The bird market in Voronezh is one of the most famous shopping squares in the city. Everyone who lives in the region has heard of the legendary market where you can buy everything from frozen fish to rare coins.
Why bird? Because this is the only place where you can come with your pets and sell them. In an era of lack of electronic trading platforms, this was the only way to sell domestic chickens, kittens, and even small livestock.
Where is the bird market
The address of the bird market in Voronezh is 60 Army Street, 2, and its official name is "Severny".
Nearby is the corresponding stop: "60 Army". You can get to it by buses No. 28 and 57 or by minibuses No. 22 and 105.
There are no pedestrian areas around the market, so people have to walk along the carriageway and cross the road where they have to.
If you come to the bird market of Voronezh by car, you need to be prepared for parking problems. She is completely absent. The only option is to try to park the car on Army Street 60. However, there are almost no places there, and only an experienced driver will be able to park, since the road is very narrow.
But there is a little secret. If you move along Army Street 60, you can find the entrance to the market to the Pyaterochka store. Few people know, but there is an extensive free parking. Therefore, it is recommended to leave the car there so as not to waste energy on traveling with heavy packages.
Opening hours of the Voronezh bird market from 7 to 19. But this is only official data, in fact the merchants start to disperse from 14 hours, and by 16.00 the late buyer will not be able to buy anything, as the retail space is completely empty.
What to watch out for
The market remains the market in all circumstances. If in the Central region of Voronezh, traders are accustomed to civilized entrepreneurship, then all the realities of the 90s are alive on the “bird”.
What to look for when visiting a bird market?
- Quality problems. Be prepared for slipping rotten vegetables or expired goods. Sellers do not like to give the buyer a choice and tend to impose products themselves.
- They can weigh. This is a well-known problem, but in the poultry market you need to be very vigilant to prevent yourself from being deceived.
What to buy and at what prices
The bird market of Voronezh is a monument to unsystematicity.
It sells vegetables, meat, fish, many kinds of spices, butter and margarine. However, most products cannot be seen in chain stores, and some products seemed to have ceased to be produced.
Many trade without shelves, but straight from the luggage racks of personal cars. If you go beyond the market fence, you can find a real trade collapse. Hundreds of people from the land sell old books, condensed milk, clothes and home trash.
Finding anything interesting there is almost impossible. Although, who knows.
The only significant plus of the bird market is the price of fruits, vegetables and nuts. Most fresh fruits can be bought at 30-40% cheaper than in stores and in city markets. And dried fruits and nuts are 2-3 times cheaper than in stores.
Naturally, everyone trades without certificates, so you can’t count on the legality of the process.
The main attraction of the bird market of Voronezh - pets. But today they are fading into the background. Throughout the market you can find only a few cages with chickens, ducklings and rabbits. Exotics like kittens, puppies or parrots cannot be seen.
Rumors of closure
Throughout 2017, the whole city was discussing one piece of news - the main shopping attraction of the Northern microdistrict of Voronezh will be obliterated. A statement by the city administration about the soon demolition of retail space for the construction of an indoor shopping center appeared.
Voronezh’s bird market was even officially closed, however, trade on its territory continues to be carried out, and the collapse of private traders on the sidewalk of Army Street 60 turned out to be an invincible object. Therefore, residents of the Northern microdistrict of Voronezh are still able to purchase completely different products.