Lisa's SaWaDiKa filming locations in Bangkok: a route on foot and by train.

Two things first, so nobody spends a taxi fare on a wrong assumption. The location list is the Thailand Film Office's, released by the Department of Tourism and published by The Nation on 6 September 2026; we have The Nation's report of it, not the release itself, and The Nation's separate report of 4 September is where the street names come from. And we have no report of anything left on site: no set, no signage. What you see is the city the crew chose, which for the station, the two streets and the museum is the point.

What was shot where

Hua Lamphong and Rong Mueang Road

The station is the one everybody recognises. The Nation's 4 September report places the street scenes on Rong Mueang Road and around the Hua Lamphong roundabout, where the old shophouses give the contemporary street-fashion shots their backdrop. Hua Lamphong remains an operating station, with ordinary and commuter services (the State Railway of Thailand's timetable, as read during the 12 September review; its site would not load for us on 13 September), so the hall is in everyday use and the platforms are not a film set. From the MRT, the operator's exit list gives Exit 2 for the railway station and Exit 3 for Rong Mueang Road.

Chaloem Khet 1 Road, Yotse

The Nation's first report calls it Soi Chaloem Khet 1 in Yotse; the Film Office list gives the district, Pom Prap Sattru Phai. Either way it is the neighbourhood of the former Chaloem Khet theatre, a block of shophouses that the video dressed with what The Nation calls futuristic production design. The shophouses are the reason to walk over from the station rather than take a taxi past them.

Soi Ngam Duphli, Sathon

The Nation's first report names Soi Ngam Duphli, once one of Bangkok's early backpacker streets, for the street-level scenes with the Muay Thai connections. The Film Office list names a Thammasat University women's dormitory in Sathon district. Those may be the same location and may not; neither report says, and we could not confirm it. The soi is public and opens off Rama IV Road by Lumphini MRT station, whose operator lists it under Exit 1 (spelled Soi Ngam Duplee there). The dormitory is private, and nobody should be photographing a students' hall of residence from the gate.

Dib Bangkok

The one site with a ticket desk, and the one whose interiors you will recognise: steel, glass, and the hard light and shadow the museum's architecture throws. Dib Bangkok is a contemporary art museum at 111 Soi Sukhumvit 40 in Khlong Toei. The details below come from its own Plan Your Visit, FAQ and opening-day pages, read on 12 September 2026, and they change, so treat the museum's site as the last word. The dates matter more than the prices this month.

The underpass by the 11th Infantry Regiment, Bang Khen

A road underpass beside an army regiment's grounds in the north of the city, on the Film Office list. We have not established whether a visitor can stand there. It is not on this route; watch that part of the video again instead.

Bang Khun Thian canal, Chom Thong

The list names the canal and the district and nothing more. Without a stretch, a pier or a road, we cannot tell you where to stand or whether you can, so it is not on this route either. If the Film Office or the district publishes the spot, this page will change.

The route, in order

A suggested sequence with our own time allowances; nobody from this site has walked it with a stopwatch. Plan it for a day the museum is open: Thursday to Monday for the public spaces until 14 September, any day but Wednesday from 26 September, and no day at all from 15 to 25 September, when you do the first three sites and skip Dib. If your day falls on or after 26 September, book the Dib Bangkok ticket the day before; until 14 September the public spaces need no ticket, and from 15 to 25 September there is nothing to book.

Morning: Hua Lamphong

Take the MRT Blue Line to Hua Lamphong and follow Exit 2 for the railway station. Walk the hall, then Rong Mueang Road for the shophouses (Exit 3 is the operator's exit for the road). Yaowarat Road, the Chinatown spine, is a few minutes' walk by the map, across the canal at the Chinatown gate; it is not in the video, but it is where lunch is.

Late morning: Yotse

Chaloem Khet 1 Road is roughly twenty minutes on foot from the station by the map, or a short taxi. Put the road name into your map app rather than trusting a street sign; the area is a grid of similar sois. Loop back to Chinatown to eat.

Early afternoon: Soi Ngam Duphli

Back on the Blue Line, three stops from Hua Lamphong to Lumphini (Sam Yan and Si Lom between). The soi opens off Rama IV Road by the station, Exit 1 on the operator's list. Ten minutes is enough unless you want a coffee on what The Nation calls one of the city's early backpacker streets.

