Exploring Europe's Great Food Markets

Food markets have a strong tradition in the Netherlands and many citizens count on their long street markets for their fresh food supplies.

Arriving by boat to the Baltic Sea Harbor of Helsinki, it is the first building you see: The Old Market Hall, a beautiful 19th-century brick building with hi-varnish wooden stalls.

Mercado da Ribeira, in the Santos Area near Cais do Sodré train station, has been open since the 1800s and is the city's oldest marketplace.

The Viktualienmarkt developed from an original farmers' market to a popular market for gourmets. But the center of the social life of the city is the world-famous Biergarten.

Placed in the middle of Palermo's ancient streets, there is everything the Mediterranean island, so rich in agricultural traditions, has to offer.