What It Is

Keelung is Taiwan's northern port city, 45 minutes from Taipei by direct train, built around a natural harbour ringed by hills. Two sites anchor a day there: Zhengbin Fishing Harbor (正濱漁港), a working fishing harbour whose waterfront row-houses were repainted in bright colour blocks and are now the most-photographed spot in the city, and Miaokou Night Market (廟口夜市), a temple-gate food market that is among the oldest and most concentrated in Taiwan.

Getting There

TRA local train from Taipei Main Station to Keelung Station, ~45 minutes. Alternative: Kuo-Kuang bus 1813 from the Taipei Main Station Bus Terminal, ~50 minutes, roughly every 20 minutes.

Zhengbin Fishing Harbor

From Keelung Station, take bus 101, 102, or the T99 tourist shuttle to the Zhongzheng Rd–Zhengbin Rd stop, or a 10–15 minute taxi east along the coast. The colour-block houses face the harbour directly — best light is late afternoon, with the fishing boats moored in front.

Miaokou Night Market

Roughly 600m, a 10-minute walk, southeast of Keelung Station, centred on the gate of Dianji Temple (奠濟宮). Keelung's signature dish is 鼎邊趖 (tinbiancuo), a rice-flour sheet cooked in seafood broth found almost nowhere else in Taiwan in this form; the market is otherwise seafood-heavy given the harbour location.

A workable sequence: train to Keelung in the late morning, tourist shuttle out to Zhengbin for photographs and a harbourside lunch, shuttle or taxi back into town, Miaokou Night Market for dinner before the return train.

Sources: transit routes per Klook and Taiwan Obsessed Keelung guides; night market location per Love Taipei. Checked 21 Aug 2026.