Outdoor Arts & Crafts Market

Lviv


Located opposite the Zankovetska Theatre, this quite large market is the place to head if you are in the market for some Putin toilet roll, hairy Carpathian rugs, Soviet and prewar junk, pysanky (patterned eggs), woodcrafts and lots of dubious art.


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