The Market on the water revives a tradition, that of the market gardening activity of the 19th century in Amiens...
Once a year, the market on the water takes place as in the past. The hortillonists (market gardeners), in traditional costume, sail down the Somme River in hornboats loaded with vegetables, red fruits and flowers to the Place Parmentier
They dock on the quay, set up their stalls and the market can begin
This colorful market retraces, with its scents and customs, the ancestral tradition of authentic products from the hortillonnages.
