Badung Market, A Traditional Place for Daily Cumsumption Bases Shopping

Badung Traditional market is the biggest traditional market in Denpasar located in Gajah Mada street apposite of Pura Desa (Village Temple) as one of the three biggest temple in Denpasar. Lots of domestic and foreign visitors visit this market, therefore Badung Market is included as an tourist attraction in the City tour programs. The market is is built in a four story building, daily household needs and various types of handicrafts are available in this market.

Local people who come and shop at this market are not only from the environment of Denpasar but also come from outside towns. Especially before big Hindu holidays such as Galungan, Kuningan and Nyepi, this market would be full and crowded by the local societies buying their needs for the ceremony. Badung Market can not be separated by the existence of a traditional market located across the Badung river, it is the Kumbasari Market. There are specialization of goods sold between Badung Market and Kumbasari Market. In Badung Market, daily consumption needs and materials are sold and the prices are cheaper compared to shops in Gajah Mada street. While Kumbasari Market is called Payuk market (pot market) where earthenware pots, ground plates, buckets water jugs, kitchenware and even clothing items are sold in this market. Nowdays, art items for tourists are olso sold here, therefore it is becoming one of the tourist destinations in Denpasar City.

Badung Market is opened from 5:00am until 17:00pm, but in the evening, this market changes and becomes an evening market called Senggol Market from 17:00pm to 5:00am the day after. Meanwhile the Senggol Market in Kumbasari is opened from 14:00pm until 23:30pm. Visitors can find various types of foods and clothes from adult cloths and children clotes. Cheap Balinese, Javanese and Chinese cookery are sold in the evening market. Visitors can enjoy many kind of foods and beverages, it is an interesting place to explore at night.

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	The Bridge that connects Badung Market and kumbasari Market
The evening market
Badung Market	Kumbasari Market