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Hoan Kiem Lake
A picturesque lake in the center of Hanoi with the iconic red Huc Bridge leading to the Turtle Tower temple island.
1 km · about 5 min drive
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Hanoi
Hanoi, Vietnam · Asia
About Hanoi
Hanoi works well as a base: 1km from Hoan Kiem Lake.
Hanoi is in Vietnam, with about 8.1 million people. You drive on the right here.
Hanoi central station or simply Hanoi station (Vietnamese: Ga Hà Nội) is one of the main stations of Vietnam Railways, serving as the terminus of five of seven active routes in the national network, including the North–South railway (Reunification Express), the Hanoi–Lào Cai railway, the Hanoi–Haiphong Railway, theRead more
Hanoi–Đồng Đăng Railway, and the Hanoi–Quán Triều Railway. The station serves the capital city of Hanoi. The station is located at 120 Lê Duẩn Street, Cua Nam Ward, Hoan Kiem District in central Hanoi.
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What is there to see near Hanoi?
Within an hour or so of Hanoi: Hoan Kiem Lake (1 km), Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (2 km), Cafe Giang (2 km), Bun Cha Huong Lien (2 km).
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Hanoi is in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 8,053,663
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Vietnam
- Region
- Hanoi
- Timezone
- Asia/Bangkok
- Coordinates
- 21.0245, 105.8412
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Worth the detour from Hanoi
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
The final resting place of Vietnam's revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh, a grand granite mausoleum in the center of Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Cafe Giang
The Hanoi cafe where Nguyen Van Giang invented ca phe trung: egg coffee, in 1946 while working at the Metropole during a milk shortage. It is still run by his family down a narrow alley off Nguyen Huu Huan.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Bun Cha Huong Lien
The plastic-stool bun cha shop where Barack Obama and Anthony Bourdain ate in 2016; the table they used is preserved under a glass case. Grilled pork patties come in a bowl of sweet-sour broth with cold noodles.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Year-round
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