A place that has a huge engines that served as power generators for Metro de Madrid infrastructure to almost 1930. Fortunately there were not destroyed but kept and preserved, helped by the fact that they were housed in a industrial unit declared Cultural designed by Antonio Palacios, architect of buildings known as the Círculo de Bellas Artes or the Palacio de Correos, head office of Madrid council.
Accessories, books, records, recycled furniture and from the 60s, shoes, hats, flowers, jams and classical bicycles. What it offeres this market are products created, designed and produced by the authors, taking a careful selection of them, involved in each manufacturing industry backless. It is about unique pieces that can not be found elsewhere. Owing to this concept it is how this charming market has started to develop its own personality.
In addition to a restaurant with skewers where you can drink a cup of wine or a beer. David Juarez, sushiman prepares whatever you ask him live. And so its creators say: If you find a sushi richer than Juarez in Madrid or your money back!
But if you do not want or wine or beer, you can have a coffee or tea at the sweet corner. Coffee and tea with cookies and concroissants or chocolates and brownies.
A place also with two architects in charge of children's entertaiment through workshops for kids and one to one set for musical performances, street gangs mostly to move the ship into the atmosphere and rhythm of the street.
Manuel Carrasco, Minimum Origami takes care of the little ones enseñaer to build characters and objects on paper and design. Although it will be hard not to want to buy one of their figures to make at home.
If you do not like the origami, may be one of the animals sold Perea Isidro and punched to go riding in spare time. The team creatures called Fauna Urbana, and has a mantis, a ladybug, a bee, a centipede, a chameleon.
Also a new udpdate for this latest edition is opening the Private individual Market. Summon people to have a place and sell their own things: your library, your closet, your old tools, her doll collection, his string of customes, the winery, a stamp collection or a scalextric. Private Market is in the parking area, and stalls cost 35 euros a day which it occupies a parking place and it takes place outdoors.
Thanks to this private initiative therefore, this industrial unit has been recovered for all locals and curious tourists, who have already become into one of those essential places for their photo album in Madrid.
CRÉDITOS.-
Localización.- Valderribas 49,
Horarios.- De 11 a 22 horas. Every first sunday of each month.
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