23/05/2011

Continental Market Arrives This Friday

The ever-popular Continental Market will return to City Hall grounds this Friday, Belfast city council has announced.

The market will see some 100 traders from across Europe returning to the grounds to the City Hall for another weekend of food, drink and entertainment at the annual Spring Bank Holiday Continental Market.

As always, a delicious range of unusual foods from around the world will be available, including waffles, crepes macaroons, handcrafted cheeses, homemade taramasalata, houmous and authentic German bratwurst sausages.

There will also be on-site bars, serving the best of local and continental brews.

A range of products will also be on sale including plants and shrubs from Holland, as well as crafts and gifts from China and Thailand including beads and bracelets, handmade Russian dolls and wooden artefacts from Kenya.

The market opens on Friday 27. The opening hours are Saturday: 10am - 10pm, Sunday 29 May: 1pm - 6pm and Monday 30 May: 10am - 6pm.

(DW/BMcC)

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