Odessa: markets "Privoz", "7 km" and others

Odessa is not only a large industrial and a port city, historical sights, the sea, the sun and beaches. Tourists with pleasure make a promenade along the famous Deribasovskaya street with its numerous shops, hotels, historical monuments, cafes and restaurants. But to really help you to know what Odessa is, the markets of the city - the legendary Privoz, Starokonny market and the famous "7 km".

Secrets of the Odessa "Privoz"

The market is located 200 meters from the railway station. Once there was a square on which the villagers brought their goods for sale. Hence the name of the market. In 1827, it was decided to streamline the trade, and here began to build rows and premises for the sale of poultry and livestock.

After the last plague epidemic, which Odessa experienced, the markets were burned. Capital reconstruction of the "Privoz" began in 1902. One of the most interesting buildings was the "Fruktoviy Passage" built in 1913 - a complex of four separate buildings connected by arches. After the revolution, there were attempts to rename Privoz, but the new name did not take root. In the late 60s of the 20th century, a meat and milk pavilion was built on the market, and the territory was asphalted. In 1990, a general reconstruction was carried out, new shopping and office centers and shops were built.

Despite the large number of supermarkets, which are rich in Odessa, the markets are the main place of purchase. Only "Privoz" sells the cheapest and delicious products: fresh fish, meat, butter, milk, a variety of cheeses. In honor of resourceful sellers in the market, bronze monuments were installed to the fisherman Sone, the fish sweeper Uncle Zhora and Kostya Sailor.

The market "7 km"

In the port city, sailors always brought fashionable things that were popular with the population. Especially commercially vivid in the 1990s, when people were left without work and engaged in entrepreneurial activities. Thus, one of the largest wholesale and retail markets in the Europe, "7 km", was formed. Its name is due to the fact that it is located on the 7th kilometer of the Ovidiopol highway.

The developed market area is about 80 hectares. There are more than 15 thousand shopping facilities, warehouses, 3 medical posts and an ambulance department, there is a police station. The territory is divided into 4 trade thematic trading platforms. On the site number 1 are selling clothes, toys, souvenirs, leather goods. On the site No. 2, mostly clothes and shoes from Turkey, Poland, goods of domestic producers are traded. At the site number 3 you can buy cheap clothes and shoes from China. There is also the Kharkov platform, where everyone sells everything, including electrical products, household appliances, televisions, telephones.

There are 2 hotels and several cafes on the market. The market is visited daily by 350 thousand people. For cars and buses 8 convenient parking lots are equipped.

Starokonny market in Odessa

Odessa Starokonny market is located near the central bus station on Moldavanka. It was founded in 1832. At that time, the Bessarabian gypsies brought horses to the bargain, the villagers brought cattle, sailors brought overseas birds and animals. A few years later, the city government decided to streamline the markets and moved the trade in livestock and horses outside the city. As time went on, Moldovanka from the farm turned into a suburb, Odessa developed rapidly. Markets appeared everywhere, so the ranks for the sale of bread, meat, milk and other products were built on the market square, and Starokonny was named after the market.

Nowadays it is especially crowded at weekends. Odessa citizens come here to buy pets or birds, especially there are a lot of aquarium fish and attributes that are associated with aquarium.

Other markets of Odessa

Who has ever visited the city, knows that not only "Privoz" is famous for Odessa. Markets, where you can make a profitable purchase, is in every district. They sell domestic and imported products, seasonal vegetables, as well as goods of the industrial group. The most famous are:

• The new market is located in the old district of the city near Deribasovskaya Street. The color is very similar to "Privoz", there are more than 100 years.
• Market "Cheryomushki" - it was built on Kosmonavtov Street in the microdistrict with the same name.
• The South market is located in the sleeping area of the city in the village of Tairov. It was built more than 30 years ago.
• The northern market - built more than 20 years ago at the site of the spontaneous market in the most remote area in the village of Kotovsky.

What markets can still surprise business Odessa? Wholesale and small wholesale markets offer construction materials, there is a large car market, the market for radio components. On the wholesale and retail market "Pig" you can buy vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, and on the Aleksandrovsky Prospekt visit the book market.

Odessa citizens are proud of the fact that in this large port-trading city you can buy everything you need, and even a little more.