Traders at Borough Market have praised visitors for their "Dunkirk spirit" following the horror attack on nearby London Bridge.
Usman Khan, 28, stabbed a man and a woman to death in the knife rampage on Friday afternoon, leaving three other people injured.
But traders said visitors continued to support the local businesses at the popular market today, determined to 'keep going'.
There was an increased police presence in the market on Saturday with officers patrolling the area, although this did not stop crowds of people browsing the stalls in the sunshine.
The market was the location of a massacre in 2017, when eight victims were killed along with the three attackers who, similar to Khan, were armed with knives and wearing fake suicide vests.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick has praised both traders and tourists during a visit to the popular food and drink market this afternoon.
But she acknowledged the area had been "touched by such terrible violence" only two-and-a-half years earlier.
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Annette Poole, an assistant trader on the We Juice It stall, was one of the workers who was evacuated from the area following the attack on Friday.
"It was a weird scenario, one minute it was like what's going on and the other all hell breaks loose," she told the PA news agency.
"I felt like a herd of gazelles swarmed and everyone starts saying, 'there's shooting, there's shooting', and I just thought, I'm getting out of here."
The 52-year-old, from Kent, said it was "surreal" and "eerie" coming into the market on Saturday morning, as the stalls were still set up as they had been left the day earlier.
Ms Poole said: "I'm pleased with the turnout.
"(The public) have been like, 'keep going' you know, and you have to.
"You've got the heroes that thought, do you know what, sod this, jumped on him, luckily for them the belt was fake.
"I just think that's what we're about, they can't beat us, they'll never beat us - hopefully."
Dan Pearce, owner of Jake's Boost stall - which sells nut butters - said he did not know what to expect, but was pleased with the footfall.
He told PA: "I kind of hoped there would some people here, and there are, that sort of Dunkirk spirit, there's always some people who will come out and support local businesses.
"I'm surprised by the number of tourists who have come out, but obviously the day afterwards is probably the safest time to come to the market because of the presence of security and police.
"It hasn't really been the topic of conversation because, you know, talking about it is interesting, but I think not talking about it and getting on with living our everyday lives in the best thing we can do."
One trader said the incident on Friday had brought back bad memories for some stall holders.
Cormac O'Dwyer, 49, who works for a stall that sells organic meat and dairy produce, said: "I wasn't here yesterday but I know a couple of people here that were and they're still quite a bit shaken.
"They're here but they're on tenterhooks. I feel for them."
Londoner Nuno Silva, visiting the market with his sister, said the goal of the terrorists was to "cause disruption", but he was not going to let it affect his weekend plans.
"To me I looked on the news and I saw that everything was normal, there's lots of security round here, but I'm not going to stop my life," the 31-year-old said.
"That's their goal, to cause disruption. But not today."
