Odessa is not only a large industrial and port city, historical sights, the sea, the sun and beaches. Tourists with pleasure make a promenade along the famous Deribasovskaya street with its many shops, hotels, historical monuments, cafes and restaurants. But they will really help to find out what Odessa is, the city’s markets - the legendary Privoz, the Starokonny market and the famous 7 kilometer.
Secrets of Odessa "Privoz"
The market is 200 meters from the train station. Once upon a time there was an area on which the villagers brought their goods for sale. Hence the name of the market. In 1827, a decision was made to streamline trade, and here began to build rows and premises for the sale of poultry and livestock.
After the last plague epidemic that Odessa experienced, markets were burned. The overhaul of Privoz began in 1902. One of the most interesting structures was the Fruit 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. At the end of the 60s of the XX century, a meat and dairy pavilion was built on the market, and the territory was asphalted. In 1990, a general reconstruction was made, new retail and office centers and shops were built.
Despite the large number of supermarkets that Odessa is rich in, markets are the main place of shopping. Only at Privoz are the cheapest and most delicious products sold: fresh fish, meat, butter, milk, various cheeses. In honor of resourceful sellers, bronze monuments were erected on the market to the fisherwoman Sonya, the fish cleaner Uncle Zhore and the Costa Sailor.
Market "7 kilometer"
Sailors always brought fashionable items that were popular with the population to the port city. Trade especially revived in the 90s of the last century, when people were left without work and engaged in entrepreneurial activity. Thus formed one of the largest in Europe wholesale and retail market “7 kilometer”. It got its name due to the fact that it is located on the 7th kilometer of the Ovidiopol highway.
The developed market area is about 80 hectares. It has more than 15 thousand retail facilities, warehouses, 3 medical posts and an emergency room, there is a police department. The territory is divided into 4 trading thematic trading floors. At site number 1, linen, toys, souvenirs, leather goods are sold. At site No. 2, they mainly sell clothes and shoes from Turkey, Poland, and goods of domestic producers. At site number 3, you can buy cheap clothes and shoes from China. There is also a Kharkov site where everything is sold, including electrical products, household appliances, televisions, telephones.
There are 2 hotels and several cafes in the market. Up to 350 thousand people visit the market daily. 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, Bessarabian gypsies drove horses for bargaining, villagers drove livestock, sailors brought overseas birds and animals. A few years later, the city government decided to streamline the markets and moved the livestock and horse trade out of town. Time passed, Moldavanka from the farm turned into the outskirts, Odessa quickly developed. Markets appeared everywhere, therefore, rows were built on the trading area for the sale of bread, meat, milk and other products, and the name Starokonny was assigned to the market.
Currently, it is especially crowded at weekends. Odessans come here to buy pets or birds, especially there are a lot of aquarium fish and attributes that are associated with aquariums.
Other markets of Odessa
Anyone who has ever visited a city knows that Odessa is not only famous for Privoz. Markets in which you can make a bargain are in every area. They sell domestic and imported products, seasonal vegetables, as well as products of the industrial group. The most famous are:
- New Market - located in the old district of the city near Deribasovskaya Street. The color is very similar to Privoz, it has existed for more than 100 years.
- Cheryomushki Market - it was built on Cosmonauts Street in the microdistrict of the same name.
- South Market - located in a residential area of the city in the village of Tairova. It was built over 30 years ago.
- Northern Market - built more than 20 years ago on the site of a spontaneous market in the most remote area in the village of Kotovsky.
What markets can business Odessa surprise? Wholesale and small wholesale markets offer building materials, there is a large car market, the market of radio components. At the wholesale and retail market "Pochatok" you can buy vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, and on Alexandrovsky Prospekt visit the book market.
Odessans are proud that in this large port-trading city you can buy everything you need, and even a little more.