Central Market Hội An
Riverside covered market of fresh seafood, produce and street food unloaded straight off morning boats.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Central Market in Hoi An sets a shopkeeper's flood story against the market's long relationship with the Thu Bon River: in late October 2025 she watched water climb past her knees as the river rose past five and a half meters, a level measured against Hoi An's benchmark flood of 1964. You'll hear how boats have unloaded fish and produce onto this riverbank since the town's earliest trading days, with the market rebuilt here since 1848 and again under French rule. Look at the raised thresholds and doorframes around the stalls as you walk through.
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