Vieux Marché place du Jeu de Balle — Attraction in Brussels

Predominantly African and Palestinian area migrants selling broken junk. The only antiques or mid century items where broken beyond economic repair. Many Christian icons lay smashed, thrown in boxes and treated badly by largely muslim sellers. There is no order to stalls set out mostly on the ground in boxes with dirt and broken sharps. Speaking of sharps there broken glass, from old picture frames, everywhere on the ground so no pets or buggies possible. When you ask for prices you get a stupid price e.g. €15 for a pissing fountain bottle opener you can buy in the tourist office for €10. €10 for a wet tin tin graphic novel with missing pages. The sellers become aggressive or walk off if you try...

I went here thinking I could buy some decent antiques or any Belgian nik naks. Boy was I wrong! It was all broken junk. I literally have seen better garbage at the town dump in NJ. Also not for nothing I am pretty positive the majority of the "goods" were stolen by the way the merchants were just throwing the items around and breaking them. If they cared about the items they are selling they would take care of thier inventory to capitalize on its monetary value. The items had no value to the vendors which makes me believe they were not risking any type...

Nice flea market. Fairly big and with a nice offering (anything ranging from old tech, to jewelry, to various knick knacks, to genuine trash). Not many clothes compared to other flea markets I've been to, so I'd skip it if that's what you're looking for. I cannot really speak on the prices. I've seen reviews saying they can be incredibly high for tourists. All I bought were two secondhand CDs from the 90s which had a price written on them already (around 5 euros each. Similarly to what I paid in secondhand stores before), and the vendor...