Taiwan<\/a>\u2018s capital city of Taipei<\/a> has plenty to do<\/a>, but if you\u2019re on the lookout for a day journey possibility, one well-liked city close to Taipei to take a look at is Keelung \u57fa\u9686 (j\u00ed l\u00f3ng). One of Taiwan\u2019s main ports, Keelung City is is lower than an hour away from Taipei and even supposing it apparently rains over 200 days in a yr in Keelung, it\u2019s a beautiful little coastal city for a sit back day journey from Taipei. Here\u2019s my solo information to Keelung with options on issues to do and easy methods to get round simply.<\/p>\n Keelung is situated northeast of Taipei alongside the north coast between well-liked spots Yehliu in Wanli<\/a> and the mountainous Jiufen. It\u2019s about 30 minutes by automotive from Taipei. Here\u2019s a Klook hyperlink<\/a> [affiliate] in case you\u2019re trying to lease a automotive to go to Keelung \u2013 may save the time and trouble of ready for public transport particularly when you’ve got a small group.<\/p>\n TRA practice from Taipei to Keelung City<\/strong> takes about 45 minutes to get from Taipei (Taipei Main Station, Songshan Station or Nangang Station) to Keelung Station. There are loads of trains that depart each 15-20 minutes and the fare prices 41 NTD (about S$1.80) which you’ll be able to pay for by Easycard on the practice gantry.<\/p>\n You might additionally take the practice from Taipei to Ruifang Station, after which change to the Shen\u2019ao Line which leaves each hour and cease at both Badouzi Stop or Haikeguan Stop in case you are headed to Badouzi.<\/p>\n Kuokuang bus 1813<\/a> from Taipei Main Station to Keelung City takes about 50 minutes, however it is a little more depending on site visitors circumstances \u2013 the Tourist Info desk beneficial not taking the bus on weekends\/public holidays as general highway site visitors is larger.<\/p>\n Bus 1800 goes from Taipei City Hall Bus Station to Keelung City in about half-hour.<\/p>\n Bus 2088<\/a> goes from Taipei City Hall Bus Station in Xinyi to Keelung\u2019s Taiwan Power Station \u96fb\u529b\u516c\u53f8\u7ad9 (a brief stroll from Miaokou Night Market) in 25 minutes. It additionally goes to Badouzi and stops on the NMMST which is beneficial in case you plan to go to Badouzi first.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a map of all of the issues to do in Keelung on this submit. I\u2019ve divided it up into areas you can discover close by.<\/p>\n This space across the Keelung Harbour is the place most individuals will first expertise Keelung! If you\u2019re quick on time or simply lazy to journey additional, these items are all inside strolling distance of the Keelung Train and Bus Station<\/p>\n It\u2019s arduous to overlook the enormous KEELUNG letters alongside the hillside overlooking the port space, harking back to the well-known Hollywood signal on the hill. Most individuals admire the view from across the harbour, however do you know it\u2019s really fairly simple to rise up to the letters?<\/p>\n Officially referred to as the Keelung Landmark Observatory<\/strong>, this remark deck is situated in a park alongside the Huzishan path \u864e\u4ed4\u5c71\u6b65\u9053<\/strong> and affords a pleasant view of the Keelung port under. It\u2019s a well-liked hangout spot within the evenings when the letters are lit up and you may get pleasure from Keelung\u2019s night time lights from above.<\/p>\n I popped by within the afternoon on a extremely sizzling day in summer time \u2013 solar safety is significant as there\u2019s not plenty of shade up right here! I believe it took me about 20 minutes to stroll up there. The view was superb~<\/p>\n From Keelung practice station, exit in direction of Zhongshan 1st Road<\/strong> and straight throughout the station you need to see the signal for the Keelung Landmark Observatory. Follow the indicators up the slender pathways and staircases. Eventually you need to see the Taiping Elementary School \u2013 the deck and park is correct subsequent to the college.<\/p>\n You might drive up there as nicely \u2013 there are roads and carparks close to the signal, so you can also make a fast cease when you’ve got a automotive for the day.