{
  "schema": "landometer.citywiki.article/v1",
  "id": "05a6ee3f-b59d-41f4-865f-261122e86a2d",
  "slug": "silom",
  "url": "https://landometer.com/v3/citywiki/silom?lang=en",
  "json": "https://landometer.com/v3/citywiki/silom.json",
  "language": "en",
  "updatedAt": "2026-08-24T14:06:23.271851+07:00",
  "indexedBySearch": true,
  "pendingBeforeIndexing": [
    "Passed the two-step human review (geography and evidence, then page quality)."
  ],
  "place": {
    "nameEn": "Silom",
    "nameTh": "สีลม",
    "province": "Bangkok",
    "country": "Thailand",
    "geoNote": "Western-central Silom Road and adjoining lanes in Bang Rak district.",
    "pronunciation": "see-lom"
  },
  "quickAnswer": "Silom (สีลม) here means the western-central blocks around Lalai Sap, Silom Soi 20, Pan Road, the Jewelry Trade Center and Neilson Hays Library—not the whole road, subdistrict, nightlife area or business district. Sri Maha Mariamman Temple and the gem trade give these blocks their clearest identity, while two markets and the library work to separate timetables. Choose one or two places after checking current access; the links between them have not been assessed as a continuous or step-free walk.",
  "truthStatement": "This western-central stretch of Silom changes purpose by the hour, moving between morning buying, lunchtime trading, Hindu worship, gem work and reading.",
  "boundary": {
    "headline": "What this page means by Silom",
    "definitionNote": "This is an approximate western-central Silom area around Lalai Sap, Pan Road, Silom Soi 20 and 21, the Jewelry Trade Center and Neilson Hays Library. It is not the whole of Silom Road or Silom subdistrict, and it does not take in every office, nightlife street or attraction commonly marketed under the Silom name."
  },
  "fit": {
    "summary": "This part of Silom suits visitors who are willing to plan around the purpose and timetable of each place.",
    "roles": [
      "Temple visitors",
      "Gem and jewelry learners",
      "Market browsers",
      "Readers and art-goers"
    ]
  },
  "misfit": {
    "summary": "It is less suitable when the visit depends on one fixed timetable or an assessed connection between every stop.",
    "roles": [
      "Nightlife-first visitors",
      "Wheelchair users needing a checked route",
      "Travellers with a fixed market schedule"
    ]
  },
  "practical": {
    "estimatedTime": "1–3 hours for one or two checked stops",
    "estimatedBudget": "฿200 for the GIT museum; meals from ฿100–200 at one named venue",
    "recommendedDuration": "One focused stop to half a day"
  },
  "bestTime": [
    {
      "note": "The dated Lalai Sap sources associate the market with office lunch breaks; check its current trading days first.",
      "when": "Weekday lunchtime"
    },
    {
      "note": "The Silom Soi 20 account describes a morning market, but it comes from one visit in September 2025.",
      "when": "Morning"
    },
    {
      "note": "Neilson Hays Library currently gives 09:30–17:00 on these days, with Monday closure; events may alter access.",
      "when": "Tuesday to Sunday daytime"
    },
    {
      "note": "Ceremonies may change access and street movement. Use the temple’s current calendar rather than older event entries.",
      "when": "Temple festival periods"
    }
  ],
  "route": {
    "intro": "Treat these as separate choices, not a promised walking route. Check the market, temple, museum, gallery or library directly, then choose the relevant station exit, crossing and return for that one destination.",
    "stops": [
      {
        "name": "Silom Soi 20 Morning Market (ตลาดเช้าสีลมซอย 20)",
        "role": "Morning market choice",
        "headline": "Fruit, prepared food and alms-giving supplies in one dated morning account"
      },
      {
        "name": "Gem and Jewelry Museum (พิพิธภัณฑ์อัญมณีและเครื่องประดับ)",
        "role": "Learn the gem process",
        "headline": "Follow a gemstone from the mine to finished jewelry"
      },
      {
        "name": "Sri Maha Mariamman Temple (วัดพระศรีมหาอุมาเทวี)",
        "role": "Enter on temple terms",
        "headline": "A Tamil Hindu temple at the head of Pan Road"
      },
      {
        "name": "Lalai Sap (ซอยละลายทรัพย์)",
        "role": "Lunch market choice",
        "headline": "A market lane tied to the office lunch break"
      },
      {
        "name": "Number 1 Gallery Silom 21",
        "role": "See current Thai art",
        "headline": "A current exhibition programme near the former Silom Galleria art setting"
      },
      {
        "name": "Neilson Hays Library (หอสมุดเนียลสัน เฮส์)",
        "role": "End with books",
        "headline": "A library association founded in 1869, housed here since 1922"
      }
    ]
  },
  "faqs": [
    {
      "a": "The western-central blocks around Lalai Sap, Pan Road, Silom Soi 20 and 21, the Jewelry Trade Center and Neilson Hays Library—not the entire road, subdistrict, nightlife area or business district.",
      "q": "Which Silom does this page mean?"
