Berlin Markets in Off season

Hi,

If you're in Berlin on Sunday, 1 March, I suggest the outdoor street "fair" near the Bode Museum. This one is held only on Sundays. The very end of the "fair" is a book sale on military/war history focusing almost exclusively on WW 2 both secondary sources and some primary sources, such as memoirs, division histories, etc, a pretty big selection of esoteric stuff. I've been to it twice.

I was just in Berlin and went to the flea market at Arkonaplatz, which is just a few blocks away from the one in the Mauerpark (on the other side of Bernauer Strasse): http://www.troedelmarkt-arkonaplatz.de/index.html. I preferred the one at Arkonaplatz because it was smaller, less touristy, and had a more interesting variety of items. I thought the quality was better than Mauerpark, too.

I also visited Markthalle Neun, an indoor food market in Kreuzberg: http://markthalleneun.de/.

On a previous visit I went to the flea market at Boxhagener Platz in Friedrichshain: http://www.berlin.de/en/shopping/markets-and-flea-markets/1998240-2983302-fleamarket-at-boxhagener-platz-.en.html. Like Arkonaplatz, it's smaller, and Friedrichshain is a fun area to walk around in. Good Sunday brunch options as well.

You can find more tips on the Spotted by Locals website in the shopping category: http://www.spottedbylocals.com/berlin/category/activity/shopping/.

Enjoy your trip!