What is Bangkok famous for?

[Conan The Barbarian]

Is it famous for clubs, food, girls, shopping or all of these? 

[CharlieH]

The clue is in the name 😁

[Conan The Barbarian]

Just now, CharlieH said:

The clue is in the name 😁

You mean Bang the co*k

[MalcolmB]

Short time or long time?

[CharlieH]

7 minutes ago, Conan The Barbarian said:

You mean Bang the co*k

Whatever floats your boat..😅

[Conan The Barbarian]

5 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Short time or long time?

For long time 

 

[richard_smith237]

29 minutes ago, Conan The Barbarian said:

Is it famous for clubs, food, girls, shopping or all of these? 

 

All of the above..

 

- Clubs / Party Scene

- Girly Bars

- Khaosan Road

- Food (particularly street food )

- Shopping (MBK / Markets / and excellent Malls)

- Congestion (Bkk has a strong reputation for terrible traffic jams)

- Wat Arun / Grand Palace / Sleeping Buddha

- Grand Palace

- TukTuks

[mfd101]

BKK is famous for - or is becoming famous for - inferior infrastructure (roads, footpaths, personal safety ... ).

[Grumpy one]

20 hours ago, Conan The Barbarian said:

Is it famous for clubs, food, girls, shopping or all of these? 

Dirt, dust, traffic , noise what more could you want  

[Nemises]

20 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

google is your friend newbie...

No, google is not his friend because he wants to ask a Thai forum for their advice. If you have nothing helpful to post simply keep scrolling. 

[Smokin Joe]

Bangkok is most famous for holding the Guinness World Record for having the longest place name.

 

It is commonly shortened to Krung Thep or Krung Thep Maha Nakhon but the full name is:

 

"Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit"

 

in Thai:

กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยามหาดิลก ภพนพรัตน์ ราชธานีบุรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์ มหาสถาน อมรพิมาน อวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยะ วิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์

[Ralf001]

[The Theory]

Nana 🤔

[J Branche]

SEA LIFE Bangkok Ocean World

And they happily give you the Thai price when you show them your retirement visa or long stay visa.

 

Chinatown is a good place to experience jammed stalls and people.

[Farmerslife]

The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band.

[mokwit]

The Red Swing that used to be at Silom (hence Sala Daeng BTS station).

[NativeBob]

absolutely nothing. 

I know I'm living in

[SAFETY FIRST]

On 7/5/2024 at 11:30 AM, Conan The Barbarian said:

Is it famous for clubs, food, girls, shopping 

Affordability.

 

My sister and neices like the food and shopping (malls, Chatuchak etc), recently dental work, they also liked the parks. 

 

 

Edited July 6 by SAFETY FIRST

[Bundooman]

Famous for just being - Bangkok!
 

[CM Dad]

On 7/5/2024 at 11:30 AM, Conan The Barbarian said:

Is it famous for clubs, food, girls, shopping or all of these? 

Bangkok is famous for horrible traffic and sidewalks so crowded with vendors that walking on them is almost impossible.

[AgMech Cowboy]

On 7/5/2024 at 12:03 PM, richard_smith237 said:

All of the above..

- Clubs / Party Scene

- Girly Bars

- Khaosan Road

- Food (particularly street food )

- Shopping (MBK / Markets / and excellent Malls)

- Congestion (Bkk has a strong reputation for terrible traffic jams)

- Wat Arun / Grand Palace / Sleeping Buddha

- Grand Palace

- TukTuks

I only recognize Golf Clubs!!

[newbee2022]

Patpong 😂

[Hummin]

One night in Bangkok

 

Bangkok, Oriental City

But the city don't know what the city is getting

The creme de la creme of the chess world

In a show with everything but Yul Brenner

Time flies, doesn't seem a minute

Since the Tirolean spa had the chess boards in it

All changed, don't you know that when you

Play at this level there's no ordinary venue

It's Iceland, or the Philippines, or Hastings

Or, or this place

One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster

The bars are temples but their pearls ain't free

You'll find a god in every golden cloister

And if you're lucky, then the god's a she

I can feel an angel sliding up to me

One town's very like another

When your head's down over your pieces, brother

(It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pity

To be looking at the board

Not looking at the city)

Whattaya mean?

You've seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town

(Tea, girls, warm and sweet, sweet

Some are set up in the Somerset Maugham suite)

Get Thai'd, you're talking to a tourist

Whose every move's among the purest

I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine

One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble

Not much between despair and ecstasy

One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble

Can't be too careful with your company

I can feel the Devil walking next to me

Siam's gonna be the witness

To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness

This grips me more than would a muddy old river

Or reclining Buddha

Thank God I'm only watching the game, controlling it

I don't see you guys raging

The kind of mating I'm contemplating

I'd let you watch, I would invite you

But the queens we use would not excite you

So, you better go back to your bars, your temples

Your massage parlors

One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster

The bars are temples but their pearls ain't free

You'll find a god in every golden cloister

A little flesh, a little history

I can feel an angel sliding up to me

One night in Bangkok makes the hard man humble

Not much between despair and ecstasy

One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble

Can't be too careful with your company

I can feel the Devil walking next me.

 

 

Tim Rice / Benny Goran Bror Andersson / Bjoern K. Ulvaeus

Teksten for One Night in Bangkok © 3 Knights Ltd

Edited July 6 by Hummin

[Surasak]

Bangkok used to be known as the Venice of the East. Then some clown thought it a good idea to fill in the canals to make more roads due to the increase of cars. Now they wonder why Bangkok floods every rainy season.

