Hala Targowa

This guide to Hala Targowa market in Kraków traces its Sunday flea trade back to the nineteen eighties, when Poles crossed the country to sell whatever they could spare under communist shortages, including a jar of face cream frozen solid on the road. It follows what that improvised trade turned into over the decades, from war medals and secondhand vinyl to a couple's wedding shoes bought for ten zloty, and the two thousand seven vote by city councilors to tear the market down. Listen for the stalls between the coins and army knives as you walk the row.