When one enters the Camden Stables, you descend into depths into cool darkness. It really is a huge, old set of stables (complete with stalls and narrow corridors) that has been transformed into a modern market.
There are paths and alleyways that seem to go on forever-- you can wander for hours and never once come above ground. One section has shoes, one has fur coats, another has hundreds of varieties of food, complete with vendors who force free samples upon you, in order to convince you to buy their wares. Unfortunately, once you try the free sample, it is implied that you will buy something. Not knowing this, I ate some spiced chicken and then decided to go with the spring rolls at another booth. The woman was not pleased, and we had to go down a whole other maze of corridors to circumvent her booth and avoid the enraged vendor.
In one part of the Stables, the ceiling is this wonderful quilted leather, hung about with antique glass lamps. Gorgeous.
The markets of the Stables were filled with local artisans, vintage shops, and antique stores. Of course, we managed to find the one vendor who was selling food-- cupcakes, regular-sized and mini.
The baker had arranged seemingly hundreds of the mini cupcakes to form a backdrop or display behind his table.
Back at street-level, a typical building in Camden.
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