Taiwan
Taipei
Night Markets & Deep Roots
Overview
Modern on the surface. Ancient underneath.
Taipei rewards depth. The surface is fast, contemporary, and dense — a city that moves with extraordinary efficiency. But beneath it is one of the great repositories of Chinese culture, preserved here with a care and seriousness found nowhere else.
Three things worth knowing
01
The Palace Museum
The National Palace Museum holds 700,000 objects — the largest collection of Chinese imperial artefacts in the world, brought here for safekeeping in 1949. Give it a full day. Return the next morning.
02
The Markets at Night
Shilin after dark, or the quieter lanes around Raohe Street. Taipei's night markets are not tourist attractions — they are where the city eats. Oyster vermicelli. Scallion pancakes. Stinky tofu for the committed.
03
Taipei 101
The tower is best seen from a distance, ideally from Elephant Mountain at dusk when the city spreads beneath it. At 509 metres it remains the frame through which Taipei understands its own skyline.
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