a Travel Guide for visiting camden
market in london in the united kingdom
i'm chris this is yellow productions how
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informative and entertaining and in this
video i'm going to be telling you
everything you need to know to explore
this market this is part of my series on
london I've got a few other videos on
London including things to know before
you go to London cheap eats on London
but in this one will just be exploring
this market if you want to check out
those other videos you'll find a link in
the description or at the end of this
video the first thing you need to know
about visiting camden market it's really
not just one but it's a bunch of
different markets strung together that
compose a thousand different shops so
together Camden Market is London's
largest street market it's a big
extravaganza some of the best times to
come here Friday Saturday and Sunday
that is if you like crowds that's when
it's going to be the busiest that's
going to be when all the shops are open
if you don't like crowds then come on a
weekday and not on the weekend getting
here it's pretty easy you just take the
tube the London Underground you can take
it to the Camden Town station it is just
ten minutes outside of central London
you can take the northern line from the
Charing Cross station and in ten minutes
you'll get out from the tube station
Camden Town head out make a right-hand
turn and then you'll be at one of the
first Camden markets the first market
that you'll come across as you come out
of the tube it's the one that has the
green sign is called the Camden market
that's not the whole market this one's
the Camden buk market why is it the
Camden buk market well because it's on
the corner of Bucks Street right there
so let's go ahead inside and check this
one out this market has a bunch of
pretty small vendors lined up in narrow
alleys in here it's mostly clothing
jewelry shoes if you're looking for a
London souvenir t-shirt and if you're
looking for a sweatshirt with Homer
Simpson on it this is certainly the
place to find it once you're done
exploring the Camden bond market there's
the Inverness Street Market right back
here on Inverness
Street and it's a line of vendors down
the street once you finished exploring
those two markets continue your walk up
the Main Street for about two blocks
until you get to the canal I'll catch up
with you at the canal for the Camden
Lock market I should mention the street
deal walking down has a lot of very
interesting decorations on the top of
your shops but I wouldn't waste too much
time in these either they are mainly to
capture the tourists as I walk to the
main market tacky souvenirs that sort of
style okay so about two blocks you'll
make it to this bridge which passes over
the canal and if you just turn to the
left you will see the Camden Lock the
cans and lock is pretty neat because
this is used so that boats can go up and
down river and it's still operated
manually by a couple of different people
they open it by hand and they close it
by hands if you see some boats coming by
definitely take a look but right behind
the Camden Lock is the Camden Lock
market this is the original market where
it all started
it's in these old brick warehouses
there's some stalls that are outside
there's some stalls that are in a main
Market Hall there is the curb food
market that's here there's 34 different
food vendors in the food market they're
all delicious but there's food vendors
all throughout this thing so spend some
time exploring this one where the Camden
markets started for more info about the
food market here watch my video on
London's best food markets also point
out now it should be apparently obvious
after watching these boats go through
the lock is another way to get to Kanda
market is to take one of these little
canal boats but my favourite part of the
market though is the horse stables
market this one's just behind the Camden
Lock this is where the largest
collection of shops are it's got two
sections this one it's the more open
section right here it's about three
different levels in this area kind of
the open courtyard this one has a lot of
food vendors here so if you're looking
for food and then find anything tasty at
kerb then come over here
also I like the shops better on this
side because they're more like eclectic
and not just cheap touristy souvenir
crap the shops here are much more artsy
unique kinds of things I mean there's a
shop that has an Incredible Hulk in it
you can't go wrong with the Incredible
Hulk there's a Moomin shop which is a
Swedish character and one of the most
interesting shops is called cyberdog you
can pick up all of your rave supplies to
go to your next rave in there everything
there lights up shoes backpacks I mean
that store is amazing next to the
courtyard there's a section that's under
the railroad tracks and you can really
tell that these things were stables
there because these shops are tiny and
the trains they still roll overhead over
some of these shops so make sure you
don't just end up at some of those first
touristy things I mean that's all pretty
touristy but do make sure you make it
back here to the stables market in
particular to the big open area in the
back there's also an Amy Winehouse
statue back there that commemorate Amy
Winehouse and then down there there's
the serial killer cafe not for you know
axe murderers but the cafe specializes
in cereal you can get cereal cereal
flavor an ice cream a lot of unique
treats this is down in some of the lower
stables in the stables market there
aren't any real horses here anymore but
there are some kind of like statues of
horses and as you walk around you can
see this place is pretty trippy looking
and I mean it's a range of goods from
taps over here to
two military backpacks and if we swing
around this way you can see these are
some of the old stables where there were
horses there now things for you to buy
okay this is weird
these are toilet paper tissue holders
that are themed to look like coke cans
the other thing I like about the horse
stables part of the market is the layout
is kind of meandering up and down
multi-level easy ramps really encourages
to explore I feel like I'm like a mouse
that's looking for the cheese at the end
or I'm finding the Leprechaun at the end
of the rainbow I never know what shops
are gonna be that the next turn or what
goodies I might find and I found it the
treasure at the end the wall of pink
flamingos if you want to get away from
some of the hustle and bustle after you
visit the markets well take a stroll
along the region's canal it is serene
peaceful and if you're looking for an
attraction to do after you walk well you
can walk to the London Zoo just a half
mile down this canal and you'll be at
the famous London Zoo so if your travels
bring you to London make sure to check
out the candle market for some unique
shopping and some interesting eats but
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