Browse stalls of flowers, local crafts, cheesy t-shirts, beautiful artwork and fresh fish (for a thrill, watch the fishmongers throwing fresh salmon).
At the adjacent South African National Gallery there are always interesting exhibitions, plus a great gift shop stocked with plenty of local crafts.
Entire families left the country in order to market local crafts in Belgium, Colombia, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Spain, Venezuela and other countries around the world.
Now, with local unemployment nearing 14 percent, Spruce Pine is rebuilding around tourism and local crafts and is rebranding itself as the home of the perfect Christmas tree.
The neighbouring Angsana Lang Co has 229 rooms and suites decorated with local materials and crafts.
Once a gray-ish, functional agricultural exchange, now artesian cheeses share shelf space with organic produce and local arts and crafts.
The scheme's project officer, Una Lee, said it was hoped that local contractors and crafts people would take up the training.
As the weekend commences, local vendors emerge from street after sprawling street with tempting, colourful displays of local arts and crafts, fashion and jewellery that will have your credit cards begging for mercy (if the locals only accepted them).
In the 1930s Britain weathered the great depression better than many countries thanks partly to unprecedented house-building, much of it by local councils, says Nicholas Crafts of the University of Warwick.
Or else opt for more relaxing pursuits: visit the Talisker Distillery for a wee drop of whisky or dine on local seafood and shop for handmade crafts and knitwear in Portree.
Desmond, who also worked in the kitchen of the celebrated Ritz Hotel in Paris, crafts a simple menu that changes daily and is dictated by local seasonal produce.
The Museum of Chinese in America kicks off its Lunar New Year Family Festival on 2 February with performances by local dancers, kid-centric Mandarin workshops, hands-on arts and crafts projects and a chance to learn more about Chinese holiday customs and rituals.
Through placement in arts and crafts institutions, enterprises and associations in other countries, students benefit from the know-how of local craftspeople, acquire new skills to complement their initial training, while also sharing their own experience with others.
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