Food Markets: In the Belly of the City

The hall of the Mercado Central in Valencia is a pearl of Art Nouveau architecture, which focuses on the fantastic regional products that are grown on the fertile soil around Spain's third-largest city.

Fisketorget is a market in the heart of Bergen, Norway's second largest city, which lies on the country's west coast. There is plenty of fish and seafood, but a lot has changed because of climate change and overfishing.

At the San Benedetto market in Cagliari there is a special variety of regional offers. In particular, the Sardinian spiny artichoke has been cultivated on the island for a long time. She is the pride of the vegetable farmers.

Despite being hit by two fires, in 1980 and 1986, Cork's English Market is a gem in the Northern European market landscape.

Chaotic and evocative, Kapani Market in the Greek city of Thessaloniki resists the changes global fast-food culture is bringing to the city. Day after day it supplies the residents of the city with food.