Flixecourt Semi-Nocturnal Flea Market

A flea market unlike any other

Bargain hunting at dusk: that is the originality of the Flixecourt semi-nocturnal flea market. Set up on Friday evening on rue de Verdun, around the Bar tabac l'Usine, the event brings together no less than 150 exhibitors in a format rare in the Somme department. This unusual timing appeals to bargain hunters tired of classic Sunday flea markets, and allows many visitors, active during the week, to enjoy a bargain hunting session at the end of the workday.

A unique atmosphere

The semi-nocturnal configuration, between late afternoon and early evening, transforms bargain hunting into a social event. Exhibitors light their lamps, bargain hunters stroll in fading light, the terraces of the Bar tabac l'Usine and neighboring shops fill up, and the street takes on the air of a village festival. This particular atmosphere, between flea market and festive animation, gives the event a strong identity rarely found elsewhere in the department.

What you can find

The 150 exhibitors, mixing private individuals and area professionals, offer a wide assortment: antique and vintage furniture, dishware, linen, books, records, toys, clothes, trinkets, tools, comics, postcards, old papers and collectibles. Variety is the order of the day, with sometimes some beautiful pieces related to the industrial past of Flixecourt, once the capital of Picardy textile with the Saint Frères spinning mills.

Flixecourt, industrial town of the Val de Nièvre

Flixecourt is a town of 3,000 inhabitants located about twenty kilometers northwest of Amiens, in the Nièvre valley. The town still bears the imprint of its major industrial past: in the 19th and 20th centuries, the Saint Frères spinning mills employed thousands of workers and made the city one of the major textile centers of France. This working-class heritage is found in the architecture of the town: workers' housing, old factories, miners' rows. The semi-nocturnal flea market is part of the revitalization of a town center that is gradually regaining its animation. An original rendezvous not to be missed for Somme bargain hunters.