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Designing age-friendly cities
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 04/10/2025
» 'Over 45% of all districts across the country have already entered a completely aged society. Three districts with the highest ratio of seniors are in Bangkok," said Assoc Prof Niramon Serisakul, director of the Urban Design and Development Centre (UDDC).
Where to celebrate Songkran in Bangkok
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 11/04/2025
» Bangkok might be rather empty as most people prefer to go upcountry during Songkran. However, the city will not be lonely this long holiday as many shopping malls, temples and tourist attractions have prepared a string of grand celebrations and fun activities to make Songkran in the city as fun as ever. Here are some recommended events for revellers to check out.
The beating heart of old Bangkok
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 12/10/2023
» Song Wat Road is not as busy in the early morning as when it was a major hub for modern trade following Bangkok's transport transition from water to trains and cars more than a century ago.
Tracing ancestry
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 06/07/2023
» With Thailand serving as a significant commercial hub for centuries, Chinese merchants played a key role in bridging cultural linkages through marine trade prior to the establishment of diplomatic ties between Thailand and China in 1975. To celebrate the 48th anniversary of this milestone, Life explores Bangkok's early communities to learn more about our ancestry.
Seasonal luminosity
Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 24/11/2022
» Camilla Engström, a Swedish-born and Los Angeles-based self-taught artist and Instagram dancing queen, paints the seasons.
Chinatown transforms into a vegetarian food heaven
Life, Published on 26/09/2022
» More than 150 vegetarian food kiosks are lining up on both sides of Yaowarat Road in Chinatown from the Royal Jubilee Gate for the "Vegetarian Festival At Yaowarat 2022", which is running daily from 10am to 9pm until Oct 4.
Steeped in tradition
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 17/03/2022
» Sitting on the banks of the Chao Phraya River, the Samphanthawong district is home to a large Chinese community and the Sampheng neighbourhood, which once functioned as Bangkok's primary commercial core. Browsing around, visitors can see historic Chinese shrines with striking architecture nestled among clusters of classic shophouses, transporting visitors back to the early Rattanakosin period when Chinese sea merchants played a major role in the import and export industry.
Merging art with history
Life, Punsita Ritthikarn, Published on 15/03/2022
» The Sam Yan and Suan Luang areas -- charming districts in the heart of Bangkok -- are filled with delicious Asian food and the Chinese-Thai way of life. Over the years, each identity and element of the cultures in this community have been passed on to the new generation.
Sweet and savoury
Life, Punsita Ritthikarn, Published on 14/12/2021
» Over The Influence (OTI) recently opened its third art gallery near Odeon Circle (the Chinese Gate Circle) in Bangkok's Chinatown as a gateway into Southeast Asia's art community, with contemporary American artist Todd James' first solo show "Clean Jellybean". This inaugural exhibition is currently on view until Jan 10.
US artist examines the art behind architecture
Life, Published on 08/12/2021
» "Architectonic" is a Bangkok debut exhibition by visual artist and designer Trey Hurst who locates the exuberance in the formal and abstract sides of architecture, at Play Art House until Dec 27.