Description

Eight shops, nearly 200 terraced trading cubicles and some 30 tented stalls on these partly roofed 4,000 square metres between tracks of the Moscow-Sebastopol rail line offer consumer and office electronics of every description and make. There are TV sets, home audio/video centres, car radios/players, walkmen and discmen, walkie-talkies, landline and cellular phones, faxes, computers, computer components, CDs and cassettes -- all at a 20 to 30% bargain compared to the high street.

The market is one of the dwindling number of places where you can still enjoy a good choice of simple all-band radios, both battery- and mains-powered. These days they are mostly Chinese-made.

On flea stalls, a collector will find antique Soviet-made radios from the 1970s, 60s and even 50s. Some come in mint condition and are a pleasure to operate.

A paved ground outside the main entrance to the market compound hosts several cheap open-air eateries, mostly Caucasus-style.