<\/p>\n Location on Google Maps<\/a><\/p>\n Keelung Maritime Plaza \u6d77\u6d0b\u5ee3\u5834<\/strong> is a beautiful picket promenade by Keelung\u2019s Harbour and a pleasant place to simply sit down and sit back by the water. Great view of the Keelung letters, numerous benches to relaxation your ft and large open area the place you’ll be able to admiring the ships and cranes in view. It does remind me slightly little bit of Singapore\u2019s skyline however with extra mountains!<\/p>\n How to get to Keelung Maritime Plaza:<\/strong> Keelung Maritime Plaza is alongside Zhongyi Road \u5fe0\u4e00\u8def, only a quick stroll from Keelung Station. [Location on Google Maps<\/a>]<\/p>\n Around the Keelung Harbour space is a small museum the place you’ll be able to study Keelung\u2019s maritime historical past. Run by Yang Ming Shipping Company, the Keelung 1915 Yangming Oceanic Culture and Art Museum<\/a> (yup it\u2019s a mouthful) has 2 flooring of interactive fashionable displays that showcase Keelung\u2019s historical past as a transport port.<\/p>\n The displays are fashionable, enjoyable and interactive so I believe children would get pleasure from wanting round. I occurred to be there at 11am when the guided tour for the 2nd degree was beginning, so I joined it for a bit. It was carried out by a person who labored for the corporate for a really very long time and began guiding after retirement. The tour was carried out in Chinese and was fairly informative because the information identified the assorted displays and shared a few of his personal tales, however it was presupposed to be 1.5 hours lengthy so I made a decision to stroll round by myself after a bit.<\/p>\n The 4th flooring of this museum can be the highest flooring with the present store, cafe and the place there’s roof entry for a panoramic view of the encircling space!<\/p>\n The museum is centrally situated and does give a fast overview of Keelung\u2019s historical past in case you don\u2019t know something about this place. In the occasion you get rained out, it\u2019s place to simply hang around for a bit and keep dry in addition to it\u2019s not costly to go to.<\/p>\n Location:<\/strong> 4 Gangxi Street \u6e2f\u897f\u88574\u865f [Google Maps<\/a>] the museum is sort of prominently situated on the west aspect of Keelung Harbour between the Train Station and the harbour.<\/p>\n Opening Hours:<\/strong> 9am \u2013 5pm (final ticket bought at 330pm). Closed on Mondays.<\/p>\n Entrance charge:<\/strong> 150 NTD \u2013 the ticket comes with a free tea + snack you can redeem on the high flooring cafe and a few reductions for the restaurant on degree 1 and present store.<\/p>\n There are mounted guided tour timings at 930am, 11am, 130pm and 3pm carried out in Chinese. Learn extra on the official web site<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Also often known as Keelung Night Market, that is maybe one in all my favourites out of all of the night time markets that I’ve visited in Taiwan \u2013 which is saying one thing as a result of I’ve been to plenty of Taiwan night time markets particularly in Taipei<\/a>! It\u2019s open within the afternoon and at night time, is comparatively small however packed full of excellent meals, and straightforward to find and navigate.<\/p>\n Miaokou interprets to \u2018Temple entrance\u2019, that\u2019s as a result of the market stalls first arrange store right here on the entrance of Dianji Temple<\/a>, a small shrine you can nonetheless discover alongside the road right now that’s over 100 years previous.<\/p>\n The stalls at Miaokou Night Market are very neat \u2013 2 rows on both aspect of the road with steel signage on high and individually numbered. The stall names are in English, Chinese and Japanese, which makes it simple for guests to seek out particular stalls.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve visited Miaokou Night Market a number of occasions and most just lately with a tour information who\u2019s a Keelung native, there are many meals choices however right here\u2019s a group of a few of the meals I take into account must-eats in Keelung.