Market · Chatuchak

Chatuchak Weekend Market

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15,000 stalls, 27 sections, one clock tower — a city that only exists on weekends.

Jing ler? — no way

Among the largest weekend markets on Earth: ~15,000 stalls across 27 sections, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors each weekend. The trick to not getting lost: the sections spiral outward around the clock tower like a snail shell — walk the spiral, not the alleys.

Jing ler? — no way

It exists because of a 1948 decree by Field Marshal Phibun that every Thai town must have a flea market. Bangkok's outgrew Sanam Luang next to the palace and was exiled north in 1982 to railway land — where it promptly became bigger than the city's plan ever imagined.

Source & further reading: Wikipedia · District guide: Chatuchak

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