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Rungis is the successor to Les Halles, which was in Paris proper.[1] Like most of the big urban food markets worldwide, the serious wholesale business was moved
by Animats 1y ago
Rungis is the successor to Les Halles, which was in Paris proper.[1] Like most of the big urban food markets worldwide, the serious wholesale business was moved out to somewhere that semitrailers could get in and park. The London and New York markets have been previously mentioned on HN.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Halles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Halles
- bobthepanda 1y agoLes Halles is also now the centerpiece of the RER, the express network built to supplement the inner city metro with frequent rail to the suburbs. RER A is now the busiest passenger railway in the West with over one million passengers a day.
- pjerem 1y agoAlso the biggest (in size) underground station of the world.
- decimalenough 1y agoThe Sydney Fish Market is one of the few remaining exceptions. Even more amazingly, it's set to stay that way, as a shiny new tourist-friendly but, critically, still wholesale-geared fish market is about to open later this year right next to the old one, still in the inner city in Pyrmont. https://www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au/Corporate/The-New-Sydney-Fish-Market/Project https://www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au/Corporate/The-New-Sydney... Japan's Tsukiji was also a famous inner city market, only about a kilometer away from the Ginza, but it has been moved into the semitrailer-friendly boonies of Toyosu.
- keiferski 1y agoMy favorite piece of trivia about this market is the metro station Poissonnière is named as such, because it was along the road fishmongers brought fish to the market from the coast. It’s not anywhere near a body of water, so if you don’t know the history, it seems rather curious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poissonni%C3%A8re_station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poissonni%C3%A8re_station