Entering you will seem to find yourself in the magic and colourful world of my little pony; for a more comfortable ride among various kiosks take a freshly made fruit shake that for sure a nice lady will try to make you buy. Choose the colour you like best.
What can you find exposed in the 'shop-windows' of this gallery? Fruits of all types and seasons, vegetables arranged as in the best fashion shops, crustaceans, molluscs and freshly caught fish. Have a stop and watch fishes exposed in one of the kiosks, they seem to be satisfied of their end (among other things, everyone would stay with their fins into ice instead of being melted by the heat of the Barcelona’s streets).
You will find lots of stands where you can taste and buy the jamón ibérico, the local ham, or where you can see tempting desserts and, clearly in honour of ‘the club members’, all kind of peppers and chillies: a kind of temple of hot peppers.
It is said that vendors of some kiosks have become real historical characters, famous for their typical way to sell their goods in the marketplace. Obviously, as often happens in some places of Barcelona, the advice is always to keep your eyes on wallets, cameras and cell phones, given that within the market there is a significant concentration of pickpockets.
I also know that the Boqueria performs its function also during the night, allowing meetings between prostitutes and their clients. Well, besides being one of the oldest markets of Europe, it is also home of the oldest profession in the world.
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