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Bernau b Berlin, Germany
Detroit, USA
Detroit, USA
Bremen, Germany
Detroit, USA
„… explore a fantasy world where nostalgia blooms.“
– The New York Times, Reif, 1980
Bremen, Germany
Dinslaken, Germany
Dublin, Ireland
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Dublin Inquirer, 8/29/17
Detroit, USA
„The first empirical study of flea markets in Germany was carried out by Gisela Schessing-Krusch in 1982. Her Diplmarbeit (M.A.thesis) focused on the spatial planning. She sees the flea market as the new urban adventure and communication space in the city.“
– Fleamarket in a German Town, Damsar, 1998
Detroit, USA
Kobe, Japan
Dinslaken, Germany
Dublin, Ireland
Bremen, Germany
Detroit, USA
„Because flea markets brought people with shared interests together – whether that shared interest was collecting car memorabilia, browsing antiques and collectibles, or sharing in a common culture – they also helped to build communities.“
– Oldenburg
Detroit, USA
Dublin, Ireland
Dinslaken, Germany
Kobe, Japan
Detroit, USA
Bremen, Germany
Dinslaken, Germany
Detroit, USA