Guides
Each route is put in order by our editors, with the stops that need booking or open only on certain days marked. Browse first; choose a date when you want to know whether a route works that day.
Without a date, we do not judge which routes work.
Yuanshan and Dalongdong · take your time together
Taipei Fine Arts Museum → Baoan Temple → Dalong Street Night Market
TFAM closes Monday; Baoan Temple opens daily. For Saturday evening tickets, eat before the exhibition. Reserve TFAM exhibition entry first. October 15 releases October 31–November 29 slots; later dates follow museum announcements. This itinerary does not reserve a place.
Datong · a walk for two
New Cultural Movement Museum → Dadaocheng Wharf → Ningxia Night Market
Museum closed Monday; riverside and food stalls operate separately.
Taipei · half a day to a day
Two metro stops, two rooms, one silence
Works on Saturdays only. The Nylon Cheng memorial requires an online reservation.
Minsheng Community, Taipei · October 30–November 1
Stephanie Fan and Cheng Cheng fill a three-day illustration show with the things that make a home: a hot pot, a beer mug, a drawing table and a very desirable roof terrace.
Allow around an hour for the originals, then wander Fujin Street. The exhibition opens at 13:00 on all three days.
Yuanshan, Taipei · October 30–November 1
Two illustration stalls to look for at Yuanshan’s three-day design fair. Register free in the Pinkoi app before you go.
Last entry is 17:00 Friday and Sunday, 19:00 Saturday. Register in the Pinkoi app before setting out.
Taipei · picture-book exhibition · October 31–November 22
SuWei makes pawprints fade and cat drool catch the light. His new picture book's drawings and printing experiments go on show at Tongli in Taipei from October 31.
Allow an unhurried hour. Closed Mondays; shop browsing pauses during talks and workshops. The free November 8 talk, 14:30–16:00, needs separate ACCUPASS registration.
Yongkang Street, Taipei
Start with the yellow in Lai Chuan-Chien’s《豌豆之花》, then follow a neighbourhood of artists at Madeleine Gallery. COWS ROCK is a short walk back towards the MRT.
Gallery first, then ice cream on the walk back to Dongmen MRT. The exhibition ends November 1.
Songshan, Taipei · October 31–November 1
Original comics, illustration and handmade work fill three Songshan warehouses on October 31–November 1. Start at the sample-book table, then find the creator whose world caught you.
Free textbook design from 10:00, ticketed PCF from 11:00; enter each exhibition separately.
OCTOBER 31 · ONE SATURDAY EVENING
For Saturday evening, October 31. The festival continues to 02:00 on November 1; this dinner route uses Saturday’s sessions.
Beitou · October 31, 2026 · free admission
Saturday, October 31 only; film classification 6+.
Taiwan Culture Day · free museum and concert · food and books extra
Free exhibitions · photography through October 19 · dinner extra
Taipei · October 9–11, 2026 · two to three hours
Only October 9–11, when both halls are open.
Guandu, Taipei · Friday, October 30
Friday only: screening and artist talk, 15:30–17:30. Allow the station walk before the session. Free, with no ticket required.
Bo’ai district, Taipei
Free trial of this Taipei route, October 7–18. Bring a phone and headphones and use a verified Hanaline account; follow the route’s in-app terms.
Huashan, Taipei · October 16–18
10:30–19:00, last entry 18:30; workshops have their own session times. Choose admission and courses separately; selected pre-booked paid courses include entry.
Taipei · Haotao · October 16–18
Freedom Forest stall: Friday/Saturday only. Films: Saturday/Sunday only.
