History
The Association That Opened in a Girls’ School
On 17 October 1921 the Taiwanese Cultural Association held its founding meeting in Dadaocheng.
2 min read · Oct 16
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Living
Two New YouBike Docks Open in Shilin and Wanhua
Taipei added stations on Zhongshan North Road and in Xizang Road last Friday; the system is still adding docks.
2 min read · Oct 16
Business
Memory Prices Climb Again as AI Keeps the Foundries Busy
Nanya Technology posts an 85.7 percent margin and says the shortage is not over.
2 min read · Oct 16
Culture
Beef noodle weekend at the Flora Expo grounds
The city festival runs Friday through Sunday, with bowls you can actually eat.
2 min read · Oct 9
Living
The Double Ten weekend starts on Friday
A substitute holiday, two fireworks, and a city that mostly stays open.
2 min read · Oct 9
Culture
Jazz festival’s 20th year closes at Taipei Music Center
Three nights of main-stage sets, October 9–11, end a citywide run that started in early September at docks, parks, and club rooms.
2 min read · Oct 2
Living
YouBike’s October 1 rules close the free-ride loop
Taipei now blocks same-station re-borrows for 15 minutes and bills rides on a running clock, after riders gamed the first-30-minutes-free window.
2 min read · Oct 2
Living
Northeasterlies arrive as Taipei’s heat streak breaks
After days of 36-degree warnings, seasonal winds should drop highs and bring showers north of Taoyuan from Thursday into the weekend.
2 min read · Oct 2
Culture
Jazz until October, then the park fills up
The Taipei Jazz Festival is still on through 11 October. The shopping-district carnival takes Expo Park for the long weekend.
2 min read · Sep 24
Business
The long weekend the shops actually close
Friday through Monday is a statutory break. Pay, opening hours and last trains change. Check before you assume a weekday errand still works.
2 min read · Sep 24
Living
Stay in the city and watch the moon
Mid-Autumn is Friday. The moon should clear. The highways will not. Treat this as a local weekend, not a road trip.
2 min read · Sep 24
Living
The clubs that already exist here
Scouts, Rotary, Lions and Toastmasters all run in Taiwan. You can walk into a meeting next week.
2 min read · Sep 24
Culture
Say yes to the balcony
The invitation will be casual, late, and easy to decline. Don’t. Fruit, something that can sit on tile, and showing up is the whole custom.
3 min read · Sep 18
Travel
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
Living
YouBike or an e-moped: the first-year transport argument
The honest answer depends on the hill, the rain, and whether you will actually take the test.
4 min read · Sep 11
Culture
Where to watch baseball this month
CPBL nights are one of the cheapest good evenings in the country. Pick a park, learn the last MRT, and stay for the losing innings.
4 min read · Sep 11
Culture
Mid-Autumn for people who just got here
Friday, September 25 is a holiday. The interesting part is the three weeks before it: pomelos in the supermarket, a balcony invitation, and the question of what you are supposed to bring.
4 min read · Sep 4
Culture
The 3pm thunderstorm as a civic institution
It is not a canceled afternoon. It is a pause. Learn to stand under the arcade like everyone else.
3 min read · Sep 3
Living
The Friday trash ritual
Taipei does not have a chute. It has a truck, a song, and a set of bags you can only buy at certain counters. Get this wrong once and you will not forget it.
4 min read · Sep 3
Culture
The night market after you live here
Tourists line up for the famous stall. Residents have a second map: the stall that is good on Tuesdays, the one that closed, the one that moved two streets over.
3 min read · Sep 2
Travel
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