Barcelona's antiquarian and second-hand book trade sets up stalls along a central avenue for a fortnight before Christmas — first editions, prints, maps, old photography and a great deal of ordinary second-hand stock, in Catalan, Spanish and other languages.
No attendance figure is published.
The fair is a survivor of a book culture that Barcelona takes unusually seriously: the city also has the Sant Jordi day in April, a permanent second-hand market at the Mercat de Sant Antoni on Sundays, and the oldest continuously operating bookshops in Spain.
The window runs from late November into December, outdoors, which means rain closes stalls. The Sant Antoni Sunday market is the year-round alternative and is where the local collectors actually buy.
PlanningA late-November window running towards Christmas; a free open-air market, weather permitting.