocante south of Cardedeu in Cadaques, Spain
• market at Cormano near Milan, Italy
• Jeu de Balle in Brussels, Belgium
• Mercatino di Torino near Alba, Italy
• Mercantic in Barcelona, Spain
• Borgo D’Ale at Lake Maggiore, Italy
• Ciney Antiquities, an annual brocante at the Ciney Expo in Namur, Belguim
• Annual May attic sale, or "vide-greniers," in the village of Auriac-sur-Vendinelle, Mirepoix in southern France
• La Grande Braderie de Lille, in Lille, Northern France, during September, which attracts over a million visitors

I've been to the Brussels flea and I thought it was small and disappointing. Any opinions?

Comments

[Antique Sterling Silver]

Great list. Will have to visit some of these on my next trip into Italy.

[Kristi]

great, please let me know what you find there and if these markets are as good as the Guardian says they are! --Kristi