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Saphan Lueang
file:Banthat Thong Road.jpg, Banthat Thong Road in the area of Saphan Lueang at dawn Banthat Thong Road (, ) is a street in Bangkok. It runs from its junction with Rama IV Road at Saphan Lueang Intersection, through Pathum Wan District, Pathum Wan and Ratchathewi District, Ratchathewi districts, north to Phet Phra Ram Intersection, where it meets Phetchaburi Road. It crosses Rama I Road at Charoen Phon Intersection, near the National Stadium (Thailand), National Stadium, and the area is home to a large number of sporting goods shops. The southern section of the road runs parallel to the canal Khlong Suan Luang, which also gives its name to the neighbourhood. The area's land is owned by Chulalongkorn University, whose Property Management of Chulalongkorn University, Office of Property Management (PMCU) redeveloped most of the neighbourhood in the 2010s. The area is host to a variety of street food vendors and restaurants, and is a popular tourist attraction. In 2024, Time Out (magaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelin Guide
The ''Michelin Guides'' ( ; ) are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tyre company Michelin since 1900. The ''Guide'' awards up to three Michelin star (classification), stars for excellence to a select few restaurants in certain geographic areas. Michelin also publishes the ''Green Guides'', a series of general guides to cities, regions, and countries. History file:Guidem michelin 1900.jpg, upright=1, The first ''Michelin Guide'', published in 1900 In 1900, there were fewer than 3,000 cars on the roads of France. To increase the demand for cars, and accordingly car tyres, the car tyre manufacturers and brothers Édouard Michelin (born 1859), Édouard and André Michelin published a guide for French motorists, the ''Guide Michelin'' (Michelin Guide). Nearly 35,000 copies of this first, free edition were distributed. It provided information to motorists such as maps, tyre repair and replacement instructions, car mechanics listings, hotels, and petrol st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bib Gourmand
The ''Michelin Guides'' ( ; ) are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tyre company Michelin since 1900. The ''Guide'' awards up to three Michelin stars for excellence to a select few restaurants in certain geographic areas. Michelin also publishes the ''Green Guides'', a series of general guides to cities, regions, and countries. History upright=1, The first ''Michelin Guide'', published in 1900 In 1900, there were fewer than 3,000 cars on the roads of France. To increase the demand for cars, and accordingly car tyres, the car tyre manufacturers and brothers Édouard and André Michelin published a guide for French motorists, the ''Guide Michelin'' (Michelin Guide). Nearly 35,000 copies of this first, free edition were distributed. It provided information to motorists such as maps, tyre repair and replacement instructions, car mechanics listings, hotels, and petrol stations throughout France. In 1904, the brothers published a guide for Belgium, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PPTV (Thailand)
PPTV (), also known as PPTV HD () and PPTV HD 36 (), an acronym for Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth TeleVision) is a digital terrestrial television channel in Thailand, owned by Bangkok Media & Broadcasting Co., Ltd., a company managed by Prasarttong-Osoth, Bangkok Airways and Bangkok Hospital group owner, Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth. For the content, PPTV used to focus on drama series from South Korea, including the programs from East Asia as the important thing. But now adjusting the format by mainly focusing on news, information and sports. In 2020, the channel acquired the rights to broadcast Bundesliga games in Thailand. The rights will remain until 2025. History Bangkok Media & Broadcasting Co., Ltd. was registered with a capital of 100 million baht on 27 March 2013 to operate a television channel called BMB (temporarily), later the name was changed to PPTV. as well as producing television programs for news, information and entertainment The first phase was broadcast via C-Band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Si Phraya Road
Si Phraya Road (, ) is a road in Bang Rak District, Bangkok, Thailand. It divides the areas of Maha Phruettharam and Si Phraya subdistricts. Built in 1906 by four noblemen of the rank '' phraya'' (hence the name, which means 'four ''phraya''), the road runs from Si Phraya Pier at the mouth of the Phadung Krung Kasem Canal to Sam Yan Intersection, where it meets the Phaya Thai and Rama IV Roads. History At the turn of the 19th–20th centuries, the area beyond Bangkok's old city boundary marked by Phadung Krung Kasem Canal was seeing rapid growth, with increasing numbers of Western expatriates and well-to-do members of society settling in the area that is now Bang Rak District. Enterprising businessmen, the first of whom was Luang Sathon Rajayutka, who built Sathon Road around 1890, made large profits through development of the area. Several investors followed suit, including four noblemen of the rank ''phraya'' who bought land between Phadung Krung Kasem Canal and Suraw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hua Lamphong
Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) railway station (, ) is a railway station in Pathum Wan, the former central passenger terminal in Bangkok and the former railway hub of Thailand. It is in the center of the city in the Pathum Wan district, and is operated by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT). Long distance trains moved to the new central station at Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal in 2023. Naming The station was officially referred to by the State Railway of Thailand as Bangkok railway station or ''Sathani Rotfai Krung Thep'' (สถานีรถไฟกรุงเทพ) in Thai. Hua Lamphong () was originally the informal name of the station, used by locals, tourist guides and the public press. In all documents published by the State Railway of Thailand (such as train tickets, timetables, and tour pamphlets) the station is uniformly transcribed as Krungthep (กรุงเทพ) in Thai. As of 19 January 2023, following the opening of Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Yan
Sam Yan (, ) is the name of an intersection and its nearby neighbourhood in Bangkok, Thailand. It connects Rama IV Road with Phaya Thai and Si Phraya roads, and is located within Pathum Wan District, next to its border with Bang Rak. The neighbourhood lies in the intersection's northwest corner on land owned by Chulalongkorn University, and is famous for its restaurants. Location Sam Yan Intersection is where Rama IV (which runs in a roughly east-west direction) meets Phaya Thai Road to the north and Si Phraya Road to the southwest. Originally consisting only of an at-grade intersection, the Thai–Japan Flyover Bridge, constructed in 1992, now allows Rama IV traffic to bypass Sam Yan, as well as the eastward Henri Dunant and Sala Daeng intersections. The intersection area is served by the Sam Yan Station of the MRT, which connects to the Chamchuri Square complex and Samyan Mitrtown in the intersections' northeastern and northwestern corners, respectively. Wat Hua Lamph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirat Expressway
The Si Rat Expressway (), also known as the Second Stage Expressway System (), is an expressway in Thailand, located in Bangkok and Nonthaburi province. It is the second expressway to be opened in the country and is in length. The expressway has played an important role in alleviating ground-level road traffic in Bangkok. It is a Controlled-access highways in Thailand, controlled-access toll road. History Due to a significant increase in road traffic in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, and after the Chaloem Maha Nakhon Expressway was opened, a second expressway was proposed in order to alleviate the increased traffic. The Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) assigned Bangkok Expressway and Metro, Bangkok Expressway and Metro (BEM) to construct this expressway and a contract was signed on 22 December 1988. Expressway construction was opened in four stages, named A to D. Section A between Pracha Chuen–Phaya Thai–Phra Ram 9 was opened on 2 September 1993 along with Section ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
