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| Location | Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, Thailand |
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| Coordinates | 13°44′44″N 100°29′57″E / 13.7454714°N 100.4992175°E |
| Address | 70 Tri Phet Rd, Wang Burapha Phirom |
| Opening date | 5 August 1966 (officially)[1] |
| Closing date | Mid-2024 |
| Developer | Nightingale Olympic Co., Ltd. |
| Owner | Nightingale Olympic Co., Ltd. |
| No. of floors | 7 (2 open to the public) |
| Website | nightingaleolympic |
Nightingale–Olympic, or The Nightingale–Olympic Co., LTD. (Thai: ไนติงเกล-โอลิมปิก); simply known as Nightingale, was a department store in Bangkok, Thailand. Located on Tri Phet Road in Bangkok's Wang Burapha Phirom subdistrict, it was the oldest department store in the nation until it closed, in 2024.[2]
Nightingale was founded in 1930 as a single shophouse near Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre by Nat Niyomvanich, a local Thai Chinese businessman. At the time, he employed his six siblings as well as three nieces.[3][4] In 1966, it was renamed Nightingale–Olympic.[1]
In the 1960s, Nightingale was popular with teenagers. It sold cosmetics, stationery, fashionable clothing, lingerie, musical instruments, sports goods, and also included a beauty salon as well as Thailand's first fitness club. It used the slogan "Hub of sporting goods, king of musical instruments, queen of cosmetics".[1]
In 2024, upon the death of Niyomvanich's younger sister Aroon, who had been running the store for decades, the business was closed.[5]
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[edit]- ^ a b c "ย้อนตำนานห้างเก่าในยุคใหม่ "ไนติงเกล-โอลิมปิค"" [Retracing legend the old mall in new age "Nightingale–Olympic"]. Manager Online (in Thai). 4 August 2004. Archived from the original on 13 August 2004.
- ^ Praphanwong, Suchada (18 August 2011). ""ไนติงเกล โอลิมปิค" ห้างแรกของเมืองไทย" ["Nightingale–Olympic" Thailand first's department store]. Prachachat (in Thai). Archived from the original on 16 March 2018.
- ^ "Bangkok's forgotten shopping centre". bbc.com. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ Chak Rak Su Rao Season 2 (6 April 2022). "กรุงเทพฯ เมื่อแรกสร้าง: กอบกู้ ก่อร่าง สร้างเมือง" [Bangkok when the first built: salvage, shaping, building a city]. Thai PBS (in Thai). Retrieved 15 August 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Kuharuangrong, Jinna (9 December 2024). "คุณอรุณ นิยมวานิช ผู้ก่อตั้งห้างโอลิมปิก-ไนติงเกล ห้างสรรพสินค้าแรกของไทย ถึงแก่กรรมอย่างสงบด้วยอายุ 103 ปี เมื่อวันที่ 30 มิถุนายนที่ผ่านมา" [Mr. Arun Niyomwanich, founder of Olympic-Nightingale Department Store, Thailand's first department store, passed away peacefully at the age of 103 on June 30.]. Facebook (in Thai). Retrieved 22 July 2024.
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