Located between Jalan Besar and Rochor Canal Road, the flea market at Sungei Road is Singapore’s largest and oldest flea market. While the exact origin of the flea market remains unclear, historical records have shown that the flea market began as a small trading spot that sprouted along the river during the mid 1930s.

During the 1950s, the flea market at Sungei Road offered bargains for second-hand and vintage goods. Many of the peddlers were "karung guni" men (or "rag and bone" men) who would collect or salvage items that were discarded or sold at a low price by owners, and then display their finds of the day on makeshift tables or blue-and-red canvas sheets.

From 25 July 2011, the Sungei Road Free Hawking Zone was reduced to half its size in order to make way for the construction of the new Sungei Road MRT station. The space allotted for each peddler was limited to a metre-by-metre and offered on a first-come-first-serve basis. In total, there are 336 lots demarcated for an estimated 400 peddlers.

Today, the flea market at Sungei Road continues to offer second-hand goods, antiques, electronic appliances, books, jewellery, old clothing and shoes, as well as old collectibles such as cassettes, old records, toys, coins, stamps, currency notes etc.

The peddlers are mainly low-income, blue-collar and/or retrenched/retired workers in their 50s and 60s. The stalls operates daily and are permitted to sell only second-hand or used merchandise.

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They open daily from 1-7pm

This is the only place in Singapore that operates rent-free. Anyone can set up a second hand garage stall there. It helps a lot of ex-convict who cannot find job.

My Childhood's friend's father was one of them, and i have my parts memories there with them. Feels sad it will be gone real soon.

Go, Capture it before it disappear from our Life and Sights.