Listen | Merchandise and rag market
Clothing is of all times. But clothes shops have only been around since the last century. Before this time, people made their own clothes from fabric bought at a rag market.
To your right, on both sides of the street until the junction, the Purmerend rag market was held from the end of the nineteenth century. When there were many market vendors, they were also allowed to display their goods on Westerstraat, near the junction in the distance on the right. Over the years, more and more different items were sold here. Hence the name changed from rag market, to stall or goods market.
From the fabric Purmerenders bought here, they made clothes in the well-known, North Holland and West Frisian costume style. With white caps for the women and wide trousers for the men. Want to know what Purmerenders used to look like? Take a look at the photos in the menu. Here you can also see a historic photo of the Warenmarkt. Continue your route straight ahead into the Gouw.
