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The charming Vietnamese capital has aged well, preserving the Old Quarter, monuments and colonial architecture, while making room for modern developments alongside. Hanoi may have shrugged off several former names, including Thang Long, or "ascending dragon," but it hasn't forgotten its past, as sites such as Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and Hoa Lo Prison attest. Lakes, parks, shady boulevards and more than 600 temples and pagodas add to the appeal of this city, which is easily explored by taxi.
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1. Nguyen Art Gallery in Hanoi
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5.0 based on 14 reviews
Nguyen Art gallery is an Art Gallery for original artworks. Its objective is to promote quality arts, particularly from Vietnam. The gallery carries paintings using many materials including lacquer, charcoal, water color, oil on canvas, acrylic on canvas...
2. DIY Box - Leather & Coffee Workshop
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5.0 based on 53 reviews
Basically, Vietnam has many attractions but most of them just for sight-seeing. In there, You could make heaps of leather stuffs by yourself with a reasonable price. If you have time and prefer experiencing activities, DIY Box is an ideal place for you in Hanoi. Located in a small alley with cozy atmosphere near the historical vestiges B-52 wreckage. From DIY Box, you can take 10 minutes by motor-bike or taxi to Hoan Kiem Lake – the heart of Hanoi, 5 minutes by steps to Vietnam Military history museum of fighter plane or 10 minutes to Ho Chi Minh museum, eventful part of Doi Can street where you can find trully Vietnamese street foods, coffee and feel the heartbeat of Hanoi. Being convenient are ensured. Started to learn handmade leather by my-self from 2013, I came to the realization that my workshop was an place where everyone can come & have experience, to know or understanding how does artisan make excellent handicrafts. Hope you come and enjoy my leather workshop.
Reviewed By lici72 - Hanoi, Vietnam
It’s a petty little store inside Hanoi craft house. Thia was my very very first time I’ve done a leather thing by myself. I had thought that it would be very hard but staff helped me a lot and I could done my cardholder very well. My friends did a small case and a long wallet. We were really interested in making our own things. Staff is really friendly n lovely. They showed us everything about leather. I love them so muchhhh. The most amazing experience I’ve had in Vietnam. I will come back DIY Box when I have a chance to visit Hanoi again.
3. Empty Wall Gallery
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5.0 based on 16 reviews
Reviewed By chasemarta - Chapel Hill, United States
We visited the Empty Wall Gallery when we were in Hanoi in 2016. We wanted to make sure that we visited again during our recent visit. Ms. Yen has a wonderful selection of art at reasonable prices. She is so welcoming and it is a great experience to visit the gallery and look at the different art. They will pack or ship art for you. Don't miss the gallery.
4. Fine Arts Museum (Bao Tang My Thuat)
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4.5 based on 1,093 reviews
This museum was opened in 1966. Though in need of updating, some interesting artifacts are on display in its three floors organized chronologically.
Reviewed By TravelinGypsey
Perfect museum! Especially perfect on a hot day and if you want to do something relaxing, knowledgeable, fun and see some beautiful art. The first building has three floors available to view and the second building has four floors but there isn’t something on each floor. The basement area of the second building has pottery which is beautiful, then the top floor has authentic, tribal clothing and artifacts (it is a bit warmer in this building and on the top level but it’s worth seeing!) The first building is next to the ticket area (there is a gift shop inside) which is past the little coffee stand; this building has beautiful collections of paintings across different eras, oil paintings, statues and just amazing things. Spend time just relaxing and walking through- it’s a perfect activity and museum for anyone; solo, family or friends! Follow @travelingypsey on Instagram & GoogleMaps!
5. Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
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4.5 based on 6,576 reviews
Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is a unit under Vietnam Academy of Scocial Sciences. Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is both a research centre and a public museum exhibiting the ethnic groups of Vietnam. The mission of the Museum is scientific research, collection, documentation, conservation, exhibition and preserving the cultural and historic patrimony of the nation's different ethnic groups. The museum also serves to guide research, conservation, and technology that are specific to the work of an ethnographic museum.
Reviewed By srablair - Lytham St Anne's, United Kingdom
We visited here as part of our highlights of Indochina tour. This is a great museum with brilliant outdoor exhibits showing examples of the houses used by each of the ethnic groups that came together to form modern Vietnam. We spent a good few hours here as the indoor exhibits are also excellent with translations in English. There is also a good cafe in the grounds serving hot meals as well as tea coffee cakes etc. This was a good visit and would recomend it to anyone wanting to know more about the people of Vietnam and their origins.
6. Vietnamese Women's Museum
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4.5 based on 5,216 reviews
Focused on the contribution of women to Vietnam's history and culture, this museum highlights their roles in Vietnam's many military conflicts as well as in commerce, including features on female street vendors, women's role in the family, and more recently, single mothers in Vietnam.
Reviewed By Sakuraplatz - Ichihara, Japan
Perfectly located, just two blocks away from Hoan Kiem Lake, this is an excellent museum to learn Vietnamese culture and history from the women's perspective through their daily family life and special occasions such as marriage, pregnancy, birth and wartime. Displays were well-organized including videos. Exhibition about traditional costumes and artifacts showed cultural diversity in Vietnam, which was all the more interesting for me because I was just returned from a trek at Sapa. Their museum shop was also great. The entrance fee was only 30,000 VND and I got a Japanese booklet, which I found very informative, at the same price. Highly recommended.
7. Vietnam National Tuong Theatre
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4.5 based on 116 reviews
Vietnam Tuong Theatre was founded in 1959, in which Tuong - a traditional Vietnamese theatre is being preserved and developed. With the mission to spread Vietnamese traditional art, Behind The Mask exhibition is hosted to transfer the view to unfolding the art of Tuong and promoting this long-established but now not very popular art to a wider audience.
Reviewed By 304debip - Halong Bay, Vietnam
You must see this show it is incredible - acrobatics, artistic dance and much much more I was spellbound
8. Hanoi Police Museum
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4.5 based on 287 reviews
Reviewed By adventuresofkaymay - Mount Isa, Australia
This is a nice little museum which is free entry. It is well set out in date range as you walk around. The pictures and items on display are great to see and read stories about. There is small children size dress ups in the museum shop to try on.
9. Lotus Train
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4.5 based on 56 reviews
Breakfast included if you book directly!!! Lotus Train is a deluxe tourist train, newly launched in June 2019, specialize in route from Hanoi to Hue - Danang. The cabins are well setup with soft sleeping berths, Free Wi-Fi, Air-conditioner, complimentary Wi-Fi, beer, coke, coffee, seasonal fruits, snacks and wet tissue. We always listen seriously to your feedback to provide better service!
Reviewed By Cathiecliff
We had a very comfortable overnight trip from Ninh Binh to hue. Cabin v clean. We particularly appreciated the help of Hieu from Lotus trains, who went out of his way to help us book the cabin at the last minute. We paid via a link on WhatsApp, which at first we were wary of, but all was legit and journey went smoothly. Great way to travel this long distance!
10. Hoa Lo Prison
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4.0 based on 10,616 reviews
Colloquially known as "Hanoi Hilton," this famous prison has been mostly torn down. A museum occupies the remaining structure.
Reviewed By 985peteb - Doncaster, United Kingdom
Former prison in the centre oh Hanoi built by the french when Vietnam was a French colony, later used during the Vietnam war to captured American pilots well worth a visit .
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