Nederland - Broek op Langedijk, BroekerVeiling

The ‘Broeker Veiling’ (Broeker Auction) is a Dutch national monument dating back to the year of 1912, when the beautiful auction room was built with details in Jugendstile-style. The impressive mooring halls were added in 1925. The complete wooden structure is built on 1900 wooden piles above the water.
These mooring halls protected waiting boats with vegetables for rain and sunshine.

This oldest sail-through fruit- and vegatable auction in the world was used till 1973. On this location the Dutch auction – also callede “clock auction” or “open outcry” originated in 1887. Nowadays it is a museum, where one also can take part as a real trader in the auction room.