<\/p>\n Fish paste tempura \u5929\u5a66\u7f85 (Tianbula)<\/strong>:<\/strong> I\u2019ve had tianbula in different components of Taiwan and by no means actually appreciated it due to the textures and the overly saccharine sauce, however this one in Miaokou Night Market is fairly good! Freshly fried and doused with a little bit of candy sauce in a served in slightly bowl with bits of cucumber, I like to recommend making an attempt the tianbula right here.<\/p>\n Nutritious Sandwich \u71df\u990a\u4e09\u660e\u6cbb (yingyang sanmingzhi) <\/strong>: it is a fairly bizarre sandwich that\u2019s one way or the other grow to be a Keelung specialty \u2013 deep fried bread with sausage, tomatoes, cucumbers, egg and slathered with mayonnaise. I believe it\u2019s a extremely odd mixture and never my kinda meals, however simply know that it\u2019s an area delicacy and check out it for your self! Also I\u2019m undecided it\u2019s really nutritious given all that deep fried bread\u2026<\/p>\n Crab thick soup \u8783\u87f9\u7fb9 (pang xie geng) and glutinous rice \u6cb9\u98ef (youfan): <\/strong>This is a reasonably traditional Taiwanese xiaochi staple however one way or the other one thing I at all times eat after I\u2019m right here in Keelung. A small bowl of thick starchy soup with shredded crab meat, mushrooms and fungus paired with savoury sticky glutinous rice. My favorite factor to eat at Miaokou!<\/p>\n Shaved ice \u6ce1\u6ce1\u51b0 (paopao bing)<\/strong>:<\/strong> A candy solution to finish your consuming journey in Miaokou is to scrub all of it down with some shaved ice or paopao bing! I personally at all times get peanut flavour however there are many totally different flavours out there. The portion is fairly beneficiant so depart slightly room for dessert!<\/p>\n How to get there:<\/strong> Miaokou Night Market is a ten minute stroll eastwards from Keelung Train Station situated alongside Rensan Road \u4ec1\u4e09\u8def between Aisan Road \u611b\u4e09\u8def and Aisi Road \u611b\u56db\u8def [Google Maps<\/a>]<\/p>\n A particular shoutout to this explicit retailer that isn\u2019t in the primary Miaokou Night Market stretch however had a few of the fluffiest and yummiest yuanxiao \u5143\u5bb5 (much like tangyuan that are candy soup dumplings) that I\u2019ve ever eaten. The store normally solely begin promoting cooked yuanxiao from 430pm onwards, however through the day you’ll be able to pop by the shop and purchase bins of raw yuanxiao to take residence and put together for your self.<\/p>\n On my journey to Keelung with Taiwan Tourism, our information managed to get the store to open up their kitchen shutters within the afternoon and present us how they painstakingly make these yuanxiao. You is likely to be considering that they make balls of dough, poke a gap in them and put within the sesame filling and name it a day, however the cause the feel of those yuanxiao are so good is as a result of they begin out with balls of sesame filling and slowly coat them with a number of layers of glutinous rice flour by shaking them by hand in a big rattan tray.<\/p>\n It\u2019s backbreaking work, however the balls are comfortable but springy and so scrumptious!<\/p>\n The store additionally specifically ready some bowls for us to attempt \u2013 black sesame yuanxiao in bowls of heat osmanthus soup. SO GOOD. I\u2019m not even normally a fan of black sesame however I appreciated these rather a lot! Also, it did occur to be yuanxiao (fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year) once we visited so it was very nice to be consuming these then!<\/p>\n How to get there:<\/strong> Quanjiafu yuanxiao \u5168\u5bb6\u798f\u5143\u5bb5 is situated a brief stroll away from the Miaokou Night Market alongside Aisi Road. No. 50-1 Aisi Road \u611b\u56db\u8def50-1\u865f [Google Maps<\/a>]<\/p>\n Miaokou night time market is by far the most well-liked night time market in Keelung, however in case you are on the lookout for a moist market that sells contemporary produce, head to Ren\u2019ai market \u4ec1\u611b\u5e02\u5834<\/strong> as an alternative.