City of Light: Six Night Scenes in Taipei

Taipeiers, famous for staying up late for food and drink, will also go out of their way to enjoy glittering night views from one of the city’s many scenic spots, and there are indeed a plethora to choose from. Taipei may be in a natural basin bisected by rivers, but it’s also surrounded by mountains and dotted with hills.

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The Renaissance of Music:
A Revival of CDs and Cassettes

We explore two record shops, BTB Music Workshop and RK Record, both long- standing Taipei institutions that can shed light on the local music industry with their experience and observations.

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Adventures in Taipei’s Best Inclusive Children Playgrounds

If you want to find inclusive playgrounds and parks for your kid, then this is the article you can not miss. Perfect for a cool autumn day.

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Exploring a Manga Artist’s Daydream

It is here in Beitou — among the intense spirituality, raw natural beauty, and rich cultural history — that comic book artist Jeffrey Chien (簡士頡) grew up. His debut serial online comic series takes its name from the old indigenous name of his neighborhood (though with a slightly different spelling): Pataauw: The Witches of Beitou.

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Breaking the Stereotypes of the Unhoused: Yo Wash Creates a New Look for Taipei

The work was done by local unhoused people hired and trained by Yo Wash to clean up the city and the community, simultaneously removing the stigma surrounding unhoused people, and regaining their self-confidence and dignity.

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A Baker’s Dream: A Tour of Three Scrumptious Bakeries in Taipei 

We’ve uncovered three scrumptious bakeries throughout Taipei, sharing their unique ways of making bread and the concept of hometown flavors ingrained in their recipes.

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Ask a Cat Behavior Consultant for Cattitude Solutions

To better understand the art of “cat whispering” in Taipei, we spoke with Jill Su, the first cat behavior consultant in Taiwan to achieve “Elite Fear Free Certified Professional (FFCP),” status after undergoing the Canadian Companion Animal Sciences Institute (CASI) feline behavior science training and becoming a member of the Association of Animal Behavior Professionals (AABP).

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Stepping on the Stage of Dreams: Three Artists Share Their Taipei Dreams with the World

Artful autumn is coming! We have invited three groups of stars to share their stories about how to make their dreams come true in Taipei.

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Waterfall Wonderland:
Finding the Falls of Yangmingshan

A trip for venturing up the mighty Yangmingshan, Taipei, in search of a pocket of waterfall trails that are all within reach of one another.

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Taipei Birdwatching 101: A Dreamland for Birds and Birdwatchers

Taipei’s superb ecosystem and perfect landscape creates natural habitats for birds, and the weather in autumn could not be more suitable for birding.

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