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Taipei

One city, six chapters. Scroll through Taipei from the earliest photographs to the street corners Wealin travellers are posting today.

Good to know 01

Its night markets are among the best street food scenes in Asia.

Good to know 02

Taipei 101 was the world's tallest building from 2004 to 2010.

Chapter 1

The old world

1900 — 1930

Horse carts, first trams, market squares and the very first photographers walking these streets.

Chapter 2

Post-war years

1950 — 1965

Cafés reopen, boulevards fill again, and the city learns to celebrate in public.

Chapter 3

Neon decades

1980 — 1995

Cassette shops, bright signage, crowded buses and the first skyline cranes.

Chapter 4

Millennium

2000 — 2010

Digital cameras everywhere, new metro lines, and the food scene going global.

Chapter 5

The shared city

2011 — 2020

Rooftop bars, specialty coffee, weekend markets and the rise of the local guide.

Chapter 6

Today

2021 — now

The city as Wealin travellers see it right now — food, corners, people, memories.

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