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A Traditional Outdoor Food Market
Vanessa Rosenfeld from Germany Germany has some very nice markets all over the country as well as all year round. For example, Munich (München) has a great market place near the Town Hall. That market is called Viktualien Markt. I have known this market for a very long time, but I have never gone shopping there even though I have walked through the market and had lunch at the beergarden right in the center of it. However, just a couple of weeks ago, I visited my family with my mother-in-law who had never been in Munich before. That was a very good opportunity for me, first to show her the market and second to go shopping.
This market consists of many stalls, where you can buy fresh vegetables, fruits, cheeses, meat, ham, salami, sausages, wine, fresh flowers, and dried flowers. The owners of the stalls present their food in a very decorative way, so that you involuntarily stop right in front of each one and just look at the food. All of the sales assistants let you sample what you would like to try as long as you don't overdo it. Once you start shopping, you can't stop. The market is great. Every owner, salesperson, sales assistant, and even the customers are very friendly and helpful. It is open Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. till 6:00 p.m., Saturday from 8:00 a.m. till 4 p.m. Whenever I go back to Munich, I will make sure that I go and shop at the Viktualien Markt. Furthermore, I will make sure that I have a traditional cold meal which is called Brotzeit, that includes the food I mentioned above.
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