Looking for Arts and Crafts? Pay a Visit to the Outdoor Market Portland Saturday Market

The Portland Saturday Market, one of the world's best outdoor markets for arts as well as crafts is a very important market in the US. It is located in Portland which is in Oregon.

In the United States, this Portland market is possibly the largest outdoor market that is operated on a continuous basis. It takes place on all Saturdays and every Sunday from the 28th of February till the 24th of December. It is held at the meeting of the SW Ankeny & the Naito Parkway which is located beneath the Burnside Bridge's West End. Its stretch is to the extent of the Ankeny Park.

The market however operates within a specific time that is, from 10 am till 5 pm on the Saturdays and from 11 am till 4.30 pm on the Sundays. They don't charge any admission fee. The market always is easily accessible. You can access it by foot or on bicycle and the rail line that stops inside the market which is the, TriMet's Max Light Rail. This rail stops at Skidmore Fountain Stop which is exactly beside the Skidmore Fountain. Not only this, it also holds a festival which is known as the 'Festival of the Last Minute'. It takes place on a daily basis till the Christmas Eve.

The market is known to have as many as 400 members. It approximately is responsible for generating an estimate of about $8 millions in the annual gross sales. It is increasingly beginning to act as a center of economic activities. It is more of an economic source for the neighborhood area which is like the old and historic Chinatown.