World Market

World Markets travel to the far east of Italy, the region of Apulia, also known as the heel of Italy's boot. Alexander Pryanikov will have to do his best to look as snazzy as local fighetto and reach an understanding with vendors of Bari market.

Paris boasts a dozen of markets, and tourists from all over the world explored most of them inside out. But Alexander Pryanikov invites you to visit the best markets of French capital, frequented by Parisians. We are talking about the oldest market of Paris in Le Marais district and the biggest flea market on our planet, Saint Ouen.

The ancient city of Baku. Once upon a time it lay on the great Silk Route. Markets are few in the modern capital of Azerbaijan, having been gradually squeezed out by hypermarkets and megamalls. But when Alexander Pryanikov makes it his business, he can find the best market in the city. Today it's Yasil Bazar.

The legend goes that this market was built by Eifel, the engineer of the famous tower in Paris. To separate truth from lies and to stock up on all sorts of delicacies, Alexander Pryanikov went to the biggest market of Budapest, Kozponti Okmanyiroda.

Markets and fairs are a common thing in Russia, and you can find one even in the smallest of towns. The same cannot be said about organized places for selling antiquities, in other words rummage sales. Always striving to find the best, Alexander Pryanikov dropped by the Russia's main antique fair, the famous Izmaylovo Vernissage.

Alexander Pryanikov went to a very northern, very beautiful and very expensive country. Exactly, to Norway. What kind of treats are waiting for him at one of the most promising markets of Europe, Mathallen? Will he even be able to afford them? Or is there no point in shopping in Oslo without a Nobel prize?

Thanks to the country's rich tin deposits, as well as carefully thought-out economic reforms and foreign investments, Kuala Lumpur is developing at an unprecedented rate. Today, it's on the bucket list of every respectable traveler and shopaholic. Alexander Pryanikov is also getting his wallet ready.

His visit to Astrakhan Alexander Pryanikov will start with the Kremlin. This time Pryanikov plans to taste every watermelon, also known as donkey's cucumber, every salt-dried vobla and caviar there is, and still come back home as slim than ever.

When Rome hadn't yet come into the picture, all roads led to Yerevan. Alexander Pryanikov decided to have a walk along well-trodden Armenian roads and find the best inventions of our brothers.

Alexander Pryanikov goes to the earliest and freshest market place in South Korea, fish market Jagalchi, to add new pieces to his collection of souvenirs. What determines the price on fish? How to tell good fish from bad and expensive from cheap?

The oldest and the most famous Christmas market in Europe. Welcome to Christmas Nuremberg smelling of honey and cinnamon.

Alexander Pryanikov and World Markets travel to Seoul, the capital of South Korea, to explore its markets and haggle as hard as they can. The importance of hard, at times even tedious, everyday labor of a small man is especially clear when you see the incredible results achieved in a collective effort. Today you'll see a city which is the best possible illustration of that idea.