Portland Saturday Market, Portland (must see)

The Portland Saturday Market is an outdoor arts and crafts market in Portland. It is the largest continuously operated outdoor market in the US. It is held from the beginning of March through December 24, in Tom McCall Waterfront Park underneath, south of the Burnside Bridge. The market's hours of operations are from 10 a.m. To 5 p.m. on Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m on Sundays. It has become a central economic engine for the historic Old Town Chinatown neighborhood.

The market was founded in 1974 by craftspeople Sheri Teasdale and Andrea Scharf, who modeled it after the Saturday Market in Eugene, Oregon. It was founded as a mutual benefit corporation, under which all members would share in the cost and governance of the market, yet keep all profits they receive from selling their items. All items sold at the Saturday Market are required to be handmade by the person selling it, and a committee of members judge each new item against a minimum standard of quality.