Flea market Friday

 

 

Bargain-hunting chineurs in the Latin Quarter.

 

 

Window Wednesday

As evening falls the light inside an antiques shop reveals colorful comics cutouts. 

 

Floral Friday

 

 

A bouquet explodes with spring flowers inside a shop in the Latin Quarter.

 

Flea market Friday

Flowers uplift a stall at the Saint-Ouen flea market.

 

Flea market Friday

A visit to the enormous Saint-Ouen marché aux puces is sure to yield interesting finds.

 

 

 

Open Saturday to Monday

 

Marché aux Puces of Paris Saint-Ouen

Floral Friday

 

A bouquet against a backdrop of floral wallpaper in a design shop window.

 

Curieux

 

An easy-to-miss boutique on a Montmartre side street caters to the curious.

 

 Above: anatomical charts; specialty candles; skull of a spiral-horned antelope

 

Below: skeleton w/sign, "I am fragile. Thank you for not touching me"; portraits, butterflies, bats, bugs, brains

Curiositas:

Cabinet des Curiosités 

7 rue Ravignan 75018

Lampposts for sale

Lamp posts for sale at the Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen.

Café brocante

A one-day pop-up neighborhood flea market in Montmartre.

Paris in heat

 An early visit to the Saint-Ouen flea market is followed by a light casual sharing lunch in AC.

Above: pitcher of icy citronnade maison; spread of foie gras, roast farm chicken, burrata-on-pesto, Spanish ham, radishes, frites maison

 

Ma Cocotte

Marché Paul Bert  
106 rue des Rosiers 93400 Saint-Ouen

Chef de cuisine: Norbert Tarayre
Design: Philippe Starck

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Pop-up flea market

A neighborhood street becomes a blocks-long antiques market.

High-end antiques

Rare and distinctive antiques are a hallmark of the rue des Saints-Pères.

House of dolls

 

 

La Maison de Poupée stocks vintage dolls, toys, automatons and miniature objects.

40 rue de Vaugirard 75006

Tender years

This sweet antiques shop is always stuffed with surprises.

Les Tendres Années

22 rue Caulaincourt 75018

Black storefront

Bare trees lining the quai are reflected in windows of an antique shop facing the Louis-Philippe bridge.

Curiosities

Marvels from present and past on a Quartier Latin back street.

Brocante

Sunday morning is a good time to rummage through antique shops, this one of many on a hidden street behind the Village Saint Paul.

Victor is watching

A bust of Victor Hugo keeps an eye on this unusual family run bookshop.

Antiquaires

Always something unusual at a small antique shop near the Delacroix Museum, from vintage toys to chandeliers, furniture, and heads once used to display fashionable hats.

A pretty square

One of several inside Village Saint Paul.

Antiques, bric-a-brac, hot chocolate and a charming hat shop are some of the finds that await flâneurs and flâneuses.