Old Tolbooth Market

With its sea of street performers and perhaps unhealthy number of proprietors willing to stock tinned haggis, it’s easy to forget that Edinburgh’s Royal Mile was once one of the city’s key trading districts. The Old Tolbooth Market takes us back to a time when street vendors reigned supreme.

Tucked into an industrial space just off the main thoroughfare, what started late last year as an experimental community project is fast becoming one of the city’s most popular indie markets, with art curated by IR11, various events and food stalls from the likes of Haggis Box, MaRoberts and JamRock Jerk.