Berlin Art Market – Kunst und Nostalgie Markt

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You can visit the Berlin Art Market every Saturday and Sunday from 11am – 5pm… and if it’s a sunny day you never know… you might bump into The Wine Guy & me making our Saturday morning rounds in Berlin!

Kunst und Nostalgie Markt
Am Zeughaus
Berlin – Mitte

Have a Happy Saturday!

The Antiques Diva™

(Seen right with The English Rose opposite the art market and across the river in front of The Berliner Dom)

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Author: Toma Clark Haines

Toma Clark Haines is a Global Tastemaker, Speaker, Writer & Entrepreneur; and founder and CEO The Antiques Diva® & Co, Europe, Asia and America's largest Antiques Sourcing & Touring Company.

  • oh the fun of living in a big city! we just get the same old sausage and cheese trucks on Saturdays in our town =P But the flower guys take up the whole middle of the markt and they're my faves!
    I wish getting to a big city wasn't such a project for us, you make me jealous!

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  • Mary –
    Thanks so much for the compliment! Would you believe the jacket is vintage John Lewis bought at one of the vintage stores in Amsterdam? It came with THE CUTEST pink beret!

    Tina –
    Oh, I suspect we'd have some serious fun together… you never know when our paths will cross!

    Karena –
    Isn't that true – it's the "not knowing" that adds to the adventure!

    Yours
    The Antiques Diva

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