Nightingale–Olympic

Nightingale Olympic Co., Ltd.
Nightingale-Olympic in september 2024
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LocationPhra Nakhon, Bangkok, Thailand
Coordinates13°44′44″N 100°29′57″E / 13.7454714°N 100.4992175°E / 13.7454714; 100.4992175
Address70 Tri Phet Rd, Wang Burapha Phirom
Opening dateAugust 5, 1966 (1966-08-05) (officially)[1]
Closing dateMid-2024
DeveloperNightingale Olympic Co., Ltd.
ManagementAroon Niyomvanich
OwnerNightingale Olympic Co., Ltd.
No. of floors7 (2 open to the public)
Websitenightingaleolympic.com

Nightingale–Olympic or The Nightingale–Olympic Co., LTD. (Thai: ไนติงเกล-โอลิมปิก); simply known as Nightingale was a department store in Thailand. It was the oldest department store in Thailand until 2024. The store had seven floors of three shophouses without air conditioning on Tri Phet Road in Bangkok's Wang Burapha and Phahurat neighbourhoods.[2]

Nightingale opened in 1930 (two years before Siamese revolution) by Nat Niyomvanich, a Dawoodi Bohra descent businessman,[3] starting with a single shophouse near Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre. Later, on August 5, 1966, it officially opened under the name Nightingale–Olympic.

Nightingale was considered to be a popular department in the 1960s, when the shopping centres of Wang Burapha were popular among teenagers of those days like Siam Square in modern times. It was the centre of cosmetics, stationeries, fashion clothes, lingeries, musical instruments, beauty salons, sports goods and also Thailand's first fitness club. It uses the slogan "Hub of Sporting Goods, King of Musical Instruments, Queen of Cosmetics".[1]

In 2024, it is closed due to second-generation entrepreneur Arun Niyomvanich, younger sister of Nat, passed away in the middle of the same year at the age of 103 after running the business for decades.[4]

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References

  1. ^ a b "ย้อนตำนานห้างเก่าในยุคใหม่ "ไนติงเกล-โอลิมปิค"" [Retracing legend the old mall in new age "Nightingale–Olympic"]. Manager Online (in Thai). 2004-08-04.
  2. ^ Praphanwong, Suchada (2011-08-18). ""ไนติงเกล โอลิมปิค" ห้างแรกของเมืองไทย" ["Nightingale–Olympic" Thailand first's department store]. Prachachat (in Thai).
  3. ^ Chak Rak Su Rao Season 2 (2022-04-06). "กรุงเทพฯ เมื่อแรกสร้าง : กอบกู้ ก่อร่าง สร้างเมือง" [Bangkok when the first built : salvage, shaping, building a city]. Thai PBS (in Thai). Retrieved 2022-08-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Kuharuangrong, Jinna (2024-12-09). "คุณอรุณ นิยมวานิช ผู้ก่อตั้งห้างโอลิมปิก-ไนติงเกล ห้างสรรพสินค้าแรกของไทย ถึงแก่กรรมอย่างสงบด้วยอายุ 103 ปี เมื่อวันที่ 30 มิถุนายนที่ผ่านมา". Facebook (in Thai). Retrieved 2024-07-22.
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