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[go to separate pages for more extensive reviews of Siam Paragon , Emporium, Shopping around Siam Square ]
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Shopping window at Nike shop at Fenix building, close to Sukhumvit Road, soi 31. Only the logo of Nike is used outside to point to the shop. |
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Sportswear and Sport Equipment :
Sportswear both cheap and expensive is widely available throughout Bangkok. For large stores, you can visit virtually any Central Department Store or Robinson Store, and head for the SuperSports section, where you will find all kinds of apparel sportswear, tennis and golf equipment, sneakers from all major brands like Nike and Adidas.
At Fortune Town (on the basement floor), there is a large store called Sports World, with also a big choice of the above goods, although we did not see a Nike section on our last visit. Fortune Town is located at the Rama 9 station of the MRTA subway. Around Nana, next to the entry to the skytrain (on Sukhumvit on the side with the uneven numbered sois), you will find two stores that sell shirts from famous soccer clubs. Whether they are original or faked, we do not know. Prices in those shops may be a little bit high, so walk around on Sukhumvit in the adjacent area, and you may find some street vendors selling the same outfits at a price of around 300-400 baht a piece. In the past we have bought these soccer shirts from some young relatives, and found them to be of good quality.
An 'official' Adidas-Puma shop is located between soi 3 and soi 5 on Sukhumvit Road. It stays open late at night.
Both Nike and Adidas-Puma have outlets at Fenix building (or tower, not sure about the exact name), located close to Sukhumvit soi 31. This is downtown from Emporium Shopping Complex, but on the other side of Sukhumvit Road. Both shops offer a good selection of sneakers and sports apparel.
At Emporium itself (and close to the skytrain station) is a large shop called Sportsmall, where you can find Nike, Adidas and Puma sportshoes and apparel.
There is also an Adidas shop along Silom Road (located between the MRT and skytrain stations, left side of the road when coming from Rama IV).
Sports apparel is maybe even more abundant, both at brand name shops and inside the department stores at Siam Paragon, Central World Plaza, Emporium. Be aware that Adidas offers 'Asian sizes'. This seem to matter less for trunks, but T-shorts, sport shirts tend to be very small sized. A XXL will just fit a 'medium' torso, so try things before buying. We noticed that Reebok offers international sizes, so you do have this particular problem there, we do not know about Nike.
If you are interested in using a bicycle in Bangkok (?) you can find a small section at Supersports (Central Department Store) and a larger bike shop inside Sports World (see above). But they basically sell only mountain bikes.
A better equipped bikeshop, named ProBike, with brandname mountain bikes and race bikes can be found on Sarasin Street. Sarasin Street is located adjacent to Lumpini Park, and is within walking distance from the Rajadamri skytrain station. Unfortunately, also at this shop you will have difficulty finding a well priced (and 'simple') regular road bike. Most bikes on sale are upmarket and cost more than 15,000 baht.
If you are looking for tennis rackets, golf equipment etc., you will probably find what you need at most Robinson and Central Department Stores (Supersports section).
Some basic shopping advice
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