sábado, 17 de abril de 2010

Why not to start your Sunday at Brick Lane?

I just woke up in the morning after a night well spent with my friends, when my mobile rang incessantly. “Why not to get some coffees at Brick Lane market? It is Sunday,” said my sister. “I know you are tired after a night partying; but you should go with the flow, shouldn’t you?” she added.

Brick Lane”, also known as “Bangla Town”, is located in the heart of London’s East End. It spreads along a huge area, where on Sunday morning the streets are in full swing.


Brick Lane Market on Sunday morning
Image: Lucia Garcia
"Brick Lane Market on Sunday morning"

The market offers the visitors a day well spent, essentially because of its marvellous stalls, where you can find an exceptional mixture of different original things. There are bizarre and colourful clothes, curious handmade jewellery, sweets, second hand shoes, home accessories, second hand bicycles ... Unimaginable things, you have never seen before, are sold on each of its corners.


Brick Lane area welcomes along its streets the largest Indian communities throughout London. You can discover the best Indian Restaurants of the city, where to delight the palate from Asian multicoloured snacks to proper sit-down meals for an extraordinarily low price.

There are many varieties of quality. The best advice is possibly to head those restaurants with the largest queues. They would probably be the most popular ones between the citizens of the area. Another possibility could be to pick up some take-away food from the wide range of food stalls of the streets and take a sit on the sidewalk near to 1001 Club. You will enjoy your lunch to the rhythm of the best techno music of the area.

Brick Lane area on Sunday morning
Image: Lucia Garcia
Brick Lane area on Sunday morning"


If you really love haggling and bargaining over peculiar and strange things, without any doubt Brick Lane is the best place ever to do so. But, it is not the only market you can find around. There are so many markets such as Petticoat Lane market, Spitalfields market, Sunday Up market and Columbia Road flower market. All of them are within one’s grasp from Brick Lane.

Overall, we spent a nice time out. It was worth waking up in the morning and strolling through Brick Lane market.

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