Vide Greniers in and around Montparnasse

[Foofoogal]

Discovered this name today. Anyone want to expand?

 

[KittyT]

what?

 

[Foofoogal]

Vide Greniers is the French name for flea market.
I had heard of car boot sales in the UK.
What are some of the ones in different areas called and the best ones.
Mont Parnasse is a district in France from my best googling that was originally a place that the Lost Generation went to so I am thinking alot of artisty people would be around there and hence great Vide Greniers. lol
Surely someone would know if that is the case.
http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Paris/Paris_Hemingway2.shtml
Is it now just a shadow of its former self?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montparnasse

 

[BellyTank]

Marché aux puces! is "Flea Market"

I'll be visiting the marché aux puces in Brussels later this month- this is a "flea market".

"Vide Greniers" is more like Attic clearance-
Babelfish says "Vacuum Attics".


http://www.visitbelgium.com/markets.htm

But there you go... "Marché aux puces".


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[Foofoogal]

Thank you. I thought the puces was more like antiques and the other more flea mkt.

 

[KittyT]

No, puces is definitely a flea market. The best one in Paris is the Puces de Clignancourt at the Porte de Clignancourt stop on the #4 metro line.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

I was in the The Puces de Saint-Ouen in November and there is a wonderful vintage shop there ran by two charismatic and knowledgable people. They have all sorts of vintage clothes going way back to the 19th C. They also produce a small line of retro shoes that are perfect, incredible craftsmanship.

Should you find yourself there, avoid the lines of table stalls with their generic designer knock-offs and look for the little shops with antique furniture, paintings, light fixtures and statues. It is a bit like a tour through a museum.

There is one new building that is two stories with that sort of mall-ish architecture of green girders and glass. The vintage shop is there and downstairs is a wonderful antiques shop with an enourmous St Bernard who is incredibly sweet and likes to give hugs, so beware!

 

[Foofoogal]

Thank you all.

So if they are puces in France
Car boot sales in UK
What are they in other countries.
Like Germany or Japan?
I know I am being annoying but I find this interesting. The different names for antiques or fleamarkets.