Flea Market and BBQ
June 16, 2019
Saturday we went to the Ij Hallen flea market in Nord. It’s the biggest flea market in Amsterdam (maybe in all of the Netherlands?). It’s once a month and you have to pay 5 euros to enter, which I think is a pretty good idea. It’s massive and very well organized with clean bathrooms and food trucks and all kinds of things to buy.
I was on the lookout for Persian rugs, a chandelier for the bedroom and an old-fashioned changing screen for the bedroom so we don’t have to wrestle the floor to ceiling curtains open and closed every time we want to change. We lucked out on the rugs.
After the Flea Market it was time for the annual neighborhood BBQ, which was happening in the playground right across the street from our apartment. It was a huge turnout. Pretty much everyone from our street and even some people from neighboring streets came. There were several grills and a rented blowup bouncy house and everyone brought tons of food and drinks and it was super festive.
