2 articles
23 April 2026
thailandBangkok Temple Guide: Wat Pho, Wat Arun, and the Grand Palace
Three of Bangkok's most significant landmarks cluster within walking distance on the Chao Phraya riverbank. How to cover all three in a day, what to expect at each, and how to avoid the most common mistakes.
Henrik Vinter
26 February 2026
thailandBangkok for First-Timers: What the City Is Actually Like
Bangkok's defining feature isn't its temples or night markets — it's the friction of moving through it. The BTS Skytrain covers maybe a third of the city; everything else requires planning. Traffic is so severe that a 3km journey in a tuk-tuk can take 40 minutes. The areas worth visiting are scattered across different districts, connected by overlapping transport networks that don't always overlap where you need them to. Spontaneity works against you here. The travellers who enjoy Bangkok are the ones who accept this upfront and build routes around it, not around a mental map of "must-sees."
Henrik Vinter