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Flea Market at apliu street

The Flea Market on Apliu Street is of course the main reason that visitors will come to our district.  This famous attraction runs every day of the week, including weekends and public holidays.

Originally focusing on power tools and audio equipment, such as record players, the market has now grown to encompass a wide range of different products, but still with a technical focus and hardware.

You can still find second hand power tools for sale by street vendors, but the last stall selling collectable Vinyl Records has now moved off the street to a shop space/flat.  Read more about Ah Pauls Records for details.

The street is one of the few official "Hawker Permitted" zones in Hong Kong where fixed pitched licensed hawkers are allow to sell their wares.

To encourage the market to operate safely the highways department has, since 2001, enforced a temporary pedestrian scheme which bans cars from the road between the hours of Noon and 9PM in the evening.  Before this time vans and lorries deliver goods to the shops, and the roads are cleaned hence this is a bad time to visit the street.  If you are planning around wet or windy weather, see visiting in the rain and typhoon season.

The market runs until past 9PM most days, later on weekends, though after 10PM most visitors have gone.

For what the evening on the street is actually like, and how to time a visit that finishes after dark, see evening and after-dark visits to Apliu Street.

An incredible array of different things can be found just from the stalls in the street.  Some examples include:

  • Second hand laptop cases and camera backpacks
  • Key rings and Carabineer hooks in a range of colors and sizes
  • Audio cables
  • Electrical power cables and power bars
  • Power timer sockets
  • LED Torches
  • Travel alarm clocks
  • Cable or "zip" ties from the smallest to the largest
  • Mobile phone accessories including covers, head sets and chargers
  • Analog alarm clocks
  • Telephones
  • Batteries, including cell and watch batteries
  • Second hand electrical and mechanical devices including rice cookers, manual typewriters, vacuum cleaners, radios and fans
  • Second hand shoes and clothing
  • Stainless still cookware such as saucepans, frying pans and woks

Buying electronics here is worth ten minutes of preparation: see how to buy safely at Apliu Street before you hand over cash for a phone, a laptop or a cartridge.

The market is not the only thing in the district. Behind the electronics stalls, Sham Shui Po's textile quarter is a few minutes' walk away: the fabric market relocated to 269 Tung Chau Street, the Ki Lung Street stalls close over the weekend, and the buttons, beads and ribbon streets run alongside. If you came for cloth rather than a phone charger, start with the textile streets behind the market.

📍 Explore More of Apliu Street's Electronics Scene

Specialized Electronics Guides:

Flea market and Piece Goods

The Electronics Flea Market and the Piece goods shops are the most famous parts of Aplui Street, but this important street has a long history and even now is home to a vibrant community.

Look out for the photography equipment shops, and spend some time in the public sitting out areas.

Finally don't miss all the nearby attractions.