# Shilin Night Market (士林夜市)

Taipei, Taiwan Region · South China, China · Guidebook rating: 4/5
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## Key facts

- **Admission:** Free
- **Opening hours:** 2026.01.01-2026.12.31 16:00-00:00
- **Time needed:** 1-3 hours
- **Address:** Between Wenlin Road, Dadong Road and Anping Road, Taipei City
- **Getting there:** Taipei Metro Tamsui-Xinyi Line, Jiantan Station, Exit 1, about a 5-minute walk
- **Good for:** Waterfront

## About Shilin Night Market

Where in Taipei is the food most abundant? The night market, of course! Known as “Taiwan's No. 1 Night Market,” Shilin truly earns its reputation. It is enormous and sells just about everything. The most captivating part is the wide array of snacks from across China, including pork liver soup, oyster omelette, Kaohsiung meatballs, big pancake wrapping small pancake, Shilin giant sausage, tomato with ginger dip, Dongshan braised duck head, stir-fried cuttlefish, red-oil wontons and frog eggs.

## Tips from the guidebook

- When visiting Shilin Night Market, we strongly recommend keeping to the right and walking through one row at a time, so you won't miss any good food.

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Source: China Self-Guided Travel 2025 (《中国自助游》, Tianjin Science & Technology Press, Aug 2024), p. 2670. Prices, hours and transport details are as printed in the August 2024 edition and may have changed. Always confirm with the venue before you travel.
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