Fodor's Expert Review Bermondsey Square Antiques Market

The early bird catches the worm at this Friday market, so come at 6 am (flashlight recommended) to bag a bargain at London's largest antiques market. Dealers also arrive before dawn to snap up the best silver, paintings, objets d'art, jewelry, and furniture, most from Georgian through Edwardian times, but there's also the odd vintage collectible like 1980s arcade games. The early start grew out of a loophole in the law (dating from when the market began on the site in 1885) that said stolen goods bought between sunset and sunrise could not be prosecuted as the origin of the goods could not be determined (stolen goods are no longer welcome). An influx of French antiques dealers has recently joined the Bermondsey veterans selling from their covered stalls. The market finishes at 2 pm.