IJ-Hallen flea market

The IJ-Hallen flea market is probably the biggest flea market in Europe. The IJ-hallen are two industrial warehouses with about 750 stalls, but outside between the two industrial warehouses are also stalls and at certain market days it could happen that there are about 1500 stalls. The vendors sell all kinds of second hand products from vintage clothing, antiques, and records, to books, furniture and jewellery. At this flea market is lots of competition between the vendors, so if you love treasure hunting for bargains this is the place to be.

When you get hungry or thirsty there are also enough stands where you can get a refreshing drink or tasty snack. But even when you don’t want to go for bargain hunting this abandoned ship wharf is a lot of fun to visit as you will find a lot of creative and artistic expressions on and around the buildings.

You get to the IJ-hallen by taking the free ferry service 906 behind Amsterdam Central Station to NDSM-werf and then it takes just a 5 minute walk. Taking this ferry over the IJ-river makes your trip extra fun. Most markets in Amsterdam are free, but this market has an admission fee of five euros for adults and two euros for kids until 11 years old.

Opening hours: The flea market usually takes place one or two weekends per month from 9:00h to 16:30h.