Nightingale–Olympic
 Nightingale-Olympic in 2011 | |
| Location | 70 Tri Phet Rd, Wang Burapha Phirom, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200 |
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| Coordinates | 13°44′44″N 100°29′57″E / 13.7454714°N 100.4992175°E |
| Opening date | August 5, 1966 (officially)[1] |
| Developer | The Nightingale-Olympic Co.,LTD. |
| Management | Aroon Niyomvanich |
| Owner | The Nightingale-Olympic Co.,LTD. |
| No. of floors | 7 |
Nightingale–Olympic or The Nightingale–Olympic Co.,LTD. (Thai: ไนติงเกล-โอลิมปิก; or a short Nightingale) is a department store in Thailand. It's the oldest shopping mall that is continues to the present of Bangkok and also Thailand, located at Tri Phet Road, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok's Wang Burapha and Phahurat neighborhoods. It's a shopping mall that feels back to the past.
Nightingale opened in 1930 (before Siamese revolution 2 years) by Nat Niyomvanich, starting with a single shophouse near Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre. Later on August 5, 1966 it officially opened under the name Nightingale–Olympic as in today.
Nightingale is considered to be a popular shopping mall in the 1960s, when the shopping centers of Wang Burapha (Buraphaphirom Palace) area were popular among teenagers of those days like Siam Square in modern times. It's the center of cosmetics, stationeries, fashion clothes, lingeries, musical instruments, beauty salons, sports goods and also Thailand's first fitness club. It has the slogan "Hub of Sporting Goods, King of Musical Instruments, Queen of Cosmetics".[1]
Currently, Nightingale has 7 floors of 3 shophouses operated by Aroon Niyomvanich, a sister of Nat who is the founder, now she is over 90 years old.[2]
See also
References
- 1 2 "ย้อนตำนานห้างเก่าในยุคใหม่ "ไนติงเกล-โอลิมปิค"". Manager Online (in Thai). 2004-08-04.
- ↑ ประพันธ์วงศ์, สุชาฎา (2011-08-18). ""ไนติงเกล โอลิมปิค" ห้างแรกของเมืองไทย". Prachachat (in Thai).
External links
- Menist, Chris (2011-07-19). "Nightingale-Olympic: Bangkok nostalgia and back-breaking relics". CNN Travel.