    },
    {
      "a": "Choose one market. Silom Soi 20 has a morning account from September 2025, while Lalai Sap is described as a weekday lunch market in sources from 2018 and 2020. Check current operation first.",
      "q": "Should I visit the market in the morning or at lunch?"
    },
    {
      "a": "No current access pattern is promised here. Read the notices when you arrive and be prepared to remain outside during worship or ceremonies.",
      "q": "Can I always enter Sri Maha Mariamman Temple?"
    },
    {
      "a": "It explains gemstone origins, classification, cutting, polishing, enhancement, precious metals and jewelry manufacture. The official fee page gives foreign-visitor admission as ฿200; check current hours and holiday closures.",
      "q": "What does the Gem and Jewelry Museum show?"
    },
    {
      "a": "Its owner page currently gives Tuesday–Sunday, 09:30–17:00, with Monday closure. Recheck for events, maintenance or temporary changes.",
      "q": "When is Neilson Hays Library open?"
    },
    {
      "a": "The Reading Room describes itself as temporarily closed, Bangkok Seashell Museum is reported permanently closed, and Tang Contemporary Art now operates its Bangkok space at River City Bangkok. Current operation for The Silom Galleria Art Space is unclear.",
      "q": "What happened to the older Silom attractions?"
    }
  ],
  "caveats": [
    "The Tourism dataset gives a total of six attractions but supplies only five individual attraction entries.",
    "Its activity entries are all past: Bangkok Pride Festival ran from May 28–31, 2026, while the supplied Navaratri entries cover 2023, 2024 and 2025 rather than a current temple calendar.",
    "Market schedules, temple access, museum arrangements, library hours, restaurant operation and the connections between stops should be checked before travelling."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "publisher": "CityMETER",
      "title": "Locale boundary and scope data",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Approximate non-legal boundary; distinction between this western-central Silom area and the wider road, subdistrict, business district and nightlife area."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "CityMETER",
      "title": "Tourism dataset",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Five supplied attraction entries despite a stated total of six; dated Bangkok Pride and Navaratri activity entries; original Thai attraction names and descriptions."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "CityMETER",
      "title": "Restaurant, Factory, Office and Hotel datasets",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Forty-three restaurants versus 36 named points; restaurant types and price bands; nine factories and 807 workers; five named jewelry manufacturers; 54-floor Jewelry Trade Center; accommodation presence."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Bang Rak District Office",
      "title": "Sri Maha Mariamman Temple (Wat Khaek)",
      "url": "https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/bangrak/page/sub/2939/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B5-%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%81-Maha-Uma-Devi-Temple",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Temple location, South Indian Tamil community origin, Vaiti and other founders, wooden-shrine beginning, permanent site and history around 1910–1911."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Bang Rak District Office",
      "title": "Lalai Sap",
      "url": "https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/bangrak/page/sub/2963/%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%8C",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Soi Surasena, Silom Soi 5 and Lalai Sap as paired names; 2018 description of lunchtime office-worker shopping, food and goods."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Tourism Authority of Thailand",
      "title": "Bangkok Flea Markets: Adventurous Shopping Experience",
      "url": "https://www.tourismthailand.org/Articles/bangkok-flea-markets-adventurous-shopping-experience",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Dated 2020 account associating Lalai Sap with weekdays, office workers, clothing, accessories and lunchtime trade."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Neilson Hays Library",
      "title": "Our History",
      "url": "https://neilsonhayslibrary.org/history",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Foundation by thirteen British and American women in 1869; Jennie Neilson Hays, Dr Thomas Heyward Hays and the 1922 library building."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Neilson Hays Library",
      "title": "Contact and Visit",
