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1. Borough Market
London's celebrated food market beside London Bridge station, with traders selling produce, cheese, bread, street food and specialist groceries.
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2. Chatuchak Weekend Market
One of the world's largest weekend markets, with more than 15,000 stalls across 27 sections selling clothes, crafts, plants, antiques and street food.
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3. Deira Gold Souk
Deira's covered gold market, where lanes of jewellers display necklaces, bangles and bridal sets in their windows, close to the spice souk and Dubai Creek.
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4. Grand Bazaar
One of the world's oldest covered markets, begun in the 1450s, with 61 vaulted streets of carpet, jewellery, ceramics and textile shops.
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5. Mercat de la Boqueria
Barcelona's best-known food market, entered from La Rambla under a wrought-iron arch, packed with produce stalls, fishmongers and busy counter bars.
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6. Night Safari
Opened in 1994 as the first zoo designed around nocturnal animals, explored by tram and walking trails through six geographical zones after dark.
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7. Palais Garnier Visit
Self-guided or guided visits of Charles Garnier's opulent 1875 opera house, including the grand staircase, the Grand Foyer and Chagall's auditorium ceiling.
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8. Top of the Rock
Three tiers of observation decks atop 30 Rockefeller Plaza give unobstructed views of Central Park and a front-on look at the Empire State Building.
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9. Trastevere
Rome's 13th rione, across the Tiber from the centre, is a web of cobbled lanes, ancient churches and trattorias that comes alive in the evening.
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10. Tsukiji Outer Market
The lively market streets that remained in Tsukiji after the wholesale fish market moved to Toyosu, packed with seafood stalls, knife shops and breakfast counters.
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11. Abra ride across Dubai Creek
A short crossing of Dubai Creek on a traditional wooden abra, the cheapest and most atmospheric way to travel between Bur Dubai and the Deira souks.
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12. Bunkers del Carmel (Turó de la Rovira)
A Civil War anti-aircraft battery on the Turó de la Rovira hilltop, now a free history site with one of the widest panoramas over Barcelona.
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13. Chelsea Market
A food hall and shopping arcade inside a former Nabisco factory in Chelsea, packed with vendors selling seafood, tacos, bread, gelato and more.
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14. Mercato di Testaccio
Testaccio's covered neighbourhood market gathers around 100 stalls of produce, fish, street food and household goods above the remains of a Roman warehouse.
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15. Moulin Rouge
The red-windmilled cabaret at the foot of Montmartre, open since 1889 and staging its Féerie revue with dinner-and-show options.
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16. Shibuya Sky
An open-air rooftop observation deck around 229 metres up on Shibuya Scramble Square, looking straight down on the famous Scramble Crossing.
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17. Sky Garden
A landscaped public garden and viewing gallery on the top floors of 20 Fenchurch Street, with free timed tickets to admire the skyline.
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18. Southern Ridges & Henderson Waves
A 10-kilometre chain of trails linking Mount Faber, Telok Blangah Hill and Kent Ridge parks, crossing the wave-shaped Henderson Waves bridge.
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19. Spice Bazaar (Mısır Çarşısı)
The 17th-century L-shaped market beside the New Mosque in Eminönü, with around 85 shops selling spices, dried fruit, Turkish delight, tea and nuts.
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20. Yaowarat (Chinatown) Street Food
Bangkok's Chinatown, a 1.5-kilometre stretch of gold shops, neon signs and evening street food stalls along Yaowarat Road.
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