Detroit, as the name suggests, has a French strain in its culture. The city was first home to a number of French settlers who were then subdued by the British. The French architecture still exists in the city.

Adding to the city's history and tourist importance is the Eastern Market.

The beginnings of the Eastern Market were seen in 1841 with the Farmer's Market.

Over time, it moved predominantly to the eastern side of the city and later flourished into a full-fledged market wholesale food products.

On Sundays, the Eastern Market is particularly noisy with the famers and others bringing in their produce. The market sells meat, spices, vegetables and many other products and produce.

You can buy all these products only on Saturdays, starting at 5 in the morning and winding up at 5 in the evening. On Saturdays, this is the busiest place in Detroit. Every household waits for the Saturday market to purchase whatever they will need throughout the week.

The Eastern Market is a well-organised selling place, where stalls are allotted and a corporation takes care of the operations. Their web site offers all information you need to know.

To begin your visit to the market, first go to the welcome center, where you get maps, an idea of the menu in the restaurants of the area and other information.

There are several activities every year at the market such as the Harvest fest. These attract a huge crowd, thanks to additional attractions such as contests and fun rides.

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Detroit is a large city with many places for sightseeing, dining, and shopping. Downtown Detroit is inundated with series of stores where you can shop a lot.

A great way to spend an early Saturday morning in late summer in Downtown Detroit is to go to Eastern Market. This is the time when all the vegetables and fruits are ripe, and you can buy from chicks and ducklings to exotic flowers and foreign spice packets.

Eastern Market is the biggest historic community market district in the US which is open on all Saturday from 5am to 5pm. It is baffling and chaotic to steer through the market but it is fun to bargain on plants and wholesale meats. More than 150 vendors and farmers from Ohio, Michigan and Canada sell variety of vegetables, fruits, baked goods, cheeses, jams, spices, plants, herbs and flowers in this open air market. The farmers are open for dealing with the consumers to provide the best deal. There are also many great restaurants, retail shops and wholesalers surrounding the market that can be browsed through.

Prices are up for grabs. Prices differ between vendors. So look around other shops too. Prices go down towards the closing time because the vendors do not want to pack up unsold products.

Parking is free, but unruly and chaotic. So you can park anywhere you want.

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