      "url": "https://neilsonhayslibrary.org/contact",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Surawong Road location, current published opening pattern, transport suggestions and limited parking."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand",
      "title": "Museum Exhibit",
      "url": "https://git.or.th/en/information-service/28/60",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Museum location and displays on mining, classification, cutting, polishing, enhancement, precious metals and jewelry manufacture."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand",
      "title": "Museum Entry Fees",
      "url": "https://git.or.th/en/information-service/28/197",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Published museum admission categories, including ฿200 for foreign visitors."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand",
      "title": "Contact Us",
      "url": "https://git.or.th/en/pageredirect/url/rTpWewEb3Q/MQ%3D%3D",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "ITF Tower address and institute working-day information."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Wongnai",
      "title": "Silom Soi 20 Morning Market",
      "url": "https://www.wongnai.com/attractions/3443597cr-%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8A%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A1-%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A2-20",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "One reviewer’s 21 September 2025 description of fruit, prepared food, alms-giving supplies and the market’s position on Silom Soi 20."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Number 1 Gallery",
      "title": "About Us",
      "url": "https://www.number1gallery.com/AboutUs.aspx",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Current principal gallery in Silom 21, work with Thai artists, founder Jaturong Kengwinit and the gallery’s beginnings at the Jewelry Trade Center."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Number 1 Gallery",
      "title": "Contact",
      "url": "https://www.number1gallery.com/Contact.aspx",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Silom Soi 21 location and current published visitor information."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Tang Contemporary Art",
      "title": "Contact",
      "url": "https://www.tangcontemporary.com/contact-en",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Current Bangkok gallery address at River City Bangkok, outside this Silom boundary."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "The Reading Room",
      "title": "Official Instagram profile",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/readingroombkk/",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "The Reading Room describes its status as temporarily closed."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Tripadvisor",
      "title": "Bangkok Seashell Museum",
      "url": "https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g293916-d2513217-Reviews-Bangkok_Seashell_Museum-Bangkok.html",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "The venue is reported permanently closed; treated as a report rather than an official closure notice."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Bangkok Mass Transit System",
      "title": "Routes and Fares",
      "url": "https://www.bts.co.th/routemap.html",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Chong Nonsi Station on the BTS network; the page does not establish the onward walking connection."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Panna Sourdough",
      "title": "Official links and Silom location",
      "url": "https://linktr.ee/pannasourdough",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Pan Road location and the venue’s focus on artisan baking and sourdough."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Ariya Indian Food Bangkok",
      "title": "Official Facebook page",
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/p/Ariya-Indian-Food-Bangkok-61573187225652/",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Silom Soi 20 location, Indian food and vegetarian choices."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Wikimedia Commons",
      "title": "Si Lom Road (Thanon Si Lom)",
      "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ASi_Lom_Road_%28Thanon_Si_Lom%29.jpg",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Hero-image creator, original file and CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse licence."
    }
  ],
  "image": {
    "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Si_Lom_Road_%28Thanon_Si_Lom%29.jpg",
    "alt": "Si Lom",
    "author": "Chainwit.",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0",
    "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Si_Lom_Road_(Thanon_Si_Lom).jpg"
  }
}