During the high season, Bangkok becomes a thrifter’s paradise with vintage stalls, flea markets and maker fairs held all across the Thai capital. Set in the underground Metro Mall of Kamphaeng Phet MRT station, the Re:Turn Market is a lesser known, vintage gem in Bangkok. This small, yet carefully curated market is stuffed full with over 70 vendors selling everything from old vinyl records to preloved sportswear, classic toys to bespoke crafts.

Come with us as we spend an afternoon thrifting and share everything you need to know about visiting!

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A huge black and white poster with yellow text saying "Re:Turn Market at MRT Kamphaeng Phet. Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Free Entry" hangs on the marble wall of an MRT station in Bangkok.

Our Experience Visiting

We headed to the Re:Turn Market after a late lunch at Bangkok’s Or Tor Kor Market. Feeling full after a delicious Thai rice and curry feast, we headed down to the steps of the MRT station to see what vintage bargains we could find. As we arrived at the Metro Mall, stalls spread out lining every wall of the underground shopping centre. The first stall immediately piqued our interest. On the floor sat piles and piles of preloved Levi jeans and Carhartt t-shirts in every colour of the rainbow. Not finding anything we fancied (or at least anything that fitted John) we dove deeper into the market.

A clothes rack is full of hanging, colourful, vintage t-shirts. In front is a table full of old bags, sunglasses and scarves at the Re:Turn Market in Bangkok.

We passed a stall overflowing with pastel pink, digital Baby G watches sitting next to the shiny metal straps of Fossil and old Rolexes. Next to this, North Face jackets hung side by side to Columbia jumpers and other well-known outdoor brands. Another stall looked as though it had fallen straight from the 90s and was full of chic bomber jackets, classic Nike trainers and retro sports t-shirts. Further along, we found a toddler’s idea of heaven, as rows upon rows of cuddly toys sat staring back at us. Pooh bears sat next to Minnie Mouse, Woody next to the iconic Mr Bean teddy. We paused at a sports stall selling t-shirts from every brand imaginable. Ellie picked up a stylish preloved Champion t-shirt and John found a burgundy Vans shirt amongst the racks.

Next to the sportswear we found a stall specialising in music. Boxes of vinyls sat underneath racks of old band t-shirts. It was a curious mix of every genre and style, with gig t-shirts from Offspring to Spice Girls, Blink 182 to All Saints, Metallica to Destiny’s Child.

Amongst all these secondhand goods, were small craft stalls selling handmade jewellery, stickers and keyrings. Ellie bought two beautiful stone and pearl bracelets from a cheerful lady selling her handmade wares.

After about two hours of slow browsing, we were thrifted out. Happy and content we left, bags and hearts full with vintage goods!

Sitting on top of a market stall table are watches of every kind and style, keyrings, wallets and purses at the Re:Turn Market in Bangkok.

Where Is The Market Held?

The Re:Turn Market is held in the Metro Mall located within Kamphaeng Phet’s MRT station. You can find the location on Google Maps here.

Dates / Times Of The Market

The Re:Turn Market is held every couple of weeks. For details of all the upcoming market events, just head over to the @rookie_bkk Instagram page.
The market is open from 11:00 until 21:00 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
We have been lucky enough to visit the market a few times now on different weekends and different days. When we visited on Friday (around mid-afternoon) we basically had the whole market all to ourselves which made browsing the stalls so much easier. The next time we visited, we were there late morning on a Saturday just before we headed to Chatuchak Weekend Market and it was a lot busier! So if you fancy shopping in peace, follow our lead and head to the market early on Friday.

There are stickers galore at Bangkok’s vintage fairs!

How To Get There?

The easiest way to get to the market is to hop on the Blue MRT line to Kamphaeng Phet MRT station. The market is held just above the MRT tracks in the Metro Mall. If you’re heading north on the Green BTS line, then get off at Chatuchak Park and head down to Mo Chit station on the Blue MRT line. From there, head south for one stop to get back to Kamphaeng Phet. At Kamphaeng Phet MRT Station you will need to follow the signs for Exit 1.
As we’ve said above, the Re:Turn Market sits just next door to the world famous Chatuchak Market so you could easily plan a full day of market shopping. There’s also the chance to thrift for some more vintage bargains in the ginormous, multi-floor Red Building Vintage Chatuchak that sits just above Kamphaeng Phet’s MRT. This huge mall is full of shops stuffed full of clothes, antiques, electronics and more!

A Snoop Dog Father Christmas doll sits in clear plastic wrap on a market stall table at the vintage Re:Turn Market of Bangkok. — *You really never know what you are going to find!*

Entry Fees

The Re:Turn Market is completely free to enter. Just bring yourself and plenty of baht!

Facilities

The Metro Mall has a small collection of street food stalls open on the weekends selling portions of all the Thai street food favourites (pad kra pao, pad thai etc) as well as a rice and curry buffet. There is also a coffee shop inside the underground mall. We didn’t get a coffee from here, so can’t comment on how good it is; however, if you’re after a really good caffeine fix, we would recommend leaving the station at Exit 1, turning left into the gated carpark and heading to Compress Coffee. We enjoyed two delicious iced lattes from this very stylish craft coffee shop, they were fantastic!

A plastic yellow cleaning sign has the words "Find me if you need coffee" stuck on it in black capital letters. At the bottom is a black arrow pointing up and also a purple cat sticker.

If you’re visiting on Saturday and Sunday, then there’s the food court, street food stalls, restaurants and bars all set within Chatuchak Weekend Market, a 5 minute walk from the station itself. There is also a 7-Eleven store (follow the signs for Exit 3) on the main road next to Or Tor Kor Market. Or Tor Kor Market itself is our “go-to” for food in the area, it has a fantastic food court full of every Thai delicacy imaginable, we would recommend eating here over the chaos of Chatuchak Market!
There are toilet facilities in the station itself as well as in Chatuchak Market and Or Tor Kor Market.
If you buy too much at the Re:Turn Market and are planning some more shopping around Chatuchak then there are luggage facilities at the top of the escalators of Exit 2 (Chatuchak Market exit).

Final Thoughts

The Re:Turn Market was one of our favourite vintage markets we visited. Although not the biggest in Bangkok, we ended up spending a lot longer at the market than we expected. We loved how varied the vintage fair was with both preloved trinkets sitting alongside handmade crafts. All the clothes we browsed through were all in great nick and well washed. In some markets we’ve visited, some of the t-shirts and clothing have looked a little worse for wear, with stains and holes on the items, yet everything we looked at at the Re:Turn market was in good condition.
We loved our time so much at the market, we ended up visiting again the next time it was on and picked up some really cool postcards made by a local artist.

Thanks for reading,

John & Ellie x

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