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Lala Mountain Earns Taiwan’s First Urban Night Sky Place
DarkSky International recognizes the Taoyuan ridge after the city shielded more than 400 streetlights.
2 min read · Oct 16
Off the basin
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Weekends that justify the HSR ticket — and a few that don't.
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Getting to the Taitung fireworks without a same-day miracle
The national show is on the east coast Saturday night. The trains fill before the fuse.
2 min read · Oct 9
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Book the National Day rail window before the cars fill
THSR treats October 8–12 as a holiday movement. Mid-Autumn already set a one-day record; the next long weekend is nine days away.
2 min read · Oct 2
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Do not drive to Hehuanshan on Friday
The four-day break piles cars onto the usual mountain roads. Rail is the only trip that still has spare capacity, and only if you already hold a seat.
2 min read · Sep 24
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Do not go east on the 24th
The TRA to Yilan and Hualien on Thursday night is a punishment, not a holiday. Book the HSR now, or wait until October.
4 min read · Sep 18
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Silvergrass, not the Arena
IVE has Taipei Arena through Sunday. If you do not have a ticket, Qingtiangang just came into season, and Yingge is doing the other kind of weekend.
3 min read · Sep 11
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A weekend on the northeast coast, without Jiufen
The old street will still be there in November. This Saturday, take the train to Ruifang and keep going until the Pacific is louder than the tour groups.
4 min read · Sep 4
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After the heat: when to book Alishan
The tea terraces are at their most photogenic in the mist, which is also when the trains sell out. September is the hinge.
3 min read · Sep 2
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The HSR as a habit, not a holiday
Tainan for dinner and back is a real evening if you book the right train. Treating the west coast as far is a Taipei superstition.
3 min read · Aug 30
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Yangmingshan when the city is too much
You do not need a clear view of the north coast. You need a bus, a trail, and an hour in the silvergrass.
3 min read · Aug 29