Market Hall in Gdańsk, Market hall at Plac Dominikański, Gdańsk, Poland.
The Market Hall at Plac Dominikański is a brick building with large semicircular windows and a hip roof over its central section. It has four entrances with rounded arch doorways and inside offers space for many merchant stalls arranged along a central aisle.
The building was constructed in the late 19th century as a central marketplace, and when it first opened it also housed administrative offices and a police station. It was designed by architect Kurt Fehlhaber to replace the earlier, less organized market structures in the neighborhood.
The market hall is a place where locals shop daily, from fresh vegetables and meat to clothing and household goods. The central aisle draws many regulars who have visited the same stalls for years.
The hall is easy to reach on foot from the surrounding streets and has wide entrances. For the widest selection, a morning or early afternoon visit works best.
Archaeological excavations beneath the building uncovered remains of a medieval trading settlement and fragments of the original St Nicholas church. This shows that the site served as a center of commerce and community long before the current structure was built.
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