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The southern hemisphere’s largest open-air market.

Queen Victoria Market · Queen Street

Queen Victoria Market shopfronts on Victoria Street

Photo: Rexness / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Display cropped.

About this place

The city guide identifies this market as the southern hemisphere’s largest open-air market. Browse the sheds and food halls.

The record

Comparison: Open-air markets in the southern hemisphere.

Reported by the city tourism publisher; market size is not a count of visitors or a busiest-market ranking.

Visiting

Check the linked visitor information for current opening, entry and booking arrangements.

Access requirements and opening arrangements should be checked with the operator. Occasion tags are editorial suggestions. They do not certify accessibility or opening hours.

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Sources

Sources checked 23 September 2026. A publisher’s claim is attributed; it is not a complete independent survey.