Hanoi Walking Street currently has 4 active spaces: the street around Hoan Kiem Lake, Trinh Cong Son street, Son Tay Ancient Citadel street and Dao Ngu Xa walking street. Each street has its own unique characteristics in terms of space and activities, becoming an interesting evening entertainment place in Hanoi for residents and tourists.
1. Hoan Kiem Lake Walking Street
The walking street around Hoan Kiem Lake is the most vibrant street in Hanoi, always attracting a large number of people and tourists every weekend. Carrying the typical beauty of Hanoi, the street gradually becomes a tourist brand and meeting point for many young people and families.
1.1. Introduction to Hanoi walking street – Sword Lake
Hoan Kiem Lake walking street has a large space, connected to the area around Hoan Kiem Lake and some routes in Hanoi’s Old Quarter such as: Dinh Tien Hoang, Le Thai To, Hang Khay, Le Lai, Le Thach, Trang Tien, Tran Nguyen Han, Dinh Liet, Gia Ngu, Cau Go… The street has operating hours on 3 weekends from 7:00 p.m. Friday to 24:00 Sunday.
1.2. What does Hoan Kiem Lake Walking Street have?
Hanoi’s walking streets around Hoan Kiem Lake are not only a place where people can freely walk and have fun, but also a stage for folk games and unique cultural and artistic activities. Below are attractive activities at Hoan Kiem Lake walking street that you can participate and experience:
- Participate in folk games: Usually on weekends, Hanoi’s walking streets become a gathering place for people playing Quan Quan, tug of war, jumping rope, playing volleyball, shuttlecock… These are community activities. attractive, attracting a large number of young people to participate.
- Enjoy street performances: Walking on the walking street, you will meet many groups of artists performing with a variety of genres, from Latin American music to gentle music, orchestral music…
- Own your own portrait painting: Next to Hoan Kiem Lake on the walking street is the “working place” of many real artists. So, you will easily and quickly get your own portrait drawing when you sit down for about 20 – 30 minutes.
- Take photos on Hanoi Walking Street: The street is an ideal place for you to take check-in photos, yearbook photos and wedding photos at many typical symbols of Hanoi such as: The Huc bridge, Ngoc Son temple, Trang Tien ice cream …
- Shopping: Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake Walking Street is also a “paradise” for you to shop for unique souvenirs at night markets such as Hang Ngang and Hang Dao with a variety of products from clothes and shoes. to jewelry…
2. Trinh Cong Son Walking Street
Since its opening, Trinh Cong Son Walking Street has created more entertainment and recreation space for the capital’s residents and tourists. This Hanoi street impresses with its green landscape and many unique artistic and cultural products.
2.1. Introducing Trinh Cong Son walking street
Hanoi Trinh Cong Son walking street is located right next to the lotus pond and West Lake water park with a length of nearly 1km. Walking space also includes places such as alley 431 Au Co and alley 612 Lac Long Quan in Tay Ho district, extending about 400 – 500m. The street operates in the evenings every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
2.2. What does Trinh Cong Son Walking Street have?
Trinh Cong Son walking street in Hanoi is a destination for many young people and families every weekend to enjoy the cool and relaxing space with many rich activities such as:
- Buy souvenirs, explore Tay Ho cuisine: Hanoi Trinh Cong Son Walking Street has many stalls selling souvenirs and typical
- Tay Ho cuisine for you to freely explore such as: shrimp cakes, lotus sweet soup, Snail vermicelli, millet rice cake, green bean sweet soup, black sticky rice, Phu Thuong sticky rice and potato spring roll bread.
- Visit cultural space: Coming to Trinh Cong Son walking street in Hanoi, you will admire booths simulating ancient architecture, evoking a lot of nostalgia and a feeling of peace.
- Music exchange: The street is also a meeting place for art lovers with a variety of music genres performed and many programs and events regularly organized.
3. Walking street combined with cuisine of Ngu Xa Island
The night food area, combined with Hanoi’s walking street at Ngu Xa Island, Truc Bach ward, Ba Dinh district, has since been put into operation, creating an attractive entertainment, entertainment and shopping space for the capital. Many people and tourists have come to experience and enjoy many dishes here.
3.1. Introducing Dao Ngoc food & walking street
Hanoi food street combined with Ngu Xa Ngu Xa walking street is held on two main streets intersecting in the center of the island, including Ngu Xa and Nguyen Khac Hieu. The neighborhood has a vibrant culinary space, selling many typical Hanoi delicacies.
The culinary district operates throughout the week. Especially on weekends from 6:00 p.m. Friday to 11:00 p.m. Sunday, Ngu Xa and Nguyen Khac Hieu streets will completely ban vehicles to save space for tourists to walk and enjoy food.
3.2. What does Dao Ngu Xa food street have?
The space of Dao Ngu Xa Night Food and Walking Street still maintains existing business activities, while combining a commodity market, OCOP products, and displaying and introducing traditional bronze casting.
On Tet holidays and weekends, the street also organizes many cultural and artistic activities to serve residents and tourists. Coming to Hanoi’s walking street at Ngu Xa Island, don’t miss many exciting experiences as follows:
- Participate in many traditional activities held during festivals and the beginning of Spring at Than Quang Pagoda and Ngu Xa Communal House.
- Enjoy many delicious and flavorful specialties such as green rice cake, Phu The cake…
- Have dinner with friends and relatives, sip your favorite drinks in the airy space of Hanoi’s walking street at Ngu Xa Island.
- Join the bustling atmosphere of many interesting street performances.
- Admire and take photos in the romantic space decorated with lanterns and outstanding paintings.
