Indian Market, Durban

30m
33yds
Indian Market
Site of the Indian Market which was burnt down under apartheid, in 1973. Now known as Victoria Street Market

The Victoria Street Market is a market in EThekwini, dating back to 1890, which grew from traders who set up in the Grey Street Mosque. Today, "the Vic" has hundreds of stalls selling various foods, traditional artwork, and goods. The building is a two story bazaar located on Bertha Mkhize Street, colored bright pink, green, yellow and purple.

Its location is Durban's oldest retail space. The site, once colloquially known as the “Indian Market”, burnt down under suspicious circumstances in 1973. The undercover market was rebuilt in the 1980’s and officially opened by an Afrikaans businessman, Anton Rupert in 1990.

The market itself was probably not named after Queen Victoria, but after Victoria, Princess Royal, German Empress and Queen of Prussia, the eldest daughter of the queen, whose name is associated with the street where the original Indian Market was built.

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