I can remember the first time I came to Thailand, over thirty years ago. The high water mark in the building of Sukhamvit road was at least 4 feet and the place stunk of effluent. I was not impressed. It has been 10 years since I was last in BKK and I wasn't very impressed then, either.

[RT555]

Bangkok for me in most part is affordable, great food, it's sort of a central hub where I can run into expat friends, coworkers and acquaintances. 

Worked here for a couple years also Singapore, Hong Kong, Myanmar and Shanghai. 

 

Lots of things to do if you know the city. I belong to a Bangkok photography club and venture to a lot of places 99% of expats don't know... Anyways.. My favorite city

 

 

 

[Burma Bill]

On 7/6/2024 at 7:50 AM, mfd101 said:

BKK is famous for - or is becoming famous for - inferior infrastructure (roads, footpaths, personal safety ... ).

 Yes indeed - shoddy construction with very little health & safety leading to death and injury.

Also (IMO) air pollution and flooding!

Being a "country bumpkin" I hate big cities and Bangkok is no exception - just a transport interchange for me!

[Mike Lister]

Wow, lots of comments from ex/current mongers who only know the entertainment areas. and from people who've never visited for a long time or for very long.

 

We were in Bangkok last month, I used to visit often in the late 1990's and early 2000's, today's Bangkok is nothing like it was, not even a little bit similar.

 

Getting around Bangkok is a breeze these days and even lots of fun, buy a day ticket and cruise the MRT/BTS and see everywhere in comfort. Catch the passenger ferry on the Chao Phraya and see Bangkok from the river, brilliant on a hot day.

 

Shopping and super malls such as at Emisphere, Paragon, Centralworld and Icon, compete with the best anywhere in the world that I've seen in the past couple of decades. 

 

Twenty twenty five years ago Bangkok was a bit of a culinary desert, for those seeking international cuisine, today it exists in spades.

 

The other stuff, nana, patpong and cowboy.....nah, they've had their day, relics of bygone age.

[saintdomingo]

On 7/7/2024 at 2:36 PM, Mike Lister said:

 

 

The other stuff, nana, patpong and cowboy.....nah, they've had their day, relics of bygone age.

I like bygone ages Mike.

[susanlea]

On 7/7/2024 at 2:36 PM, Mike Lister said:

Wow, lots of comments from ex/current mongers who only know the entertainment areas. and from people who've never visited for a long time or for very long.

 

We were in Bangkok last month, I used to visit often in the late 1990's and early 2000's, today's Bangkok is nothing like it was, not even a little bit similar.

 

Getting around Bangkok is a breeze these days and even lots of fun, buy a day ticket and cruise the MRT/BTS and see everywhere in comfort. Catch the passenger ferry on the Chao Phraya and see Bangkok from the river, brilliant on a hot day.

 

Shopping and super malls such as at Emisphere, Paragon, Centralworld and Icon, compete with the best anywhere in the world that I've seen in the past couple of decades. 

 

Twenty twenty five years ago Bangkok was a bit of a culinary desert, for those seeking international cuisine, today it exists in spades.

 

The other stuff, nana, patpong and cowboy.....nah, they've had their day, relics of bygone age.

Bts is often crowded these days. Was better before. Apart from a few new malls and some closed down markets Bangkok is the same as 20 years ago. I enjoy it less as Ive been there 50 times.

 

 

[IsaanExpat]

On 7/6/2024 at 1:24 AM, Hummin said:

One night in Bangkok

 

Bangkok, Oriental City

But the city don't know what the city is getting

The creme de la creme of the chess world

In a show with everything but Yul Brenner

Time flies, doesn't seem a minute

Since the Tirolean spa had the chess boards in it

All changed, don't you know that when you

Play at this level there's no ordinary venue

It's Iceland, or the Philippines, or Hastings

Or, or this place

One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster

The bars are temples but their pearls ain't free

You'll find a god in every golden cloister

And if you're lucky, then the god's a she

I can feel an angel sliding up to me

One town's very like another

When your head's down over your pieces, brother

(It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pity

To be looking at the board

Not looking at the city)

Whattaya mean?

You've seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town

(Tea, girls, warm and sweet, sweet

Some are set up in the Somerset Maugham suite)

Get Thai'd, you're talking to a tourist

Whose every move's among the purest

I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine

One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble

Not much between despair and ecstasy

One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble

Can't be too careful with your company

I can feel the Devil walking next to me

Siam's gonna be the witness

To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness

This grips me more than would a muddy old river

Or reclining Buddha

Thank God I'm only watching the game, controlling it

I don't see you guys raging

The kind of mating I'm contemplating

I'd let you watch, I would invite you

But the queens we use would not excite you

So, you better go back to your bars, your temples

Your massage parlors

One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster

The bars are temples but their pearls ain't free

You'll find a god in every golden cloister

A little flesh, a little history

I can feel an angel sliding up to me

One night in Bangkok makes the hard man humble

Not much between despair and ecstasy

One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble

Can't be too careful with your company

I can feel the Devil walking next me.

 

 

Tim Rice / Benny Goran Bror Andersson / Bjoern K. Ulvaeus

Teksten for One Night in Bangkok © 3 Knights Ltd

This song was Banned in 1985. I wonder if anyone ever revoked the ban because i hear it is still played there lol