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Train Night Market | ตลาดนัดรถไฟ (Talad Rotfai)

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Called after its former location at a train cemetery, the Train Market consists of a weekend night market 4 nights a week, with regular shops open every day except for Mondays from 4 p.m. until late. The regular shops sell vintage furniture, lamps and collectibles in the front, followed by a covered area with a wide range of new and second-hand clothes, shoes, accessories and other small goods. The flea market in the back focuses on second-hand and vintage stuff - both Thai and foreign imported from Europe - being sold to the local population. There are market stalls with smaller furniture and vintage goods like old clocks, movie star collections, young portraits of the royal family, and advertising signboards. Prices are reasonable, sometimes cheap. The regular market area focuses on a younger audience with similar stuff as the shops but cheaper. There's a food court, and little food shops and restaurants are everywhere.  Facebook

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Fortune Tower (Yaohan) IT Mall | ศูนย์คอมพิวเตอร์ ไอทีมอลล์ ฟอร์จูน

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For computers, hard- and software, legal and illegal, DVD's, music CD's, digital camera's, mobile phones, accessories, in short, anything electronic you may want to buy.  Fortune Tower (Yaohan) IT Mall | ศูนย์คอมพิวเตอร์ ไอทีมอลล์ ฟอร์จูน at Ratchada Road and  Ban Mor Market  | ตลาดบ้านหม้อ, a day market at Ban Mor Road. Please note that the famous   Pantip Plaza  is closed.

Specialty Shops (School, Japanese, Condoms, Chinese, Cosmetics)

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Suksapan Panit | ศึกษาภัณฑ์พาณิชย์ An enormous collection of school and office materials (and Thai books), including Thai musical instruments, educational toys, sports equipment and basic electronics for reasonable prices. Look at this list (in Thai) for the locations of the other branches. Open only in the day time. Please note that

Liab Duan Night Market | ตลาดเรียบด่วนรามอินทรา

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This huge, daily night market under the highway is a bit out of the way in the north of Bangkok. It's very popular in the neighbourhood but not too crowded to walk. Most of the wares are cheap clothes, shoes, make-up, fashion and mobile phone accessories and toys, mostly new merchandise, both original and knock-offs (copies) and some small animals. There are also a whole lot of food shops, some small bars, 1-2 with live music, an incidental barber or nail salon and some beggars. The food section is covered, but most of the market is open and the ground is dusty, so I imagine it'll be a mess in the rainy season. Parking is difficult.  ตลาดนัดเลียบด่วน Liab Duan Night Market

Train Night Market Ratchada | ตลาดนัดรถไฟ รัชดา

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( map ) This night market, open since 2015, is easily accessible by underground, but is not as varied as my favourite Train Market at Srinakarin.  There are market stalls with a wide range of new clothes, shoes, accessories and other small goods at cheap prices. Unlike the Srinakarin branch, there are not many second-hand goods, and there's no furniture for sale either. All over the market there are many food and snack food stalls, little bars with terrace and the mandatory Rod's restaurant with live music. Little outside barbers shops cater for those with a sharp hairstyle.  Facebook

Wang Lang Market | ตลาดวังหลัง

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A short ferry ride away from the Grand Palace, you can find this big day market and small shops next to Siriraj Hospital , Thailand's first hospital. It's popularly called the "ladies' market" and yes there are lots of cheap and medium-priced fashionable clothes, shoes, bags, jewellery and other accessories, but also other small goods and a variety of delicious foods and snacks. An additional beauty of the place is that there are many eateries and coffee places at the riverside where you can sit down after your shopping spree and enjoy a view of the life along the river and the Grand Palace and the Wat Arun further down the river. Facebook

Chatuchak Weekend Market | ตลาดนัดจตุจักร (J.J. Market)

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Anything you may want to buy you can buy here at the best prices in Bangkok. This market is huge and it is easy to get lost. Clothes and shoes, new or second-hand, souvenirs, tableware, handicraft, live animals and art. There are quite a few small restaurants and bars between the shops, so plenty of space to relax after or in the middle of your shopping.   Chatuchak Market

Khao San Road | ถนนข้าวสาร

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In this famous backpackers "paradise" one can find market stalls and shops cheap T-shirts, baggy trousers, souvenirs, illegal DVD's, music CD's and not so cheap second-hand books and travel guides. Illegal student cards, press cards and other documents are for sale right under the nose of the nearby police station, but I wouldn't recommend buying them. In some countries in the region, especially Singapore, counterfeit documents can cause you a lot of trouble and even time in prison if you get caught. Facebook

Sampeng Market | ตลาดสำเพ็ง (Chinatown)

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Chinese foods, fabric, tools, household wares, artificial flowers, all lined up on both sides of this narrow lane. Lots of people, pushcarts trying to push through, food vendors, in short, very hectic but good shopping.  Facebook

Pahurat Market | ตลาดพาหุรัด (Little India)

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Home or at least the shopping area for the local Indian (mainly Sikh) community is this market close to Chinatown. Lots and lots of fabric, Indian stuff, delicious food starting from cheap and simple samosas to complete meals, herbs, sweets, music, incense, and jewellery. Some of the original market is still there, but the ugly India Emporium shopping mall has replaced at least part of it. The cosy atmosphere has gone but the goods are still the same and cheap as always. Facebook