Flea markets

I found this film camera at a giant fleamarket a while back.

Google lens told me this

Fleamarks in Stockholm tend to fall into four categories

—-> the ones in the hipster area are full of niche, collectibles at high prices. There are designer clothes, vintage t shirts from obscure bands eye wateringly expensive curated jeans from brands such as Omoto denim. These jeans are generally worn-in in a very aesthetic way. You can find gorgeous items, but you will pay high prices for them.

—-> the ones on small holdings and farms outside Stockholm have gorgeous handmade table cloths, scraps of old fabric, delectable mismatched china, antique silverware and tools. You can find great deals here but generally only on household items.

—-> the ones in the suburbs far out are what I would call true fleamarkets. They are huge and have kids selling their old toys, and families selling clothes and sports equipment their family grew out of. There are people selling old cameras and electronics. Things are in piles and you have to scratch. What I like about these flea markets is that you see people leaving with huge bags of things, and you know they will use them. You can see kids choosing new toys and grateful parents finding children’s clothing at good prices. You can haggle the price down significantly. You can find bargains here but you have to scratch.

I found this at one of the huge fleamarkets. I was surprised at how small it was. This has been my favourite mobile phone of all time. Indestructible with an epic battery life. You could only store about 10 text messages and had to really work hard at composing messages, but what a phone!

Author: Janet Carr

Fashion, beauty and animal loving language consultant from South Africa living in Stockholm, Sweden.

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