Marché Bastille and Marché Popincourt

Marché Bastille and Marché Popincourt markets are two popular markets in Paris.

Both, the Market Bastille and the Popincourt Market , are made on Boulevard Richard Lenoir, but on opposite sides of the street and on different days of the week.

Marche Bastille. Street markets in Paris / lembi -Shutterstock.com

They have a variety of products that can leave many supermarkets with envy.

What you can buy at Marché Bastille and Marché Popincourt

The variety and color of the fresh food sold in these markets will make you want to run home to cook with the ingredients you buy.

Many Parisians come here to do their weekly shopping, to buy fresher and cheaper products than the supermarket.

You can also buy both the Marché Bastille and the Marché Popincourt , ready-made food at a good price: Lebanese, Italian, Indian or French . There are many snacks that are hard to resist, so you can skip breakfast and come straight here from your hotel in Paris.

The atmosphere is very lively and the vendors are very friendly.

On Saturdays the Marché de la Création is installed

On Saturdays, the same Boulevard Richard Lenoir is occupied by the stalls of more than 200 artisans and artists who sell their works of watercolor, photography, jewelry, painting, prints, fashion and crafts. This market is called Le Marché de la Création Bastille.

It starts at the Place de la Bastille.

Address:

B.D. Richard Lenoir

11e Arrondissement

Schedule:

Marche Bastille

Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Sunday from 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Marché Popincourt

Friday from 07:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday from 07:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Marche de la creation Bastille

Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

How to get?

Subway: Bastille, Oberkampf

nearby places

Nearby are the Père Lachaise Cemetery, Opera Bastille, and Victor Hugo’s home in Le Marais.