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March 2025
Hanoi City Walk (ENG) – Buildings & Barbers, a Battle & Burials – FULL
THIS WALK IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST. This walk is held only on the 1st and 15th of the lunar month when we know everywhere we need open will be open. Today is 1st day of the 3rd lunar month Welcome to a long FVH Hanoi City walk – it lasts minimum 3.5 hours, on average 4 hours but can be as long as 5 hours depending if we linger and stop at cafes on the…
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Hanoi City Walk (English): The Road to the South. The Lê Duản street area – waiting list
THIS WALK IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST. THANKS (OR IF A REPEAT WALK IS SCHEDULED) Join us for a morning’s stroll down Lê Duản street and the surrounding area. You may be surprised that a walk could be made out of this area. Starting at Cửa Nam we explore the history of the former south gate, the nearby streets and stories of the area, who was the ‘French Lady with the flared skirt, where were parasols traded, where is…
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Hanoi City walk (English a.m) – silver & coffee: Hàng Bạc to Nguyễn Hữu Huân – waiting list
THIS WALK IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST. THANKS (OR IF A REPEAT WALK IS SCHEDULED) ‘SILVER, COFFEE, REVOLUTION AND ICE CREAM’ A short distance as the crow flies. But we take the long way round zig zagging up and down the streets in this familiar area of the Old Quarter to discover the unfamiliar – from Đinh Liệt and Hang Bac to Cầu Gỗ and Nguyễn Hữu Huân streets. We touch on many subjects from the birth…
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THIS WALK IS NOW FULL. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE WAITING LIST, THANKS When we zoom out on history, Đồng Xuân is a fairly new market. A little over 130 years old, the establishment came about during the colonial era, with merchants relocating from two other bustling markets. As we uncover remnants of these once-lively marketplaces, we’ll learn about commerce in the capital city, a forgotten river and the history of the neighborhoods surrounding Đồng Xuân. Stretching from Hàng Buồm to…
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