Chatuchak JJ Weekend Market, Bangkok, Thailand.

Chatuchak or JJ Weekend Market (Thai: ตลาดนัดจตุจักร)

With over 200,000 people visiting Chatuchak Market every weekend, also known as JJ Market, the Bangkok marketplace has become the World’s largest Weekend Market.

It has more then 15,000 stalls which are spread across 35 acres and 26 sections which range from Food, Art, Antiques, Fashion and much more!

History:
Chatuchak Market has been open since 1942.In 1948, Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram had a policy that every province was required to have its own market. Bangkok chose Sanam Luang as the market site. After a few months, the government moved the market to Sanam Chai. The market moved back to Sanam Luang in 1958. In 1978, the government used Sanam Luang as a recreational area, so the State Railway of Thailand permitted the use of land on the south side of Chatuchak Park as a market. By 1983, all of the merchants had moved to Chatuchak. At that time the market was called Phahonyothin Market. In 1987, its name was changed to Chatuchak Market.

The clock tower is a distinctive landmark in the Chatuchuk Market. It was built in 1987 on the occasion of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 60th birthday on 5 December 1987, a cooperative effort of the market administration and Thai-Chinese Merchant Association

Website: www.chatuchakmarket.org