"The big flea market in Paris is Les Puces de Saint-Ouen, at Porte de Clignancourt, out in the 18th. It's the one with all the antiques, high end stuff. But first you have to penetrate a layer of poor people selling things off blankets and tarps...the poor selling to the poor. And then a layer of normal flea market fare...fake and used crap of every description. And then finally the stuff for the wealthy, in shops and serpettes (galleries of rooms and shops). We'll focus here on the last category. One doesn't take pix of the first, and the second is generally unremarkable." (2021 blogpost)
Some of our recent visits to Clignancourt are:
https://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2021/10/clignancourt-markets.htmlhttps://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2023/05/les-puces-de-st-ouen.htmlhttps://roadeveron.blogspot.com/2025/06/puces-de-st-ouen-and-basilica-st-denis.htmlIt's a huge place, advertised as the world's largest antiques/brocantes store...hundreds (thousands?) of shops on scores of different alleys and streets. If you're really serious about buying things here, a map would be helpful for getting around, and some research and planning. On the other hand, it's a fine place to just wander, even get lost. Looking at pix from previous years, I'm struck at how little repetition there is. It's a kaleidoscope of wonders and curiosities. And other stuff.
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| Would look great on your lawn |
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| 12 piece setting |
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| Remember to have won the lottery before visiting |
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| 1947 Foosball machine, made in Geneva, gorgeous; don't touch! |
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| So it said |
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| Disney Paris is just 20 miles away |
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Travel the old-fangled way, probably on the Orient Express;
this is a Louis Vuitton trunk, in a shop of just antique Louis
Vuitton gear |
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| Ashtray store |
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| Alley scene |
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| Street scene |
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| Need a mirror? |
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| Lamp stand? |
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| Fan? Old-time manually-operated fan? |
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| Exquisitely-carved tusk? |
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