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Taipei Through the Ages: The Discovery Center of Taipei

By: traveltaipeimagzine 2020-11-112020-11-10

Northern Taiwan, Urban Exploration & ExhibitionsHistory, museum, TaipeiLeave a Comment

Find everything you need to know about Taipei at Discovery Center of Taipei.

8 Things to Do Around Longshan Temple

By: Taiwan Scene 2020-09-292020-09-29

Central Taiwan, Festivals, History & CultureCulture, History, local, market, Religion, Taipei, TempleLeave a Comment

What to do when you visit one of Taiwan’s most well-known temples.

The City of Taipei: A Museum without Walls

By: traveltaipeimagzine 2020-09-202020-09-17

Central Taiwan, Festivals, History & Culturebangka, beitou, Culture, Dadaocheng, History, museum, TaipeiLeave a Comment

Five Living Museums — Old and New, Modern and Traditional, Coexisting in Harmony.

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National Palace Museum Experiences: A day of History and Culture in Taipei

By: Taiwan Scene 2020-08-202020-08-31

Central Taiwan, Festivals, History & CultureCulture, History, museum, National Palace Museum, Taipei, tourLeave a Comment

National Palace Museum, Dadaocheng, and National Taiwan Museum Railway Department Park.

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If Only You Were in a Pair of Traditional Cloth Shoes: Dongtai Cloth Shoes Shop

By: traveltaipeimagzine 2019-05-222019-05-24

Activities, Festivals, History & Culture, Northern TaiwanArt, Culture, History, May, XimenLeave a Comment

Dongtai Cloth Shoes Shop (東台布鞋莊) is hidden within an alley of the Chengzhong Open-Air Market (城中市場) off Wuchang Street (武昌街).
TaiwanScene is going to show you how this particular shoe shop mesmerizes tourists, embroiders new ideas on shoe uppers, and custom-made comfort to bring in swarms of orders.

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Things Every Drinker Should Know about Taipei’s Bar and Nightlife Scene

By: highheelsandhitops 2019-03-292019-07-04

Activities, Food & DrinkBar, Culture, History, March, TaipeiLeave a Comment

Nightlife in Taipei is so busy and bustling that the city is almost livelier after dark than during the day! Here are 6 popular bars in Taipei. Check it out!

A Day in Historic Ximen

By: jennalynncody 2019-03-032019-06-03

Activities, Festivals, History & CultureHistory, March, Taipei, Tourism1 Comment

Ximen is one of those neighborhoods that almost every visitor to Taipei ventures into. The casual visitor’s first impression after ascending from the MRT is a sea of bright lights cascading into a large pedestrian shopping area packed with thousands of people out for an evening stroll, on their way to see a film, go shopping or have dinner.

Taiwan’s Architecture Comes of Age

By: Taiwan Scene 2018-08-292019-05-21

Activities, Festivals, History & CultureArt, August, History, Taiwan1 Comment

Architecturally speaking, Taiwan was looking towards the future.So what does the future hold for Taiwan’s Architecture Scene?

Lord of Formosa: A Traveler’s Review

By: Joshua Samuel Brown 2018-05-312019-05-31

From the Editor, Voices From TaiwanCulture, History, May, TainanLeave a Comment

Taiwan Scene reviews Joyce Bergvelt’s Lord of Formosa, a sweeping historical novel about Taiwan’s Dutch colonial period and the life of Admiral Koxinga.

Remembering Taiwan’s Kinkaseki POW Camp on Tomb Sweeping Day

By: Taiwan Scene 2018-04-052019-05-27

Activities, Festivals, History & CultureCulture, History1 Comment

ost people visiting the northernmost tip of Taiwan come to see Jiufen or Jinguashi, two of the area’s most popular tourist destinations. Few take the time to visit the monument lying just a few minute’s walk from Jinguashi marking the site of Kinkaseki, one of the most notorious Japanese POW camps of WW2.