Top night markets in Taiwan — 11 most famous, must-go & best night markets in Taiwan

The first way is by train. You take West Railway Line train to Songshan Railway Station and get to Bade Road, then Raohe St. Night Market. How about Taipei MRT? Let’s take Taipei MRT-Bannan Line to MRT Houshanpi Station, then go to Yongji Road, turn at Songshan Road, after passing the Songshan Railway Station overhead bridge you can reach Raohe St. Night Market. By bus, you can take the bus and get off at Songshan Railway Station.
Or driving following the direction from No. 1 National Highway at Chenggong Interchange to Chenggong Road -> turn right at Xingming Road -> turn left at Chengmei Bridge, go to Bade Road -> Raohe St. Night Market.

Gongguan Night Market, Taipei

Located near the Taiwan University and Gongguan subway station, Gongguan night market is usually the destination of students and tourists. The building is designed with cinemas, bookstores, cafes, foreign restaurants, clothing stores and sporting goods stores.
The most popular snacks in the Gongguan night market are ostrich, pork blood cake, Taipei, bubble milk tea and rolled dish. The shops selling these products are very crowded. Travelers often have to queue long to wait for their turn.

Address: Zhongzhen Dist., Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Opening hours: Open all year round

How to get there

You can take Taipei MRT-Xindian Line to MRT Gongguan Station. Or taking the bus and get off at Gongguan stop or MRT Gongguan Station stop.

Shida Night Market, Taipei (#best night markets in taipei)

Being near the National Taiwan Normal University, Shida Night Market attracts a large number of students and visitors, especially on weekends. Local people consider this place as a night market for students, with many good foods from countries around the world and a lot of clothes and electronic components.

Address: Shida Road, Da’an District, Taipei City, Taiwan 106
Opening hours: Open 24 hours

How to get there

By Taipei MRT: let’s take the Green Line 3 to Taipower Building Station. Leaving Exit 3,  turn right, then turn right onto Shi-Da Road.

Tainan (#top night markets in taiwan)

Tainan Flowers Night Market

Tainan Flowers Night Market is the largest and most famous night market in the southern city of Taiwan. The specialty of the night market is the “coffin bread”, a delicious bread shaped like a coffin, filled with corn cream sauce. You will not be able to imagine the huge number of bread consumed every day here. There are also other famous specialties such as spicy soup, tamarind, and milk tea.

Moreover, Tainan Flowers Night Market is also a popular destination for young people because there are many game stalls, pinball or photo shoots with friends, entertainment activities after a day for enjoying delicious foods.

Address: Sec. 3, HaiAn Rd., Tainan City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Opening hours: Every Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday; About 18:00 to 23:30

How to get there

Following the direction if driving by car: from No. 1 National Highway -> get out of from Yongkang Interchange, to Zhongzhen North Road, to Zhongzhen South Road, then turn right to Hewei Road at the intersection of Sec. 4 Ximen Road, Hawes Road -> Sec. 3 Hai-an Road -> Tainan Flowers Night Market. Or by bus, taking bus no. 0 at Tainan Train Station or bus no. 0 that is available on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday from 17:00-23:00.

Kaohsiung

Liouhe Tourist Night Market, Kaohsiung

This is the night market selling everything from food, clothing, knives and even live animals. This market has a famous rotten tofu dish processed from tofu and fermented with a special heavy flavor sauce like green cheese. In particular, there are many animal care shop that you can visit.

Address: Liouhe 2nd Road, Xinxing Dist., Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Opening hours: 18:00～02:00

How to get there

The direction for driving on your own is that from No. 1 National Highway at the gate Kaohsiung Interchange to Zhongzhen Road, then Zhongzhen 1st Road -> Liouhe Tourist Night Market. You can combine both train and bus. Taking the train to Kaohsiung Train Station and taking bus no.100, 248, 301… or Airport Line to Dayuanhuan stop. Or by Kaohsiung KRT, taking Kaohsiung KRT- Orange Line and get off at KRT Formosa Boulevard Station. Then, go onto Zhongshan 1st Road to Liouhe Tourist Night Market.

Xin Jue Jiang Night Market, Kaohsiung (#best night markets in taiwan)

Xin Jue Jiang Night Market is one of the most crowded night markets in Taiwan. It is famous for its artificial lakes shined with shimmering lights like star sky. There are a lot of good food, clothes, Korea, Taiwan, Japan cosmetics… Most small businesses here have the price challenge problems, so it is difficult to pay. Especially, there are hot pot dishes that you can not ignore.

Address: Xinxing District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 800
Opening hours: 05:00 PM – 11:55 PM

How to get there

Take the Central Park MRT and go to Exit 2.

Ruifeng Night Market, Kaohsiung

Ruifeng night market gathers more than 1,000 booths with all kinds of traditional Taiwanese cuisine as well as dishes from other countries. The snack bar always launches creative ways to attract customers. The entertainment booths filled with fun atmosphere, which helps visitors relieve stress. Therefore, Ruifeng night market has been rated as night market that attracts the most people of Kaohsiung.

Address: Nanjing Road, Zuoying District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Opening hours: Rueifong Night Market is available on Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday – Sunday.

How to get there

There are two ways to move. First, you can take Kaohsiung City Bus no. 24, 91, or 301 at Kaohsiung Train Station to San-Min Home Economics & Commerce Vocational High School on Yucheng Road. Then walk for a short to Rueifong Night Market. Or by Kaohsiung KRT, taking Kaohsiung KRT and get off at KRT K-Arena Station.

Taichung

Feng Chia Night Market, Taichung

Feng Chia night market attracts all the tourists from the north and south of Taiwan. The market is available every day of the week from 16:00 pm until midnight. It is always crowded with the delicious taste from good chefs from all parts of Taiwan. There are a variety of foods such as ball-shaped octopus, grilled potatoes, hot dogs rolled with sticky rice, crepe pies, oyster omelets, sweet taro soup. Especially don’t forget the rotten tofu and spicy duck head.

Address: Feng Chia Rd., Fu Xing Rd., Wen Hua Rd., Situn District, Taichung City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Opening hours: every day of the week from 16:00 pm until midnight

How to get there

If you want to drive on your car, let’s follow the direction: from National number 1 highway, get out of Taichung Port Rd offramp, make a left turn at Guangming Rd, then turn left again onto Fengchia Rd to reach. Or by bus, taking the bus No. 35 at Taichung Train Station, then get off at Fengchia University stop to reach.

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