Hanoi night market takes place on every weekend evening (18.00 - 23.00, Friday, Saturday and Sunday), the market spreads from Hang Dao street to Dong Xuan Market creates a busy and crowded walking street. People come here to stroll or go shopping, which becomes a habit of Hanoians. Travelers also like the walking street at the weekend around the Hoan Kiem lake, observing the locals playing folk games, singing, strolling…
As a commercial street, you can find everything concerning clothes and recreation. Clothes, sweets, “o mai” (salted dry fruit), decorations, toys, stationery, sundry goods are respectively sold on Hang Ngang, Hang Dao, Hang Buom, Hang Duong, Luong Van Can, Hang Ma, Ngo Gach, and Hang Ca Streets. All goods and facilities can be found from Dong Xuan Market to Hang Giay Street.
People come tonight market Hanoi at weekend for shopping or just strolling in the crowd to feel the atmosphere of the night market and the habit of Hanoians. Children are excited about going shopping with their family, sitting on their father’s shoulders, holding their mother’s hand, walking in a stream of people, playing with sand pictures and painting statues. It is so romantic to see lovers hand in hand walking on the street, smiling, taking pictures, buying some pieces of clothes at weekends. There are lots of foreign tourists who go sight-seeing or shopping. It is easy for them to find Hanoi or Vietnamese style souvenirs at low prices.
Food stalls often sell “banh beo” (bloating fern-shaped cake), bacon, grilled “nem chua”, sausages, Donner Kebap, cakes, sweet porridge of northern provinces or Hue city. At the end of the night market street, next to the Dong Xuan market, there is a night eatery with a wide range of street food, such as “lau” (hotpot), grilled food, “banh khuc” and steamed sticky rice. If you like Hanoi street food and to travel like a local, this Hanoi night market should not be missed on your itinerary.