Afternoon: Dib Bangkok

Blue Line three more stops from Lumphini to Sukhumvit (Khlong Toei and Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre between), change to the BTS at Asok, three stops to Ekkamai (Phrom Phong and Thong Lo between), then the museum's own 20-minute estimate on foot, or a taxi from the station. Doors close at 19:00 and the main galleries a quarter of an hour earlier, so arriving by 17:00 gives the building its due. From 15 to 25 September, end the day in Chinatown instead.

That is the station, both streets and the museum, no tour bought, MRT and BTS fares spent, and a museum ticket only on the days one is sold.

The tuk-tuks

The Nation reported three things on wheels: a promotional tuk-tuk convoy from Sony Music Thailand, pictured on 5 September; a fan group's tuk-tuk project with a planned route through Hua Lamphong, Yaowarat Road and Pak Khlong Talat; and a four-stop route suggested by the Tourism Authority of Thailand, taking in the Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, the Giant Swing and Wat Suthat, the Royal Jubilee Gate at Odeon Circle, and Yaowarat. Of those four stops, none is in the video. We have not verified a bookable tour, an operator or a price, and this page does not recommend one; if you find a tour, ask which of the filming locations it reaches before you pay.

If this is one day of a longer trip

Bangkok is the start of most Thailand routes. The example below opens a ten-night November route we set by hand: three nights in Bangkok, three in Chiang Mai, three in Krabi and a last night in Bangkok before the flight home, for a couple with culture, food and beach interests, dates and ages unanswered. The planner adds its usual activities to the Bangkok days; the filming route is not inserted or reserved, so clear one full Bangkok day if you want to follow this guide. There is no verified operator behind the route above, only a newspaper and a museum's website, and the planner does not invent activities from newspapers.

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Quick answers

Where was Lisa's SaWaDiKa music video filmed?

In Bangkok. The Thailand Film Office (Department of Tourism) released a list of six locations, reported by The Nation on 6 September 2026: Hua Lamphong railway station, a Thammasat University women's dormitory in Sathon district, Dib Bangkok in Khlong Toei, an underpass by the 11th Infantry Regiment in Bang Khen, Chaloem Khet 1 Road in Pom Prap Sattru Phai, and Bang Khun Thian canal in Chom Thong. The Nation's earlier report of 4 September named the streets: Rong Mueang Road by the station, Soi Ngam Duphli in Sathon, and Soi Chaloem Khet 1 in Yotse.

Can you visit the SaWaDiKa locations?

Hua Lamphong is a working station and Rong Mueang Road, Chaloem Khet 1 Road and Soi Ngam Duphli are public streets, so those cost nothing. Dib Bangkok is a museum with a ticket, and it is fully closed from 15 to 25 September 2026. The dormitory is private. We have not established visitor access to the army underpass, and the canal's filming stretch is unrecorded, so this route leaves both out.

How much does Dib Bangkok cost and when is it open?

From the museum's own pages, read on 12 September 2026: until 14 September the main galleries are closed and the public spaces are open Thursday to Monday 10:00 to 19:00 without a ticket; from 15 to 25 September the whole museum is closed; from 26 September it reopens Thursday to Tuesday 10:00 to 19:00, galleries closing 15 minutes earlier, closed on Wednesdays. Ordinary admission is THB 700, THB 550 for Thai residents, THB 150 for students aged 7 to 18 and THB 250 for 19 to 22, THB 150 for visitors with a disability; the opening day on 26 September has its own THB 550 ticket. Children under seven are not admitted to the galleries, payment is cashless, and the museum asks you to buy online in advance.

Is there an official SaWaDiKa tour?

Not one we can point you to. The Nation reported a promotional tuk-tuk convoy from Sony Music Thailand, a fan group's tuk-tuk project with a planned route, and a four-stop route suggested by the Tourism Authority of Thailand; none of those is a tour with an operator, a price and a departure time that we have verified. The route on this page is free to walk and uses the MRT and BTS.

Do trains still leave from Hua Lamphong?

Some do. Hua Lamphong remains an operating station, with ordinary and commuter services listed in the State Railway of Thailand's timetable, as read during the 12 September review. Confirm the train you want on the State Railway of Thailand's timetables; for this route you only need the station building and the MRT station of the same name.

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