Moving to Taipei
Expats moving to Taipei will find an exciting mix of Western and Eastern influences in ‘the city that never sleeps’. It is a metropolis abuzz with people, restaurants, bars, shops. The defining image of the city is the bold and soaring Taipei 101, the second tallest skyscraper in the world.
The city’s pulse is frenetic and change is constant. Stores seem to open and close down overnight - your favourite noodle shop can be here today, gone tomorrow. Taipei is also a culinary wonderland with an endless choice of traditional and exotic Asian cuisine from the humble noodle stall to five-star establishments.
Taipei is heavily populated with approximately 2.64 million residents occupying its modest surface area, but it’s also the easiest city in Taiwan to navigate because of the MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) subway system and an abundance of yellow cabs. Scooters outnumber cars on the road and are a more convenient, popular and more thrilling mode of transportation. Most locals opt for these smaller vehicles in lieu of the heavy traffic.
Taipei is often rainy, with high humidity in summer and a tendency toward squalls during typhoon season. As the capital, it is also the most westernised out of all of Taiwan’s cities, making it a little easier for expats to find things they might miss from home if moving from a westernised country.
Although densely urban, Taipei is close enough to the neighbouring countryside and beaches to make excursions a rewarding possibility on weekends and summer days.
The city’s pulse is frenetic and change is constant. Stores seem to open and close down overnight - your favourite noodle shop can be here today, gone tomorrow. Taipei is also a culinary wonderland with an endless choice of traditional and exotic Asian cuisine from the humble noodle stall to five-star establishments.
Taipei is heavily populated with approximately 2.64 million residents occupying its modest surface area, but it’s also the easiest city in Taiwan to navigate because of the MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) subway system and an abundance of yellow cabs. Scooters outnumber cars on the road and are a more convenient, popular and more thrilling mode of transportation. Most locals opt for these smaller vehicles in lieu of the heavy traffic.
Taipei is often rainy, with high humidity in summer and a tendency toward squalls during typhoon season. As the capital, it is also the most westernised out of all of Taiwan’s cities, making it a little easier for expats to find things they might miss from home if moving from a westernised country.
Although densely urban, Taipei is close enough to the neighbouring countryside and beaches to make excursions a rewarding possibility on weekends and summer days.
