Bitaka Flea Market (Malashevtsi Shopping District)

It's hard to tell visitors what they can find at Bitaka flea market, so maybe it's easier to talk about the things you can't find - new, shiny, and unremarkable things. used.

Old phones neatly stacked into books piled in mess, used shoes next to chipped cups, piles of broken children's toys next to stringless guitars, all are available at Bitaka market. Visitors can find silverware, tattered military uniforms, stalls filled with pirated CDs, originals by once-popular bands, or choirs from the Balkan choirs and choirs. even garden equipment.

Joining Bitaka can be a moving experience for visitors. Old postcards with messages written on them from the '60s and '70s and the story of someone's life scribbled on a 50-year-old piece of paper, they are now neatly folded in a suitcase placed in the corner of the market. The person selling them seems to be selling even the most important memories of his life. Visitors will feel like some people are selling everything they have, including very personal items. It's like they've just brought all the stuff from their home with the slight hope that someone will pay a few levas for whatever they have.

The Bitaka Flea Market is also a rare surviving kind of free market where people do whatever they want in an era when shopping malls became ubiquitous and exclusive.

Visitors can get to Bitaka market by taking bus number 86 in the direction of Malashevtsi and following the crowds carrying large bags, but if you don't find any crowds then you've probably missed a session. market.

Hours of Operation :

Saturday - Sunday: 04:00 - 15:00