This festive season there are many things going on in Bangkok and Thailand as always. Hopefully the Bangkok protests will end before then. Some upcoming events on different levels: The Bangkok Street Show is back for a bigger and better event to help everyone celebrate the festive season. The series of shows will take place at Lumpini Park in Bangkok…
Finally the Beer Garden season is here. I don’t know about the delay, but maybe because there were some demonstrations in area? But this upcoming weekend the best season of Bangkok starts in my opinion. It is biggest in front of Central World, but beer gardens are in several places around town. I wrote about it a few weeks ago…
Once again it’s time for the yearly beer festival celebration in Thailand. It’s often also referred to as the beer garden season. Basic tables and chairs are set up; beers are served in bottles, pitchers or the popular towers. All chilled with ice Thai style of course. Your hunger is satisfied with yummy “gap glem”, or Thai snacks. Expect loud…
A short video with clips and pictures of the infamous head shot served at the Sukhumvit Club Crawl over the last five years. It has been a lot of fun to be part of the parties at Nest, Q-bar, and Bed Supperclub.
This year the vegetarian festival in Bangkok’s Chinatown runs from October 5th to the 14th, known in Thai as Tesagan Gin Je. The best place to experience this week long festival is in Phuket, but if you are in Bangkok, Chinatown is the place to hang out with plenty of street food stalls and donations at the temples in the…
The Bangkok nightlife has always been good and interesting in my opinion. Maybe “same same – but different” from time to time. But there has always been something out there for everyone. More on this in a few articles on the blog in the near future. For now some events for this week:
The world-famous Temple of Dawn stupa, known locally as Phra Prang Wat Arun, will be closed for three years starting from next Tuesday to undergo repairs and renovation along with other structures in the temple compound. This will be the biggest repair and renovation work on the stupa in the last 14 years. In the past, even while large-scale…
It has been really busy with various projects over the last couple of weeks. I’m also pitching some documentary ideas in different directions to see if I can put it all together. Pushing forward but it takes a bit more time than I thought. But one reason is that keep forgetting the Swedish vacation season, it’s basically closed everywhere. Trying…
Bed Supperslub Long-standing nightclub and restaurant Bed Supperclub will close its doors August 31st, 2013, after operating for nearly 11 years. The iconic venue was famous for its bold architecture (a kind of cylinder on stilts), its constant efforts to bring in big name DJs and edgy artistic performances which took place during dinner. After the club’s lease expired, the landlord…
The Metropolitan Police Bureau has proposed extending closing hours of nightlife establishments in Bangkok to 4 am as part of preparations to join the Asean Economic Community in 2015. MPB deputy chief Pol Maj Gen Adul Narongsak said that they submitted a proposal to the Interior Ministry last week. As we all know, lots of clubs in Bangkok stay open…
It has been really busy lately. Good of course. But it was good to get some relaxing time with my good friend Janne and his girlfriend Judith when they arrived in Bangkok. Yesterday we talk a five hour walk through various areas in Bangkok. It was great to see the street life, markets, food stalls, and especially the hectic life…
Ong-art “Aerk” Lederer, a young Thai-German luk thung country singer, is getting online criticism for a super sexy music video that he says was only meant to help fund his mother’s cancer treatment. The song “Pey,” (perfect in English), describes how attractive women are to men. In the music video, four models in tiny lingerie dance to the music with…
Last night I was at a photo exhibition at Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit in the city center. The exhibition is called BB forever – Brigitte Bardot, la légende and the photos are from a number of different photographers from various time areas and curated by Henry -Jean Servat. The photos are spread around the L’appart restaurant and the Library bar on…
Today it is Chinese New Year. We are entering the year of the water snake. The snake has traditionally been seen as a symbol of wisdom, wealth and longevity, but is considered less auspicious than other animals in the 12-year Chinese Zodiac such as the dragon. It is said to bestow mystery, intelligence and beauty on those born in a…
Last night I was at the Grand VIP re-opening of Siam Center shopping mall in Bangkok Thailand. It was a great event. Here are some clips and pictures from that event.