The 10th edition of the Brocante Boch at the Keramis Museum (La Louvière) has now come to a close; this year it took place on Saturday, March 21, and Sunday, March 22, 2026. Because it was a special anniversary edition, numerous other activities were organized around the event, including, of course, a visit to the museum itself (Keramis | Centre de la céramique | La Louvière).
We had already visited the museum a few years ago, and we thought it would be fun to participate in the annual flea market held there. At first, we were put on the waiting list, but—yay!—a few weeks before the flea market was set to take place, we received word that we could participate. Only items produced by Boch La Louvière and Villeroy & Boch are allowed to be sold, so we went through our own store with our shopping cart :-) With enough selection to definitely fill our two tables, we packed up 9 banana boxes and set off for La Louvière early Saturday morning.
The market was spread across two locations, one near the ovens and the other in the white hall.
We were, as it turned out, fortunately in our opinion, assigned a spot in the white hall and were able to set up our booth there. We were ready well before the 8 a.m. opening, and visitors began pouring in...
And it was certainly busy, with many visitors on both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was especially busy because the true enthusiasts/collectors naturally wanted to be the first to browse the flea market, on the hunt for....
In addition to many French-speaking enthusiasts—which, for one of us, Ingeborg, was a bit easier to handle than for the other :-))—there was also a lot of Flemish, English, and even Chinese/Asian spoken. Nice and enthusiastic people, as well as friendly fellow flea market vendors.
On Sunday at 4:00 p.m., the market closed, and we could look back on two tiring but fun days!