Marché HLM
Dakar's best-known fabric market, with rows of stalls selling batik prints and Senegalese bazin.
HLM Market sits in the HLM housing estate and is where locals go to buy fabric and have clothes made. The market is piled high with brightly coloured African wax prints, jacquard bazin and embroidered fabrics, and many tailors' shops cluster around it. Once you have chosen your fabric, they can make a custom robe or shirt, which can be collected in a day or two if you are quick. Prices are negotiable, and fabric is sold by the metre or by the piece. The market is crowded, so watch your belongings. A morning visit is recommended.
Opening hours
About 09:00–19:00
Nearby sights
- Grand Théâtre National
- Grand Mosque of Dakar
- Museum of Black Civilizations
- Soumbédioune Artisan Village & Fish Market
- Porte du Troisième Millénaire
- Sandaga Market
- Place de l'Indépendance
- Kermel Market