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在無數爭奇鬥艷的亞洲城市中，台北到底哪裡得天獨厚？台北人又有什麼樣奇奇怪怪的創意，讓人對這座城市總是移不開眼睛？所有好吃、好玩、好想知道的台北魅力一次放送給各位讀者，28個愛台北的好理由讓外國媒體也趨相報導，想讚的全在這裡了！
1.便利商店例如全家、7-Eleven等等，你的一切需求他都具備。 1. Family Mart, 7-Eleven, and other convenience stores have everything. 地球上便利商店平均密度最高的地方。你還能找到其他什麼地方，能讓你繳學費、用晚餐、打印五月天的演唱會門票、寄快遞，還能在凌晨四點半買到一手Johnny Walker嗎？ One of the highest per capita concentrations of convenience stores on earth. Where else can you pay your college tuition, eat dinner, print Mayday concert tickets, send express mail, and buy a handle of Johnny Walker at 4:30 a.m.?
2.每逢選舉之前，街道的面貌就成了如此景象： 2. Before every election, the streets look like this: 民主加上廣告所產生的隱患。 The perils of democracy and advertising.
3.台北有最酷的咖啡店 3. Taipei has the coolest cafés. 吃吧，西雅圖。那些自嬰兒潮出生的一代，擔心如今台北的年輕人已不再想著要征服世界──他們只想著跟朋友合開咖啡店。在台北，咖啡店基本上就等同是酒吧一樣的存在。參閱 Sugared n Spiced這個網站可以找到一些精選過的店家。 Eat it, Seattle. Boomers worry that today’s Taipei kids don’t want to conquer the world — they just want to open cafés with their friends. Coffee shops are basically bars in Taipei. Check out Sugared n Spiced for some choice spots.
4.誠品敦南店是全世界唯一一間24小時營業的書店 4. Eslite Dunnan is the world’s only 24-hour bookstore. 星期六晚上到誠品敦南店觀看人潮湧動，不失為一種醒酒的好方法。時代雜誌於2004年曾將之評選為亞洲最佳書店。 Saturday night people-watching at Eslite Bookstore Dunnan is never a bad way to sober up. Timemagazine named it Asia’s best bookstore in 2004.
5.KTV也是24小時全年無休。 5. Karaoke is a 24/7 sport too. 整棟12樓的華夏用來開一間KTV？正是。錢櫃在颱風天的生意可是好到不行。 A 12-floor palace devoted to karaoke? Sure. Cashbox Partyworld does brisk business on typhoon holidays.
6.釣蝦場也是24小時全年無休。 6. Shrimping’s also 24/7. 這恐怕是史上最詭異的腸胃運動了。該是要穿上你的牛仔短褲，再來個半打美味的台灣啤酒。 Possibly the weirdest gastro-sport ever. Time to bust out your jorts and six-pack (of delicious Taiwan Beer).
7.在地方的菜市場，裡頭有一半都是你絕不會想認得的東西 7. You won’t recognize 50% of the things sold at your local market. 這到底是螃蟹，還是受到詛咒的外星人拖鞋？究竟為什麼雞肉會是藍色的呢？ Is that a crab or a cursed alien slipper? Why is that chicken blue?
8.牛肉麵是台北的官方信仰 8. Beef noodle soup is Taipei’s official religion. 台北每年都會舉辦「牛肉麵節」。每個人會為了自己喜愛的店家許下血誓，保證這家超級好吃。而任何對牛肉麵無感的人，在此都會變成沒有人想說他認識你的噁心變態。 Taipei hosts a Beef Noodle Soup Festival every year. Everyone swears a blood oath to their favorite shops. If you don’t like beef noodle soup, you are a disgusting pervert and I don’t want to know you.
9.永和豆漿給你最好吃的早餐 9. Yonghe has the best breakfast. 甜豆漿配炸油條是永遠的絕配。 Sweet soy milk and fried Chinese doughnuts forever.
10.這裡有一間棒極了的酒吧叫操場 10. There’s a great bar called That Fucking Place. 『你在 Foursquare打卡說你人在操場了』 “You have checked in to That Fucking Place on Foursquare.”
11.這裡有一間把廁所當作主題的餐廳 11. There’s a toilet-themed restaurant. 請態度友善地邀請你的朋友來吃屎吧。這裡提供活像是被嬰兒拉出來的誘人美食(事實上不過是綠咖哩)，還是裝在小型的馬桶座裡。 Please kindly invite your friends to eat shit. Modern Toilet offers enticing fare like “baby’s explosive diarrhea” (actually just green curry) served in mini toilet bowls.
12.你也能選擇在監獄風、芭比風，或醫院風的主題餐廳用餐 12. You can also dine at prison-, Barbie-, and hospital-themed restaurants. 怪怪台北，就是靠你們把它hold住了。 Keep Taipei weird, yall.
13.在永康街找到你要的復古亞洲風情 13. Yongkang Street is a great place to get your Asian retro-chic on. 古董的集中地。大隱酒食則是這裡最好的台灣菜餐廳。 Antiquing central. And James’ Kitchen is arguably the best Taiwanese restaurant in town.
