Twenty stalls displayed they products at the market, which were mostly handmade crafts. These included embroidery, knitwear, knives, wooden clocks, and jewellery. The platform was well received by the vendors, who welcomed the way it gave them an opportunity to showcase their goods.
Mike Muchingami, who is the proud owner of a clothing business known as Nam Clothing, travelled from Windhoek to be part of the market."We are getting to meet different people since I came all the from Windhoek. We meet new people which is helping the business bit by bit hopefully in the future," said Muchingami.
The Sam Cohen Library open area is in Swakopmund's main street - Sam Nujoma Avenue. The open area is known for its historic presence. In the area are old skeletons of whales that came to shore and parts of old train stations. Van Heerden explained how the art and craft market is connected to the Whale Festival."This year, we decided to get more stalls and marketers in to create a platform for our community to celebrate our whales that are coming back to our coastline that have been gone for such a long time."