1.
Family Mart, 7-Eleven, and other convenience stores have everything.
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Before every election, the streets look like this:
3.
Taipei has the coolest cafés.
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Eslite Dunnan is the world's only 24-hour bookstore.
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Karaoke is a 24/7 sport too.
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Shrimping's also 24/7.
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You won't recognize 50% of the things sold at your local market.
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Beef noodle soup is Taipei's official religion.
9.
Yonghe has the best breakfast.
10.
There's a great bar called That Fucking Place.
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There's a toilet-themed restaurant.
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Yongkang Street is a great place to get your Asian retro-chic on.
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Zhongxiao has all the modernity you can want.
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Taipei is the Chinese pop/indie music capital.
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There's always some design or music festival.
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The clubbing scene's no slouch either.
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There's a whole street devoted to wedding photographers.
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Yangmingshan National Park is a bus ride away.
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Ximending is cosplayers and otakus galore.
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The garbage trucks sing to you.
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If you piss off the students, you WILL hear from them.
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GuangHua is basically a Tatooine junkyard of electronic bargains.
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Night markets. All of them.
25.
Beitou has great hot-spring spas.
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Sick of the rainy north? You can get to Kenting Beach in four hours...
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Taipei 101 has the best New Year's fireworks.
