The main market is the central square in the old town of Nuremberg. The weekly market takes place every working day on the approximately 5,000 square meter open space. When the main market is used by the Christkindlesmarkt or other markets and events, the weekly market stalls are moved to the surrounding pedestrian zone. The place, which was architecturally very important until its extensive destruction in the Second World War, was only reconstructed in a very makeshift and simplified manner in the post-war period, except for the landmarks such as the Frauenkirche and the Schöne Brunnen.