Marché de Wazemmes

If you visit Lille, you will end up visiting some sort of open air market. It's Northern France and that's just what's going to happen.

The Braderie de Lille is the largest and most famous of these markets, and it happens once a year, in September. I, of course, arrived in Lille a week after the famous Braderie, so I did not get to experience wonders such as the mountain of mussels.

However, I've still been checking out other markets around the city, like this one. The Marché de Wazemmes is open three times a week, but it's at its biggest and best on Sundays. This place has everything. Seriously. It holds the honor of being the only place in Lille where I've seen a pumpkin.



Let's start off easy. Say you want some flowers

Of course they have flowers.

Need some Vitamin C?

Wazemmes is there for you. But what about other kinds of fruit? Looking for bananas in winter in the north of France might seem hopeless...

But it's not. Hey, you can even dream bigger. You can get yourself some avocados if you want. There's no holding back. 

Ok, let's take things up a notch. Want shoes?

Got shoes. 

What about those distressed jeans all the youths seem to be wearing nowadays?

Be as youthful as you want to be. In fact, you can even pair those jeans with an authentic American top. 

And, of course, Wazemmes hasn't forgotten about underwear. 

Hell, you can even get a luxurious velvet dress to wear when you sit on the Iron Throne. 

Want hair dye?

Got hair dye.

Want perfume?

Wazemmes has Justin Bieber's scent. 

And that's not all. 

Need a bed?

Wazemmes has the one for you. 

What if you need a rug?

No, not a nice rug like those. Those are for real adults, not adults who are still prone to spilling alcoholic drinks everywhere. 

Yes. That's more like it. 

Have a rodent problem?

Not anymore. 

What's that? You wish Hans and Elsa had gotten together at the end of Frozen?

Live your dreams. 

Need to send a postcard but you're too lazy to write one? 

Yeah it's dated 1965 but nobody's going to be able to tell. 

Set the mood at your Saint Patrick's Day party:

Get some jam. Everybody loves jam.

And get a knife, too. Spread that jam like a boss.

Get a few books. These right here look suitable for some light reading. 

Get a necklace. Feel beautiful. 

Get batteries. You probably need batteries. 

Get Batman slippers. Relax. 

Get that Minion bathrobe you've always wanted. Relax harder. 

GET A BLENDER, DUDE. YOLO. 

 

And in case you're worried that you won't be able to take all this stuff home with you...

BOOM. WAZEMMES HAS YOU COVERED THERE TOO. 

So go crazy. After all, nobody has the right to judge anybody on a Sunday morning.