Every Sunday, the stretch of Brick Lane between Buxton St and Bethnal Green Rd is closed to traffic so stallholders can set up shop. Stands of fried dumplings and fresh fruit smoothies rub shoulders with tables of vintage cameras, vegan skincare products, tatty household bric-a-brac and second-hand clothes. Guitar-wielding buskers, hula-hoopers and working street artists give the area an almost festival-like atmosphere.
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Brick Lane Market
Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields
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