14.所有你要的現代性在忠孝路都找的到 14. Zhongxiao has all the modernity you can want.
15.台北是華語流行樂/獨立音樂的重鎮 15. Taipei is the Chinese pop/indie music capital. 從流行樂巨星到交響金屬樂、嘻哈音樂、後搖滾，與民歌創作歌手。台北出口了最棒的華語流行音樂。你也能出奇地在一些小場地如The Wall和Legacy，找到 Neutral Milk Hotel這樣的樂團。活動行程請見 GigGuide Taiwan。 From C-pop megastars to symphonic metal, hip-hop, post-rock, and folk singer-songwriters, Taipei exports the best Mandarin pop music in the world. You’ll also catch bands like Neutral Milk Hotel at surprisingly small venues (The Wall and Legacy). For schedules, check GigGuide Taiwan.
16.這裡隨時有設計節或音樂節 16. There’s always some design or music festival. 野台開唱、簡單生活、華山、貢寮海洋音樂祭……。Tizzy Bac樂團唱出自己的聲音。 Formoz, Simple Life, Huashan, Hohaiyan beach festival. Tizzy Bac speaking their minds.
17.這裡的夜店也是不容小瞧 17. The clubbing scene’s no slouch either. 在台北上夜店顯然不像在其他大城市那樣的討人厭。這裡每年會有一間特選的夜店，但Luxy會是你第一間恨不得假造身份，也會想去看看的店。 Decidedly less douchey than clubbing in many other big cities. Every year there’s a new club du jour, but Luxy was your first fake-ID love.
18.還有一條街從巷頭到巷尾，都在做婚紗照的拍攝 18. There’s a whole street devoted to wedding photographers. 中山南路二段。我從未在其他城市看過這樣的景象。記得。台北。有夠怪。 Chungshan North Road Section 2. I have never seen this in any other city. Keep. Taipei. Weird.
19.當說到了陽明山國家公園，它指的其實是一趟巴士觀光之旅 19. Yangmingshan National Park is a bus ride away. 假如太陽難得地出來露了臉，你就有可能在此隨興地做一日的遠足。 On the rare occasion the sun’s out, you can take day hikes on a whim.
20.西門町就是成堆的御宅族和愛玩COSPLAY的人 20. Ximending is cosplayers and otakus galore. 穿上你的歌德蘿莉裝吧。 Get your gothic loli on.
21.垃圾車會對著你唱歌 21. The garbage trucks sing to you.
22.如果你惹到了學生，保證他們絕對會讓你知道 22. If you piss off the students, you WILL hear from them. 即使尚有些不足之處，民主也還是民主。相關報導。 Flawed democracy is still democracy. Read.
23.基本上光華商場是一間腦袋燒壞的便宜電子收廢場 23. GuangHua is basically a Tatooine junkyard of electronic bargains. 為了得手一台新電腦，勇敢地面對光華商場內整片的汗味。帶上你砍價買到的A-game。(還有，願舊光華商場安息。) Brave the clouds of nerd-sweat at GuangHua for a steal on a new computer. Bring your haggling A-game. (Also, RIP old GuangHua.)
24.夜市，你走到哪裡都看的到 24. Night markets. All of them. 想像幾百輛小吃攤車和臨時店家，全擠在有十個街區那麼大的地方。大家都會去士林夜市，但師大夜市有最酷的好物。政府要縮減這裡真是太可惜了。 Imagine hundreds of street-food carts and pop-up stores crammed in 10 city blocks. Everyone goes to Shilin, but Shida has the coolest stuff. Too bad the government’s scaling it down.
25.北投有最頂級的溫泉 25. Beitou has great hot-spring spas. 北市郊真的很吸引我們這些老人家。 The northern suburbs appeal to the geriatric in us all.
26.受不了雨不停的北部？花幾個小時你就可以去到墾丁的海灘 26. Sick of the rainy north? You can get to Kenting Beach in four hours…
搭乘高鐵的歡樂卡通列車
27.台北101有最好的跨年煙火秀 27. Taipei 101 has the best New Year’s fireworks. 找你的三五好友到101附近的公園紮營，一邊喝著從7-Eleven買來的威士忌，一邊欣賞煙火表演，日出時分再到總統府觀看升旗典禮，這是開啟新的一年最好不過的方式了。 Camping out at a park near Taipei 101 with your friends, drinking 7-Eleven whiskey, watching fireworks, then seeing the flag-raising ceremony at sunrise at the Presidential Palace = best way to start a year.
28.兩個字，吃的 28. F O O D 食物很棒，我愛食物。每個台北人，甚至連他們家老媽養的狗，都有自己的美食部落格。你可以先從 A Hungry Girl’s Guide to Taipei 入手。知名旅遊節目主持人Anthony Bourdain也說讚。 Food is good. I like food. Everyone and their mothers’ dogs have a food blog in Taipei. A Hungry Girl’s Guide to Taipei is a good place to start. Anthony Bourdain agrees.
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