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'''Woeng Nakhon Khasem''' ({{Lang-th|เวิ้งนาครเขษม}}) is a market in the [[Samphanthawong]] District, [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]. It is popularly known as the "Thieves Market" as formerly mostly stolen goods were sold there. The market is surrounded by [[Charoen Krung]], Chakkrawat, Boriphat, and [[Yaowarat Road]]s in the area near foot of [[Damrong Sathit Bridge]] (Saphan Lek) with close to [[Wang Burapha]] and [[Khlong Thom, Bangkok|Khlong Thom]]. Its name literally translated as "delightful townspeople alcove".
Woeng Nakhon Khasem regarded as the first [[shopping district]] in Bangkok that has it all. It occurred during the King [[Chulalongkorn]] (Rama V)'s reign. HM the King bestowed this land to Prince [[Paribatra Sukhumbandhu]]. In the year 1905, it was the site of the first cinema in Siam (now Thailand) in the name of a Japanese Cinema, due to being operated by [[Japanese people|Japanese]], although it was just a temporary cinema that was roofed with zinc only. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.thaipbs.or.th/content/175894|work=[[Thai PBS]]|language=thai|date=2013-06-10|title=ก้าวเล็กๆของโรงหนังแห่งแรกในเมืองไทย |trans-title=Small steps of the first cinema in Thailand}}</ref>
Later on, Woeng Nakhon Khasem became a market for imitation antiques, old furniture, brass ware, and [[Phonograph record|record]]s, with especially musical instruments.
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