Kaohsiung — Sights
Harbour sunsets, warehouse streets, T-shirts in January.
- Lotus Pond & Dragon and Tiger Pagodas — In through the dragon's mouth, out through the tiger's
- Pier-2 Art Center — Old dock warehouses turned into galleries and shops
- Dome of Light, Formosa Boulevard Station — A huge stained-glass ceiling over a metro concourse
- Cijin Island by ferry — A 5-minute ferry to seafood, a lighthouse and a beach
- Sizihwan Sunset & British Consulate at Takao — Sunset over the strait from a red-brick consulate terrace
- Love River — A lit-up riverside stroll and a short boat ride
- Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum — A giant bronze Buddha behind a row of eight pagodas
- Kaohsiung Music Center — Hexagon-tiled halls that glow on the harbour at night
- Weiwuying (National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts) — A wave-roofed arts centre inspired by banyan trees
- 85 Sky Tower (observatory closed) — Kaohsiung's skyline icon; for now, admire it from outside
- Shoushan (Monkey Mountain) & Lovers' Lookout — Harbour night views from a hill full of wild macaques
- Liuhe Night Market — A one-street tourist night market at the station exit
- Ruifeng Night Market — The maze-like night market locals actually use
- Kenting day trip — Taiwan's southern tip: beaches, a lighthouse and a night street
- Tainan day trip — Taiwan's oldest city: temples and alley snacks
- Hamasen Railway Cultural Park — Walk the rails of Taiwan's first station
- Chengcing Lake — Kaohsiung's biggest lake, a half-day stroll
- Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts — Big museum with sculpture lawns and lake paths
- Sanfong Temple — Nezha temple, a sea of red lanterns at night
- Dream Mall Ferris Wheel — One loop over the harbour at night
- Kaohsiung Museum of History — The 1938 city hall that tells the city's story
- Kaohsiung Main Public Library — A stacked green building with a free rooftop garden
- National Science and Technology Museum — A hands-on science hall for rainy family days
- Zuoying Old City — Qing city gates and walls, then the Spring and Autumn Pavilions
- Meinong Hakka Village Day Trip — Oil-paper umbrellas, Hakka food, rice fields and tobacco barns