<\/p>\n Lots of locals frequent this indoor market, there are some sundry and meals stalls across the edges of the market and extra stalls in case you pop as much as the second degree \u2013 it\u2019s virtually an area division retailer, however the bulk of the central portion on the bottom flooring is a moist market promoting contemporary meals. I believe I’ve to return again and slowly take my time exploring this market!<\/p>\n How to get there:<\/strong> Ren\u2019ai Market is a few block away from Miaokou Night Market alongside Aisan Road. No. 21 Aisan Rd \u611b\u4e09\u8def21\u865f [Google maps<\/a>]. Open 8am \u2013 7pm each day.<\/p>\n If you need some native data to point out you the most effective of what Keelung\u2019s markets have to supply, take into account becoming a member of a gaggle tour. I\u2019ve not tried this earlier than, however Keelung for a Walk has some fascinating excursions out there, together with a Midnight Fish Market Adventure Tour<\/a> of close by Kanziding Fish Market \u5d01\u4ed4\u9802\u6f01\u5e02<\/strong> which is most bustling within the wee hours when the catch of the day is delivered!<\/p>\n Located about Quarter-hour stroll from the east aspect of Keelung Harbour, Zhongzheng Park on Shoushan Hill is residence to plenty of fascinating temples in Keelung and extra beautiful views in case you\u2019re prepared to perform a little stair climbing. The base arch is about 5 minutes stroll from Miaokou Night Market, so you’ll be able to work off all that night time market meals with a stroll up this hill!<\/p>\n One factor I realized was that Keelung is very festive through the seventh Lunar Month (round July or August primarily based on our calendar), which is uncommon as a result of that’s normally thought of an inauspicious month when the spirits are believed to roam the earth and Chinese attempt to keep away from holding festive celebrations throughout this era. However right here in Keelung, the Ghost Festival (Zhongyuan Ji \u4e2d\u5143\u796d) is a extremely huge factor and they’re well-known for his or her Ghost Festival festivities so in case you\u2019re planning to go to, know that it is likely to be further crowded throughout this era.<\/p>\n Zhupu Altar \u4e3b\u666e\u58c7<\/strong> or the Main Altar is among the key locations that these festivities are held, particularly on the twelfth day of the seventh Lunar Month the place the constructing is totally decked out and lit up \u2013 try these articles on Taiwan Scene<\/a> and Coco in Taiwan<\/a> for extra.<\/p>\n When it\u2019s not celebrating the Ghost Festival, Zhupu Altar is normally a museum that showcases artefacts in regards to the Ghost Festival \u4e2d\u5143\u796d\u7940\u6587\u7269\u9928, however sadly for me it gave the impression to be present process some kind of renovation and was closed. It was nonetheless beautiful to admire the view from under although.<\/p>\n You can drive or take a taxi up right here in case you somewhat not climb the hill, however whereas admiring the view, I seen that there was a viewing platform that gave the impression to be connected to the hillside. There was a non-public occasion occurring so I couldn\u2019t return there to research for myself, however it appears to be like to be the Keelung Tower viewing platform!<\/p>\nHow to get from Taipei to Keelung<\/h2>\n
By practice<\/strong><\/h3>\n
By bus<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Map of Keelung<\/h2>\n
\nThings to do round Keelung Port \u57fa\u9686\u6e2f<\/h2>\n
Keelung Landmark Park \u57fa\u9686\u5730\u6a19\u516c\u5712<\/h3>\n
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How to get to Keelung Landmark Park<\/h4>\n
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1915 Yangming Oceanic Culture & Art Museum 1915\u967d\u660e\u6d77\u6d0b\u6587\u5316\u85dd\u8853\u9928<\/h3>\n
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Dianji Temple \u5960\u6fdf\u5bae<\/h4>\n
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Quanjiafu Yuanxiao \u5168\u5bb6\u798f\u5143\u5bb5<\/h4>\n
Ren\u2019ai Market \u4ec1\u611b\u5e02\u5834<\/h3>\n
Keelung market excursions<\/h4>\n
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Zhupu Altar \u4e3b\u666e\u58c7<\/h3>\n
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