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Nearly every night, Taipei pulses until midnight with bright lights, tasty snacks, and crowds of people buying or browsing through night markets. The markets offer fun, bargains, and generally sell a variety of traditional products, casual clothes, fruit, and snacks. Most vendors speak only Chinese, so pen and paper are needed for bargaining. Night markets frequented by students generally have the best bargains on food, and clothes. These include Shihlin (north of the Grand Hotel) and Kungkuan (near National Taiwan University). Other major night markets are Huahsi Street (picture), and Tunghua Street near the World Trade Center. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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There are several night markets in Taipei, and I think they are hands-down the best nighttime activity. They are sprawling mazes of covered alleyways, similar to the arcades and gallerias in Paris, but they are teeming with anything you could ever want! Of course there are acres of knickknacks and cheap goods for sale, but there are store-front massage parlors (legitimate, not seedy), herbalists, videos for sale, jewelry... to my Western eye it was all incredibly exotic. And food: buns, ribs, noodles, stuff you couldn't identify. I was in Taiwan for only one night (long story... there to give a lecture at a conference) and I went to the Huahsi Market with a couple of other guys by taxi. I cannot imagine having a better time. From the foot massages (I suspect the guy who did my massage was into martial arts, and must have had it in for me) to the snake soup (yes, it does taste like chicken), to the hole-in-the-wall noodle place where we had a late supper, those few hours were unforgettable. And isn't unforgettable the whole purpose of travel?
You probably shouldn't be nude. Other than that, anything goes. Theme: Eating and DrinkingAddress: Take taxi, or public transport to Chientan StationDirections: There are several night markets; the Shi Lin is the most famous, in the Shi Lin district. We went to the Hwahsi Market, near Lungshan Temple (a must-see, especially after dark!)
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