A bustling collection of shops, restaurants and watering holes, Faneuil Hall has been a marketplace and meeting spot for over 250 years. Today, the shops and pedestrian mall are adjacent to the historic Faneuil Hall building, and the area is bordered by the waterfront, the Financial District, Government Center, Haymarket and the North End. A well-traveled part of Boston's "Freedom Trail, " Faneuil Hall is also the site of sidewalk performances on summer nights and weekends.