Transylvania Farmers’ Market in Sibiu: Saturday producers’ market

Sibiu County’s Saturday farmers’ market

The Transylvania Farmers’ Market (Piața Țărănească Transilvania) is an open-air Saturday market next to the Transilvania sports hall in Sibiu. It is organised by the Sibiu County Council, and the sellers are not middlemen but producers and farmers from all over the county: from the villages of Mărginimea Sibiului below the Cindrel Mountains to the Olt and Hârtibaciu valleys.

The market opened in 2012. According to the Interreg Europe programme, which listed it as a good practice, the number of participants grew from 47 producers in the first season to 185 in 2019. The idea is simple: give the county’s small farms a permanent place in the city, and give residents and visitors a chance to buy fresh produce directly from the people who grew or made it.

For travellers this is the easiest way to taste the cheese culture of Mărginimea Sibiului without searching for shepherds in the mountains. This is the home of Telemea de Sibiu — a brined sheep’s cheese that received an EU protected geographical indication in 2019. Next to it on the stalls you will find urdă, burduf cheese, sour cream, honey, home-made jams and jellies, eggs, vegetables and flowers.

Why go

To buy genuine produce from the mountain villages around Sibiu for the road or a picnic, and to talk to the people who make it. The market runs every Saturday morning, so it combines easily with a walk through Sibiu’s old town or a trip to the Cindrel or Făgăraș mountains. Both organic and conventional produce is sold — ask the producers where it comes from and how to keep it on the road.

The market is also interesting because it shows how Sibiu County lives: shepherds from the mountain villages stand next to beekeepers, vegetable growers from the lowland communes and small family dairies. Many sellers are happy to tell you which village they come from and how they make their cheese or jam, so it is a good chance to ask about local customs and find out where to go for more.

What to taste and buy

• Sheep’s cheeses from Mărginimea Sibiului — telemea, fresh caș, urdă, burduf.
• Honey from local beekeepers.
• Jams, preserves and jellies, home-made.
• Fresh vegetables, fruit, eggs — organic and conventional.
• Flowers and seedlings — in spring and summer.

Practical information

Where: the grounds of the Transilvania sports hall (Sala Transilvania), str. Octavian Goga nr. 1, Sibiu — not far from the city centre.

When: every Saturday 8:00–14:00. The official Sibiu County tourism portal gives the 2026 season as running from the second half of May to 28 December 2026. Season dates may change — check the county website before your trip.

Getting there: within Sibiu on foot or by city transport. From Ukraine a convenient route is via the Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației border crossing, then via Cluj-Napoca — about 380 km; Sibiu also has an international airport.

Bring cash and a cool bag for the cheese.

Nearby

• Sibiu old town with the Large and Small Squares.
• The village of Rășinari below the Cindrel Mountains — about 12 km away; the Cheese and Țuică Festival is held there at the end of August.
• The trail from Turnu Roșu station to the Corbului saddle in the Făgăraș Mountains.
• The Făgăraș main ridge from the Olt valley to the Tămașului saddle.

Official website: sibiu-turism.ro

Photos: sibiu-turism.ro.