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Lyon flea markets and markets: days, hours, entry

October 10, 2026 · 5 min

Flea markets and markets in Lyon: where to hunt, and which day

Lyon has one permanent flea market, the Puces du Canal in Villeurbanne, open Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. For the rest of the week you shop the open-air markets, from Croix-Rousse down to the Saône quays. Here are the days, the hours, and what entry costs.

Les Puces du Canal, Lyon’s one real flea market

The Puces du Canal sit at 5 rue Eugène Pottier in Villeurbanne, on the edge of the Saint-Jean district at the gates of Lyon. The site bills itself as France’s second-largest flea market and draws close to 10,000 visitors on some weekends. 200 shops stay open year round, backed by 400 outdoor pitches shared by visiting sellers.

It opens Thursday and Saturday from 7am to 1pm, and Sunday from 7am to 3pm, all year. Entry is free. On-site parking costs money and fills up fast on Sundays; the market’s own site suggests walking in.

The Croix-Rousse market, Tuesday to Sunday

The Croix-Rousse food market runs nearly a kilometre along boulevard de la Croix-Rousse, between the 1st and 4th arrondissements. It works Tuesday to Sunday, never Monday. The traders rotate day to day: 95 on Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and only 23 on Wednesday and Thursday.

Stalls carry fruit and vegetables, cheese, poultry, rotisserie chicken, fish, wine and flowers. Saturday and Sunday are the busiest days.

The Tuesday bric-a-brac line on Croix-Rousse

On Tuesdays the same boulevard hosts a manufactured-goods market from 6am to 1.30pm in the 4th arrondissement. 151 stalls of clothes, shoes, bags and general bric-a-brac. This is the closest thing to a rummage sale: you dig through unlabelled boxes next to the clothing racks.

The Saint-Antoine market on the Saône

The Saint-Antoine market lines quai Saint-Antoine in the Presqu’île, between place des Célestins and the Saône. The food side runs Tuesday to Sunday: 44 traders Tuesday to Thursday from 6am to 1pm, 121 on Friday and Saturday until 1.30pm, and 121 again on Sunday until 2pm.

On Mondays the quay changes stock: the stalls turn into a bazaar of clothing, jewellery, shoes, cosmetics and small furniture, from 6am to 1.30pm.

Two organic markets: Saint-Jean and Vaise

The Saint-Jean organic market runs Thursday from 6am to 12.30pm on place Édouard Commette, beside the Manécanterie at the foot of Saint-Jean cathedral in Vieux Lyon. Eight traders: fruit and vegetables, charcuterie, bread.

The Vaise organic market takes over place Valmy and the ends of rue du Bourbonnais and rue des Tanneurs, in the 9th, every Tuesday from 6am to 1pm. Six traders, mostly vegetables and bread.

The booksellers on quai de la Pêcherie

The booksellers keep about twenty boxes on quai de la Pêcherie in the 1st arrondissement, along the Saône between the Saint-Vincent footbridge and Pont Lafayette. This is the second-hand book, poster and print market.

The city lists it as open every day from 9am to 9pm, public holidays included. Sunday morning is when the quay is fullest and the walk is at its best.

The market on quai Victor Augagneur

The Victor Augagneur market lines the quay of the same name on the left bank of the Rhône, facing the Hôtel-Dieu, in the 3rd. Its busiest days come at the end of the week: 50 traders on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 6am to 1.30pm. On Thursday afternoon, 30 traders set up from 2pm to 8pm. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning, only two.

When to turn up

At the Puces du Canal, aim for 7am, opening time. Resellers walk the aisles in the first hour, and by 10am the best pieces are gone. On Sundays the crowd builds around 9am; walking in saves you the parking queue.

At a food market, 7.30am is the sweet spot. Producers still have their best stock, there is no queue at the cheese stall, and you are out before the crush. On Saturday and Sunday, get there before 8am or the city-centre parking is already full.

For the booksellers, Sunday morning beats Saturday: more boxes open, more sellers at work.

What this page does not cover

This page lists the regular fixtures. It does not track the one-off flea markets, school car-boot sales and clothes swaps that pop up across the arrondissements each weekend. For those, a local listings site such as Brocabrac or Vide-Greniers.org is the right starting point. The Puces du Canal also run special sale weekends, including an international one, announced on their site.

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