Torrijano y Varas fruit shop, Vallehermoso Market

Felipe and Jesús were practically born in the market. Their parents each had a stall, one across from the other, and they played together in the aisles as kids. They inherited their parents' stands: Felipe runs the greengrocer's stall and Jesús had a small butcher's kiosk. Over the last 40 years, they have shared good times and bad. Now Jesús, who as well as being a butcher, studied photography and worked as a film cameraman, is retired. He just swings by to visit and is much-missed by the market and by his friend, Felipe.

Vallehermoso Market is a feature of Madrid's Chamberí neighborhood. Since 1933, it has maintained the same philosophy it had when its doors first opened: to offer quality products. Now it operates under a new structure where visitors can not only shop, but also go for tapas, lunch, or dinner in its wide range of eateries.