Kapani or Agora Vlali

The Kapani ή Buy Vlali is its oldest popular market Thessaloniki, and is one of the few places in the city where time has stopped.

And this is because products and τρόφιμα continue to come from the region of Macedonia and Thrace, traders spontaneously chant their wares and customers - who come mainly from the masses - continue the traditional buying and selling tactics, such as bazaar or notepad (time credit).

That is why it is considered the city market which combines the abundance, The cheap and variety.

Kapani is located in the city center and consists of sidewalks (Menexe, Vlali, Solomou, Askipou, Chalkeon, Kidoniati, Spandoni, and other smaller streets) enclosed by Egnatia, Aristotelous, Ermou and Venizelou streets. At a very short distance from it are the other traditional markets of the center, the Modiano market (it was deserted and out of the approximately 150 shops there are about twenty left, while today it is in the phase of utilization…!), the Athonos square and Bezesteni market.

The market buildings are two-storey, while most of the sidewalks are covered with metal structures.

The word "Kapani" comes from the Turkish phrase Un-Kapan, which means flour market. In the center of the market, the Turks hanged during the Revolution of 1821 the distinguished Christos Menexes, Christodoulos Balanos, Anastasios Kidoniatis, the new martyr Argyros from Epanomi and others.

The market today sells mainly food, spices and household items. Here you will find shops that sell exclusively olives from Halkidiki, Volos, Thassos and from other parts of the country, fishmongers with all kinds of pelagic fish, butchers, butchers, grocery stores, grocery stores, shops that sell fruits, nuts and spices. But here you will also find household items, such as wicker baskets and wicker items, makeshift furniture, small repairs and other shops that surprise you.

In addition, the Kapani market has an extra liveliness, because between the shops they have sprung up beautiful hangouts (ouzo, taverns, cafes) that gather young people, students and market travelers who enjoy their meze by fooling the 'world' of the market.