JJ Green Night Market – for the Upscale Bargain Hunter
Located towards the end of Chatuchak, JJ Green sleepily comes to life around 6 pm, which is about when everything in Chatuchak begins to die down. While Chatuchak is wired, frenzied, and always bustling, JJ Green is chilled out and relaxed for your vintage needs.
It is a night market, which means you will get lots of great street foods, even better mini-cafe eats, dazzling lights, live crooning music and endless rows of flea market shopping all in a chill out yet bustling nighttime vibes.
Opening hours: 6 pm to midnight (Fridays to Sundays only)
Talad Rod Fai Night Market – for the Time Traveler
You will never find another market like Rod Fai in all of Bangkok. For one, the compounds are massive, they don’t just sell your typical catalogue of retro or vintage-inspired things, they actually showcase them, full-on museum style. There are warehouses whose sole purpose are to display old Corvettes and Cadillacs, gas pumps and European cash registers from the early 1900s.
Whilst shopping is the main highlight at Rod Fai Market, be sure not miss out on the street food here too. Makeshift bars with cheap cocktails and drinks, barbecue stands with sizzling meats, fried noodle stalls, ice creams, drink stands with foaming Thai iced-tea and coffee are wedged in at random spots among the goods.
Opening hours: 5pm to midnight (Thursdays to Sundays only)
Pak Khlong Talat Flower Market – for the Botanical Enthusiast
The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Khlong Talat in Thai) is Thailand’s largest wholesale flower market and is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Those visitors who may be looking for a truly fragrant, multicolored, and even romantic side of Bangkok should plan a trip to the city’s renowned flower market.
While an incredible selection of inexpensive fresh flowers is certainly the main draw of Bangkok’s Flower Market, you can even choose to buy hand-made garlands, flower arrangement baskets, fresh fruits and vegetables, and local herbs and spices from many shops throughout the market.
Opening hours: 24 hours
ArtBox Pop-up Market – for The Millennial Hipster
Artbox Bangkok is a pop-up market, different from the type or flea market we have in Singapore because most of them are housed in giant metal shipping containers which can be moved around the city.
The things that is sold at the Artbox is relatively cheap, featuring local designers, handmade accessories, hipster home decor items and more. Other than these, live music stage and wide varieties of food vendors to choose from, makes Artbox one of the coolest night markets that all hipster must visit.
Opening hours: late afternoon to midnight (Fridays to Sundays only)
Damnoen Saduak Floating Market – for the Culturally Curious
Damnoen Saduak Floating Market is one of Thailand’s largest floating markets in Ratchaburi, about 100 kilometers southwest of Bangkok. Although this unique and vividly colorful marketplace has been captured by photographers the world over yet, it is worth at least a one-time visit to experience this unique and infectiously chaotic market.
Sellers arrive early in their boats laden with tropical fruits, vegetables, flowers and other fresh produce and paddle along the congested canals to sell to shoppers on the banks. It is wonderful for rural photo opportunities that most of your traveling friends probably overlook.
Opening hours: 8 am to 10 am
The Knack Market – for the Flower-Powered Hippie
The Knack Market is one of the places that gather various products filled with new creative ideas, accessories for home decoration, various designs, old books, vintage clothing and street food.
This market has also garnered a reputation for being a sideline farmer’s market, with vendors hawking everything from fresh herbs to meat, sauces or dips.
Opening hours: 4 pm to 9 pm (last weekend of every month)