Tết – Lunar New Year
The lunar new year. Many shops close for 3–5 days; streets are quiet but temples are packed.
A thousand-year-old capital of lakes, old streets, morning phở and pavement coffee.
Filter by what you’re in the mood for. The map follows along.
The dishes locals will happily argue about.
Many festivals follow the lunar calendar, so their dates move every year.
The lunar new year. Many shops close for 3–5 days; streets are quiet but temples are packed.
The lake at the heart of Hanoi, tied to the legend of a king returning a magic sword to a golden turtle.
Built in 1070 to honour Confucius, it became Vietnam's first university in 1076.
The Old Quarter's biggest market, a wholesale maze of fabric to dried goods, with a food court full of locals at the back.
"Beer street": low plastic stools spilling onto the pavement, liveliest after 8pm.
Charcoal-grilled bún chả in a narrow alley (fictional place – sample data).