Spitalfields Market is an amazing place to shop in London both at the weekends when it gets very busy, and in the week, when you have a bit more space to hang out with some great coffee and cake and browse the huge mix of shops, from cool, quirky local designer stores which will catapult you in to the hipster category very quickly. Spitalfields has gone from being a brilliant market space, where foods from around the world jostled to treat you whilst you shopped and hand made crafts and antiques were spread out, to a much more refined space. Some were sad when the smaller stalls went from the market, but others find it more like a traditional shopping centre now, which depending on your taste you will love or hate.