New Year’s celebrations are a global tradition, symbolizing fresh starts and hopeful dreams. Taipei is the stage for one of the biggest and best displays in the world.
The Taipei 101 tower is the center point for over 5 straight minutes of dazzling fireworks from the top to the bottom of this giant tower.
The outdoor celebration is a truly global affair, with visitors from every corner of the world gathering to soak in the sights, sounds, and spirit of New Year’s Eve. The crowds are huge and the weather is brisk but the atmosphere is electric.
I have been wanting to see this fireworks show for years and I finally got the opportunity. I was not disappointed at all.
New Year’s Eve 2025 From the Taipei 101 Tower - One of the Best in the World - Taipei Taiwan 2025
Shi-Da Night Market 師大夜市
Located in one of the most trendy neighborhoods in Taipei, Shi-Da Night Market is in a university area. After some rezoning efforts by the city government, the market is now more compact and quaint, rather than busy and seemingly endless.
This area of the city, together with neighboring Gongguan, is well known for its alternative and trendy style, housing several rock bars, cafés, and restaurants around the area.
Similar to other markets in Taipei, Shi-Da offers a wide selection of night market food, however, Shi-Da also has a large selection of cheap clothes from stylish boutiques, of which many are owned and operated by young entrepreneurs looking to establish themselves.
Several years ago neighbors were becoming concerned with the market's rapid expansion and the noise associated with the market's unending growth. The city government began to enforce proper licensing and regulation, and many of the vendors left. Many of the unlicensed pushcart ...
Fort Santo Domingo is a historical fortress in Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It was originally a wooden fort built in 1628 by the Manila-based Spanish East Indies of the Spanish Empire, who named it in Spanish: el Fuerte de Santo Domingo, lit. 'the Fort of Saint Dominic'.
After refurbishing it in stone, the initial fort was repeatedly ordered to be dismantled and withdrawn from around 1637 for economic downsizing and retrenchment, which their rival Dutch East India Company (VOC) of the Dutch Empire soon found out and later invaded in 1641 and won by the Second Battle of San Salvador in 1642.
After the battle, the Dutch rebuilt a fort in the original site in 1644 and renamed it in Dutch: Fort Antonio, after Antonio van Diemen, the then Governor-General of the Dutch East India Company (VOC).
In 1724, the Qing Government repaired the fort, and built a perimeter wall with four gates. From 1868 onwards the fort was leased to the British government as its consulate, and a new ...
Taipei 臺北, officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan. Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city of Keelung. Most of the city rests on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border.
The municipality of Taipei is home to an estimated population of 2,494,813 forming the core part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, also known as "Greater Taipei", which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 7,047,559, the 40th most populous urban area in the world. Roughly one-third of Taiwanese citizens live in the metro areas.
Taipei has been the political center of the island since 1887, when it first became the seat of Taiwan Province by the Qing dynasty until ...
