Exempel på souk

• Why in souks and other bazaars, whose existence spans the centuries, do we often find shops and stores which sell the same product—for instance, carpets, material or gold—grouped together?

• The old section is filled with bazaars and souks nestled along narrow streets.

• A shop at the souk sells tagines cooked over kanounes (cauldrons).

• The small souk in the middle of the town offers various shops selling local crafts and inexpensive goods.

• The souks are home to more than 200 shops, a department store, and a handful of cafes and restaurants.

• There is a souk bus station with buses daily to most major cities.

• Sales were held in public places or in souks.

• The souk consists of over 300 retailers that trade almost exclusively in jewellery.

• The souk is a pedestrian market with arcades and numerous shops and sidewalk cafs.

• The city is filled with restaurants, various shops and stores and three gas stations as well as a weekly souk or open-air market.

• The "souk" comprises several narrow lanes which are lined with open and closed-roof stores.

• Given the valuable items it sells, it is the only souk whose doors are closed and guarded during the night.

• It is still surrounded with farmland and vegetables are grown which supply many of the souks in the region.

• The souks were designed as interconnected open spaces with many access points along long vaulted shopping alleys and arcades.

• The souks were not among the preserved historic landmarks as its medieval buildings were too damaged to be saved.