Shopping in Taipei
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Shilin Night Market
Considered by many to be the king of Taipei's night markets, the sprawling Shilin Night Market is a nightly carnival of snacking and shopping. Teeming with stalls selling delectable edibles far beyond our ability to describe, the latest in trendy clothing from shoes to hats (and everything in-between), games of skill and chance and much, much more. If you have only one night to spend in Taipei, spend it here.
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Holiday Jade Market
The Holiday Jade Market, perhaps the largest market for jade and other semi-precious stones in Asia. The Jade Market is also a great place to buy jewellery, objets d'art both small and large, religious items and everything you might need to set up your own feng-shui practice back home (outside of actual knowledge of Chinese geomancy of course).
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Chinese Handicraft Mart
There's no shortage of browsing for clothing in the city's night markets, but the highest concentration in one place is at the Chinese Handicraft Mart. You'll find four storeys of clothing, jade, porcelain, ceramics, tea sets, jewellery, scrolls, paintings and prints and that's just a small selection of the variety on offer here.
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Ten Shang's Tea Company
Hailing from a tea-growing mountain community in Central Taiwan's Nantou, Mr and Mrs Chang have been selling organically grown oolong teas from all over Taiwan for a quarter of a century. Visitors are welcome to come in and chat over a pot or two of their exquisite high-mountain tea while shopping for tea and tea supplies.
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Jimmy's Bike Shop
Taiwan is a major producer and exporter of touring and mountain bikes, which are generally quite cheap. If you can front up to the city's insane traffic, noise and pollution, Jimmy's is the place to get mounted. Jimmy speaks English, and is renowned for his Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonations.
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Chienkuo Flower Market
Saturday is the best day to experience the Chienkuo Flower Market. It's relatively quiet, and you can move more comfortably around the stalls of exotic blooms. Even if you're just passing through the city, consider dropping by; a fragrant spray of flowers will improve the pokiest room.
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Holiday Flower Market
The Jade Market becomes the Holiday Flower Market, a veritable cornucopia of plants, flowers and incredibly impressive bonsai trees. This market is also a good place to buy tea and tea supplies as well as dried fruits, nuts and some locally grown organic produce.
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Guanghua Market
This is a cyberpunk's paradise. Here are several square blocks of stores, alleys and underground malls that are to electronics what a night market is to clothing and foods. Software, hardware, laptops, peripherals, mobile phones, gadgets of all kinds.
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Nova Computer Arcade
This arcade has about 130 shops and booths dealing in computers, components, digital cameras, mobile phones and just about any electronic peripheral you can imagine.
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Taibei Shanshui
Taibei Shanshui is a popular option for outdoor clothing and gear.
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