Lesson 4 Opening a Window to the World
Must-Visit Markets Around the World
2 Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Thailand
In the past, Thai people traded goods on rivers.
This was the beginning of floating markets in Thailand.
With better road transportation, many floating markets disappeared.
Since the late 1960s, however, some of them have come back and kept the tradition alive.
Today, one of the most popular floating markets is Damnoen Saduak Floating Market.
It is always crowded with tourists from all over the world.
You can buy local foods and traditional gift items directly from boats.
Extra Tip I wonder if you have ever had a meal on water.
If not, try noodles like pad thai.
The sellers will cook them on their boats and pass them to you with a long fishing pole.
3 Aalsmeer Flower Market, The Netherlands
The Netherlands means “low lands.”
As the name suggests, about 70% of the country sits below sea level.
Thus, the Dutch built up the land, and one effective way to use it was to grow flowers and sell them.
It is, therefore, no surprise that the country has the largest flower market in the world: the Aalsmeer Flower Market.
The building where the market is housed is bigger than 120 soccer fields.
The market is busy with thousands of flower-filled carts.
They are moved mostly by electric-powered trucks.
Every day, around 20 million flowers are traded and shipped to all corners of the world.
Extra Tip You may wonder whether you can buy just a few flowers at the market.
Sadly, you cannot, but you can see how whole sale flower trading works.
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