A must-see and must-experience in Hanoi! Shopping guide quickly collect

Hanoi is a city where multiple cultures collide, with French style, Southeast Asian flavor, and Chinese tradition. You can always find attractions worth seeing here.
Many cities in China can fly directly to Hanoi.
It is more time-saving to apply for a separate visa in advance.
The visa on arrival costs 25 US dollars.
The customs will make change if you don’t have change.
But the money must be new.
They won’t accept old money.
This is a bit unreasonable.

Most ATMs in the city cannot use pure chip cards to withdraw money.
After checking many banks, only HSBC can use pure chip cards.
Also, you need to pay attention to the skills when inserting the card.
Pull out and insert the card rhythmically.
When you feel a suction, push the card in and you can withdraw money.

Here are some things to do in Hanoi:

1️⃣ Hoan Kiem Lake
The center of Hanoi Old Town, one of the most popular gathering places in Vietnam. The Turtle Tower in the lake can be regarded as a symbol of Vietnam.

2️⃣ Ba Dinh Square
It can be said to be the "Tiananmen" Square of Vietnam. To the west of the square is the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, to the northwest is the Ho Chi Minh's former residence and the Presidential Palace, to the southwest is the Ho Chi Minh Museum, and in front of the museum is the One Pillar Pagoda.

3️⃣ Thirty-six Streets
Each street has a different business, including the Lighting Street, Toy Street, Car Wash Street, etc. In the narrow streets, you can explore the historical buildings from the colonial period and feel the traces of time and the taste of history.
Among them, Beer Street (Phố Tạ Hiện) is crowded with locals and foreign tourists every night who come to drink beer and experience Hanoi’s unique beer culture and leisure life.
There are many TIREDCITY chain stores in the old town, and their cultural and creative products and T-shirts are worth buying as souvenirs.

4️⃣ West Lake
A famous scenic spot in Hanoi, surrounded by historical sites such as Zhenwu Temple, Zhenguo Temple, and Jinlian Temple.

5️⃣ Hanoi Opera House
The theater is modeled after the Paris Opera House. At night, the cream-colored lights illuminate the entire theater, making it look like a huge gem.
You can take a double-decker sightseeing bus to tour Hanoi. The 4-hour, 24-hour and 48-hour tickets are priced at 300,000 VND, 450,000 VND and 650,000 VND respectively. You can get on and off the bus at any station during the validity period of the ticket.

6️⃣ St. John's Cathedral
The neo-Gothic building is designed after Notre Dame de Paris. It has a medieval style and is also a very representative French building in Hanoi.

7️⃣ Train Street
Actually, it is not recommended to go here now. You need to drink coffee at a store before you can enter. However, there are special people guarding the crossing, and sometimes the store can't take you in. If you want to go there, you must check the train schedule.

8️⃣ Thang Long Theatre
There is a water puppet show here, which is a national quintessence of Vietnam and is worth seeing. In fact, there is no need to rent a translation machine. There is very little content to be translated and the performance is easy to understand. There is a Chinese brochure at the entrance of the theater with an introduction to the performance, so there is no need for a translation machine.

9️⃣ The passengers die first
Vietnam’s unique tricycles, the so-called passengers die first means that the tourists are in the front of the car, and the Vietnamese driver sits high up in the back, pedaling slowly in the alleys and ancient streets. Because the collision will hit the passengers first, which means the passengers will die first.

🔟 Crossing the road in a busy urban area
Hanoi is a city on motorcycles. There are many motorcycles and few traffic lights, so crossing the road is a very challenging task. But what you have to learn is to "go forward bravely". You don't have to deliberately avoid motorcycles. Just go forward at your own speed and the motorcycles will actively avoid you.

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