Mercato delle Erbe

Bologna, Italy

Bologna's largest covered market fills a vaulted iron-and-glass hall on Via Ugo Bassi, opened in 1910. Produce runs down the central aisles, and salumerie line the perimeter walls. Mortadella appears at most of them, sold whole or sliced to order. The market runs Monday through Saturday and slows in the early afternoon. A handful of small food stalls at the back serve lunch to the traders and regulars who have been coming here since before the neighbourhood changed around them.