Flea markets and antique fairs in Grand Est on October 24 and 25, 2026: the Le Thillot Miniature Show opens Sunday, Metz sets up its flea market Saturday morning and Saint-Amarin gathers its dealers.
Sunday morning, in the upper Moselle valley. Le Thillot opens its sports hall to miniature enthusiasts on October 25. Flea markets and antique fairs in Grand Est on October 24 and 25, 2026: the Le Thillot Miniature Show opens Sunday, Metz sets up its flea market Saturday morning and Saint-Amarin gathers its dealers.
The Le Thillot Miniature Show
The Le Thillot Miniature Show holds its sixth edition on Sunday, October 25, in the Maurice Schoenacker sports hall. It started in 2021 and draws exhibitors and collectors from across eastern France. Professionals and amateurs show their work and sell their stock in a space built for exchange between collectors, model makers and sellers, with expert advice on hand.
Figurines range from hand-painted lead soldiers to pieces in white metal, resin and plastic, from every era and every army. Trains fill the N, HO, O and G gauges, with steam locomotives, railcars, wagons and scenery. Die-cast cars run from Dinky Toys and Corgi to Hot Wheels. Tank, plane and ship kits, dioramas, painting supplies, books, magazines and plans round out the tables.
Entry is paid.
Le Thillot has about 3,500 inhabitants and lies near Bussang and the Ballon d'Alsace. It is around 50 km from Épinal, about the same from Mulhouse and 45 km from Belfort. Parking is on site.
Saturday in Metz and Strasbourg, Sunday with the dealers
On Saturday, October 24, Les Puces de Metz sets up more than 150 professional dealers under a covered hangar at the Parc des Expositions, from 7 a.m. to noon. The indoor format means browsing in any weather. Entry and parking are free. The market has run since 1978, starting from 90 exhibitors, and draws more than 150,000 visitors a year. Furniture, trinkets, crockery, silverware, paintings, engravings, lamps and old books fill the stands.
In Strasbourg, the Vieil-Hôpital flea market fills rue du Vieil-Hôpital, rue de l'Étal and place de la Grande Boucherie on Saturday, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the foot of the cathedral. Postcards, old coins, vintage clothes and old papers sit side by side, and prices are often negotiable. On place Kléber, about twenty booksellers hold the book market the same day, a market born in May 1990, with crime novels, comic books and books on Alsace.
Overnight from Saturday to Sunday, France moves to winter time. Early Sunday browsers gain an hour of sleep.
In Eckbolsheim, the Zénith Market sets up from 4 a.m. in the Zénith Europe car park and runs until 3:45 p.m. About sixty exhibitors mix second-hand goods, trinkets, crockery, clothes and products from Tunisia, Morocco and the Mediterranean basin, and roughly half the stalls sell food. Colmar answers with the flea market at the Sainte-Marie church, on the lawn and the car park, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., with clothes, toys, decoration and antiques, and light food from 7 a.m.
Saint-Amarin gathers its dealers at the Complexe culturel Le CAP, place des Diables Bleus, from 8 a.m. to noon. The dealers' market is reserved for professionals: about fifty exhibitors, with antique furniture, clocks, lamps and old books. It takes place on the second and fourth Sundays of the month, from April to November, and the valley is easy to reach from Mulhouse and Thann.
Pagny-sur-Meuse holds its monthly flea market on place du 28 Juillet, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., with about 40 professionals, antique furniture, art objects, crockery and silverware. The village sits on the Paris-Strasbourg line.
Free entry in Pagny-sur-Meuse as in Saint-Amarin, on 25/10.
