Bobae Tower and Prince Palace Hotel
Street stalls
Bobae Market ( th, ตลาดโบ๊เบ๊, , ), usually shortened to ''Bobae'', is a well-known cheap clothing market, both retail and wholesale. The market area has two huge wholesale shopping areas, Bobae Market and Bobae Tower.
Bobae Market's site on Krung Kasem Road along
Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem
Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem ( th, คลองผดุงกรุงเกษม, ) is a canal ('' khlong'') in Bangkok. It was dug in 1851 in order to serve as a new outer moat for the expanding city, extending its boundaries from the Rattanakosi ...
(Phadung Krung Kasem Canal) in
Khlong Maha Nak Subdistrict
Khlong Maha Nak ( th, คลองมหานาค, ) is one of five ''khwaengs'' (subdistricts) of Pom Prap Sattru Phai District, Bangkok.
Naming
It is named after the Khlong Maha Nak canal that flows through and bisects the area.
Geography
Ro ...
,
Pom Prap Sattru Phai District
Pom Prap Sattru Phai ( th, ป้อมปราบศัตรูพ่าย, , or popularly just called Pom Prap, ) is one of the 50 districts (khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Dusit, Pathum Wan, ...
, is between the
Yotse Bridge (Kasat Suek intersection) and Jaturapak Rangsarit Bridge (Saphan Khao intersection) in
Si Yaek Maha Nak Subdistrict,
Dusit District, with some parts overlaps
Rong Mueang Subdistrict,
Pathum Wan District
Pathum Wan ( th, ปทุมวัน, ) is one of the fifty districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. It lies just beyond the old city boundary of Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem, and was a rural area on the eastern outskirts of the city when roya ...
.
The term ''bobae'' in Thai means 'noisy' or 'boisterous'. It's assumed that the name is derived from the word ''bong beng'' (บ้งเบ้ง), which describes the general condition of the market.
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Bobae Market was founded c. 1927 by Thai-Chinese group who gathered to sell local products such as ]coconut water
Coconut water (also coconut juice) is the clear liquid inside coconuts (fruits of the coconut palm). In early development, it serves as a suspension for the endosperm of the coconut during the nuclear phase of development. As growth conti ...
, tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of ''Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and north ...
, coffee
Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It is the most popular hot drink in the world.
Seeds of ...
, or various agricultural products. During World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
the focus changed to used clothing. At first, the clothes sold were those of persons who had died in the war.[
This market is accessible by BMTA's ]bus routes
A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...
37, 53, 556 with a total of six bus stops both sides of Krung Kasem Road, including Khlong Saen Saep boat service
The Khlong Saen Saep boat service is a water bus operating on the Saen Saep Canal in Bangkok through the city's commercial districts. The Khlong Saen Saep boat service has been in operation since 1990.
The 18 kilometre route is served by 10 ...
by Talad Bobae Pier (W03).
Nearby places
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{{Bangkok Markets
Neighbourhoods of Bangkok
Pom Prap Sattru Phai district
Retail markets in Bangkok
category:Wholesale markets
1927 establishments in Siam
