What is the Salamanca Market?
Salamanca Market is a lively outdoor market held every Saturday in Salamanca Place, Hobart. With around 300 stalls, it sells Tasmanian food, crafts, art and produce.
The market began in 1972 and has grown into one of Australia's best-known street markets. It attracts tens of thousands of visitors on busy summer weekends.
Stallholders must sell goods made or grown in Tasmania, which keeps the market local. Visitors find woodwork made from Huon pine, handmade jewellery, knitwear, fresh fruit and vegetables.
Food and atmosphere
Food stalls offer everything from scallop pies and oysters to doughnuts and coffee. Buskers and musicians add to the atmosphere.
The market runs from early morning to mid-afternoon, rain or shine.
Many visitors combine the market with a walk up Kelly's Steps to Battery Point.
Some stallholders have traded at the market for decades, and many small Tasmanian businesses got their start there before opening shops or selling interstate. The market is run by the City of Hobart, and stall spaces are carefully managed so that a wide mix of products is available each week.
Did You Know?
Huon pine, a slow-growing Tasmanian tree, can live for more than 2,000 years.