Travel With Me #6 - Taipei 101 (台北101)

in #travel7 years ago (edited)

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Taipei 101, the tallest building in Taiwan

Taiwan started the construction of Taipei 101 back in 1999 and was completed in 2004, claiming the World's Tallest Building title from our Petronas Twin Tower, Malaysia until 2010 and was later surpassed by Burj Khalifa, the United Arab Emirates afterwards.

Currently (as of this post), Taipei 101 is the 10th tallest building in the world standing at 508-metres (1,667 ft); while Petronas Twin Tower is the 15th tallest building at 451.9-metres (1,483 ft).

Getting There

As an iconic landmark super skyscraper of Taipei 101, easy access to this building is very important and that's why an underground MRT station was built underneath it.

Take the Tamsui(淡水)-Xinyi(信義) Redline bound for Xiangshan 象山, and get off at the Taipei 101/World Trade Center station. It cost NTD25 (NTD20 if you're using the Easy Card) per way from Taipei Main Station, and take estimated 15-20 minutes of travelling time depend on peak/off-peak.

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Train ride to Taipei 101 Station via Red Line

Ticket Purchase & Entrance

You will need to purchase those entrance ticket on the 5th floor of the mall inside Taipei 101 if you wish to go up and it will cost NTD600 per adult and NTD540 per concession/students for each ticket, while online booking will be slightly cheaper and avoid those hefty long queue at the ticket counter via the Klook App (see the image below).

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Online booking via Klook, sign up your Klook account here for another discount off your purchases

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We bought our ticket via Klook app and, redeem them via the self-check-in​ counter next to the ticketing counter. Read the voucher instruction before redeeming​ it after you purchased

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Entrance towards Taipei 101 Observation Decks at 89th floor

They say that the best time to visit the observation decks is 4.30PM-5.00PM, why? Because you'll get enjoy the view in both daylight and night view​, talking about one stone killing two bird 😆 and that's what I did too. After getting our ticket, it's time to take the "World's Fastest Elevator" up to the 89th floor of the observation decks.

Okay, it might not be the World Fastest Elevator now after Shanghai Tower taken the title in​ 2016, but it's still pretty damn​ fast with a travelling vertical speed of 60km/h, you pretty much reach the 89th floor from the entrance (5th floor) in 37 seconds and the best thing is you don't feel it.

Check out how fast the elevator goes in this video


Observation Deck & Wind Damper

The Observation Decks of Taipei 101 is located on​ the 88th and 89th floor which provide ​360-degrees unobstructed view of Taipei city from the tower as there's isn't any tall rise building beside it. There's also an Outdoor Observation Deck located on​ the 91st floor but is subjected to weather condition when it's open for the public visit.

Due to earthquake and typhoon being the frequent visitor to Taiwan, Taipei 101 is built to withstand their force by using the world's ​largest and heaviest gigantic wind damper installed right in the middle of the tower at the Observation Decks. This wind damper is weighted at 660-tons (660,000kg), having a diameter of 5.5-metre (18ft) and is been suspended in mid-air​ between 87th floor to 92nd​ floor by 41 thick layers​ of 12.5cm (5-inch) steel bound​ together.

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Gigantic Wind Damper in Golden Yellow

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Suspended right in the middle of the air

Check out this Observation Deck Mini-Tour​ video


The outdoor​ observation deck is on the 91st floor where you can access through the ​89th floor by taking the stairs, and with Taipei currently in​ winter, is super cold and windy when I got up there. With this high up, it officially becomes​ the highest building that I had been to in my life (as of Jan 2018).

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Proudly wearing the Teammalaysia T-shirt here at Taipei 101

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3x3 Panorama shoot view from 91st floor

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City nightview, super nice

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Highest Mailbox in Taiwan

After taking all my videos and photos of the night view, ​is time to get back down to the earth and have our dinner.


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Does Taiwan have similarity with Japan when it comes to ambiance and the people?

As Japan once conquer Taiwan during​ the period between 1895 and 1945, Taiwanese do have some similarity with Japan with their politeness and discipline​.

wow very good composition and night shot. love it. congratulations my friend . very successful

Thanks for supporting @artizm

Wow! I never knew of the wind damper thing! Are you planning to visit all the high towers in the world? :D

Given the chance of course yes! Haha

Next off will be Burj Khalifa 😏

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Very informative post about one of the most visited attraction in Taipei. We haven't been, but there are a few Steemians that have posted about Taiwan, so we take it as a sign ;)
Love the mixture of photos and videos. By the way, is there any chance to dine at the top? Sky Bar experience?

Yes! It's the sign that you couldn't miss it 😂

I haven't get the chance to dine at the top, but I​ believe these are the sky bar experience you were referring to, https://theculturetrip.com/asia/taiwan/articles/5-great-rooftop-bars-and-restaurants-for-that-perfect-taipei-sunset/

Additionally, you can dine on​ the restaurant at 86th floor of Taipei 101, https://www.taipei-101.com.tw/en/food-search-detail.aspx?no=306&frm=search

We saw some video, but it wasn't from Culture Trip (although they do good articles too). Taiwan is becoming trendy or it always was, but we weren't aware until now hahaha
Thanks for the links - extra useful! @aaronleang 😊

You're a certainly most welcome @travelling-two 😊

Wow, the tower looks so futuristic :)

Yes indeed futuristic 😆

interesting wind damper. never know therez such thing there. Anyway, i am not sure is it worth the money or experience to go up. haha.

Well since travelled 3,250km from KL to Taipei and you already here, why not? Haha

Petronas Twin Tower actually has a wind damper too, it's super visible but not many ppl knew it 🙈