Shopping at the Albert Cuypmarkt

After a wonderful afternoon at the Van Gogh museum, Annalisa and I continued our wanderings 15-minute walk away to the Albert Cuyp Market.

Albert Cuyp Market 1

Flowers

Fruit

Visiting this market makes me realize how wonderful London really is! Although the market is large and interesting, most of the vendors were selling fairly useless items that can easily be found in a convenience store like: mouthwash, shampoo, toothpaste, cotton balls, cheap sandals, and cheap towels. And if these things could be bought unopened (and sealed) at a real store, why would someone settle and buy sketch mouthwash on the street? I was pretty disappointed and did not take any photos of those stalls, since I saw no reason to. There were also not a lot of food stalls and the ones that were there were extremely overpriced and did not look very good. I would still recommend visiting this market out of satisfying a curiosity, but the Albert Cuyp is far from being as diverseĀ and enjoyable as any street market that I have ever been to. At least I took some photos of the most interesting things I’ve seen.

Seafood 1

Seafood 2

A surprising chocolate stand...

A surprising chocolate stand…

SURPRISE!

SURPRISE!