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Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and largest city of Thailand. With a population of over eleven million inhabitants, Bangkok is by far Thailand's main city, with the urban sprawl comprising nearly half of Thailand's population, and the largest city on the Southeast Asian mainland. Wikivoyage

Population 5,676,648 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Thailand

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Thailand

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Bangkok. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Bangkok International Film Festival

    January – February

    The Bangkok International Film Festival (BKKIFF) (Thai: เทศกาลภาพยนตร์นานาชาติกรุงเทพฯ) is an international film festival held annually in Bangkok, Thailand, since 2003. In addition to film screenings, seminars, gala events and the Golden Kinnaree Awards.

    Official site Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage; descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 20 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Thonburi 1.9 km, Charan Sanitwong 2.6 km, Bangkok 2.8 km, Khlong San 2.9 km, Yommarat 3.1 km, Wongwian Yai 3.1 km, Charoen Nakhon 3.3 km, Uruphong 3.6 km, Chitlada 3.7 km, Ramathibodi Hospital 3.9 km, Talat Phlu 3.9 km, Bang Bamru 4.8 km, Sam Sen 4.9 km, Wutthakat 5.0 km, Ratchaprarop 5.2 km, Bang Ramat 5.2 km, Khlong Ton Sai 5.7 km, Makkasan 5.8 km

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