The inspiration, says Stephen Allen, the project director, is Borough Market in London.

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Just as Barcelona has La Boqueria and London has Borough Market, Gothenburg has an iconic food market -- dedicated to all things fish.

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On Fridays and Saturday mornings, food lovers can indulge in an array of culinary delights as they shop and eat their way through Borough Market.

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Mark Thomas runs an ice cream stall at London's Borough Market.

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His route includes St Paul's Cathedral and a trip across the river to Southwark, where a lunchtime bell calling people to prayer is due ring out in Borough Market.

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Two hours later at a market in the borough of Islington, two men had a stall with a smaller range.

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Nuneaton's Wednesday market has been cancelled, the borough council tweeted.

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Ipswich Borough Council said the money is available if the plans are viable, but market traders said they did not want to move.

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The borough council said the policy was putting further pressure on its social housing stock because many residents could not pay market rents.

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