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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Taichung City

9 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Taichung City, Taiwan

Updated April 17, 2025

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The rooftops, streets, and everything in-between

Taichung City, Taiwan

Rainbow Family Village

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.
Carton King Creative Park.

Taichung City, Taiwan

Carton King Creative Park

Life-size animals and furniture made entirely from cardboard fill this odd paper-themed restaurant.

Taichung City, Taiwan

Gulu Gulu

Paiwanese restaurant run by native indigenous Taiwanese singer songwriter, and home to a DIY arts-and-crafts folk garden.
Super Mario mural.

Taichung City, Taiwan

Painted Animation Lane

A small alleyway lined with locally drawn scenes of nostalgic anime and cartoon characters.
Talmud Business Hotel

Taichung City, Taiwan

Talmud Business Hotel

A hotel in Taiwan based on the better business practices that can be gleaned from Jewish law.
Apple Bread never actually contained apples.

Taichung City, Taiwan

Liu's Bakery

Try Taiwan's iconic Apple Bread—which traditionally contains no apples—at the bakery that invented it.

Taichung City, Taiwan

921 Earthquake Museum

A once-shattered school now preserves a visible fault line, showcasing Taiwan's traumatic 1999 earthquake.

Taichung City, Taiwan

Wufeng Mushroom Museum

An unassuming museum offers a deep dive into everything about mushrooms, from cultivation innovations to fungi that "talk."
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Carton King Creative Park.

Taichung City, Taiwan

Carton King Creative Park

Life-size animals and furniture made entirely from cardboard fill this odd paper-themed restaurant.

Taichung City, Taiwan

Gulu Gulu

Paiwanese restaurant run by native indigenous Taiwanese singer songwriter, and home to a DIY arts-and-crafts folk garden.
Apple Bread never actually contained apples.

Taichung City, Taiwan

Liu's Bakery

Try Taiwan's iconic Apple Bread—which traditionally contains no apples—at the bakery that invented it.
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