Nang Yong Klong Yam Market

Nang Yong Klong Yam Market is a weekend evening market beside the Ping River in Mueang Tak, open Saturday and Sunday from around 16:00 to 21:00 — it doesn’t run on weekdays. The name describes how it works: “nang yong” means squatting, because vendors lay their goods out on knee-high bamboo platforms that shoppers crouch or sit beside to browse; “khlong yam” means carrying a cloth shoulder bag, since the market actively discourages plastic bags in favour of traditional yam totes.

Stalls sell a mix of Northern Thai food — khao soi and nam prik num turn up regularly — alongside OTOP products, handicrafts from local communities, clothing, and household goods. The low bamboo-platform setup gives the market a different feel from a typical night bazaar: everything sits at knee height, so you end up crouching alongside the vendor rather than standing over a table, which slows the pace of shopping and pushes more conversation into each purchase.

The riverside location adds a cooler evening breeze off the Ping, and the crowd builds gradually from late afternoon into early evening as locals finish work and stop by after the heat breaks. Saturday tends to draw a slightly bigger crowd than Sunday. Because it only runs two evenings a week, the stalls and layout can vary week to week rather than settling into a fixed, permanent footprint.

Insider Tip: Arrive close to opening at 16:00 for the best selection of handicrafts and OTOP goods — the food stalls, by contrast, get busier and more atmospheric after dark.

Watch out: turning up on a weekday finds nothing here — this is strictly a Saturday-Sunday evening market, and the riverside site sees no vendor activity the rest of the week.

The market sits in Tak town, an easy walk or short ride from the town centre along the Ping riverfront. Car, motorbike, or a short tuk-tuk ride from central Tak all work fine — there’s no need to arrange transport in advance.

King Taksin the Great Shrine and the Si Maharat City Pillar Shrine are both a short trip away in central Mueang Tak, worth combining with a weekend evening at the market.