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9 of the Best things to do in Hanoi (Part 3)
Have you ever wondered what makes Hanoi such a Popular destination for travellers from around the world?
5. Wake up early to see the Long Biên Bridge
No location in the city mixes myth and modernity like the Long Biên Bridge.
While the bridge itself is French, having been built around the time of the Eiffel Tower, its current moniker comes from the first name for Hanoi, the ‘City of Interweaving Dragons’. Founded in 200 BC along the Red River, Long Biên comes from the myth of the father of the Vietnamese, ostensibly by the Dragon King of Lac.
The son of a water goddess who had a turbulent marriage to the immortal daughter of the Flame Emperor, the Dragon King eventually divorced his wife, telling her ‘fire and water cannot live together in harmony’, and divided their myriad children between them. Fifty sons followed their mother into the mountainous north, fifty followed their father south. They became the Vietnamese and North Vietnam, South Vietnam, and a divided nation was born.
Best visited in the early morning, motor scooters, trains and pedestrians stream across it on their way to work while the ancient Red River gushes beneath.
6. Sample the street and café food
There’s great street food everywhere in Vietnam, but it reaches new heights in Hanoi. You will find food vended on every other corner, especially in the Old Quarter.
Stop to sample the familiar, like the country’s famous Pho meat and noodle soup or Bun Cha, a local dish of grilled pork served with rice noodles and herbs, or branch out by cooling down at an air-conditioned café with an Egg Coffee. It’s much nicer than it sounds – think sweet, caffeinated egg nog – made with whipped yolks, sugar, and condensed milk. It’s all easily sampled on a self-guided tour. But if you want some guidance then many of the myriad small agencies in Hanoi’s streets offer street food tours.
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