If you travel to Hanoi at the weekend, you should not miss the Hanoi pedestrian streets, exciting activities, and street food here. Let’s find some detailed information about Hanoi pedestrian streets with Handspan Travel Indochina!

Hanoi pedestrian streets

Through this article, you will find out these pieces of information below.

General information about Hanoi pedestrian streets

Hanoi pedestrian streets include many streets around Hoan Kiem Lake. It is open only on the weekends from 07.00 p.m. on Friday to 12.00 a.m. on Sunday. At the beginning of 2021, some streets in the south of Hanoi Old Quarter were extended to connect with the pedestrian corner around the Hoan Kiem Lake and nearby areas, promoting Hanoi’s Old Quarter’s cultural and historical values. 

Currently, there are two main areas in the Hanoi pedestrian streets as below.

• Streets around the Hoan Kiem Lake: Dinh Tien Hoang, Le Lai, Le Thach, Dinh Le, Nguyen Xi, Trang Tien, Hang Khay, Le Thai To, Lo Su, Hang Dau, Tran Nguyen Han, Bao Khanh, Hang Bai
• Streets in the Hanoi Old Quarter: Hang Dao, Hang Ngang, Hang Duong, Dong Xuan, Hang Giay, Hang Buom, Ma May, Dao Duy Tu, Hang Giay, Luong Ngoc Quyen, Ta Hien, Dinh Liet, Gia Ngu, Cau Go, Hang Be, Hang Bac, O Quan Truong, a part of Trung Yen and Phat Loc lane

Exciting activities in Hanoi pedestrian streets

Coming to Hanoi pedestrian streets, you can join and admire many activities both in the daytime or nighttime. Below are some experiences you should not miss.

Joining traditional folk games

Hanoi pedestrian streets attract tourists with Vietnamese traditional folk games. Walking around the Hoan Kiem Lake, you will catch up with groups of people gathering to play some games such as Mandarin square capturing (O An Quan), bamboo jacks, tug of war, human chess, toy figurines, etc. By joining these games, local people will recall their childhood, while international tourists will have a chance to become closer and more connected with local people.

Playing Mandarin Square capturing in Hanoi pedestrian streets

Enjoying street performances

Besides traditional folk games, you can see street artists performing different forms of street performances. You can listen to any type of music, from vibrant American Latin songs to soothing light, orchestral music, and Vietnamese traditional art forms, such as Xam singing (Hat Xam), and Southern amateur music (Don Ca Tai Tu). Besides, you will feel impressed with young boys and girls dancing to K-pop songs, hip-hop music melodies, featured circus performances, and exciting art juggling acts. 

If you would like to enjoy nostalgic melodies telling traditional Vietnamese stories like Cheo folk songs, and Chau Van, you should not miss the Ma May and Luong Ngoc Quyen areas. If you are a modern music lover, you can find guitar and organ artists and singers singing in every corner of Hanoi pedestrian streets. 

Please calligraphy from Calligraphy masters

Hanoi pedestrian streets area is one of the cultural art spaces in Hanoi you should not miss. Walking along the lakeside, opposite the Turtle Tower, you can catch up with Calligraphy masters wearing the long black Ao Dai, grinding ink and writing. Outstanding on the red paper background is the meaningful word associated with Vietnamese cultures, such as “Tam,” “Phuc,” “Nhan,” etc. 

Shopping in the Hanoi pedestrian streets

If you would like to buy the souvenir to bring home, you can drop by the Hang Ngang, Hang Dao Street, or Dong Xuan Market. These places are crowded with people shopping both day and night. Especially at the weekend, you can enjoy the night market’s atmosphere. Coming here, you can find various goods such as clothes, shoes, watches, jewelry, souvenirs, etc. 

Dong Xuan Market

Exploring the crowded atmosphere in Hang Ma Street

Wandering around Hang Ma Street, you can immerse yourself in splendid items, such as masks, balloons, decorations, lights, etc.

Hang Ma Street

Drinking beer in Ta Hien Street

Ta Hien Street is one of the best places to enjoy Hanoi’s nightlife. Coming to Ta Hien Street at night, you will feel impressed with the stalls lying side by side that serve Hanoi street food and beers.

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Ta Hien Street

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Street food around Hanoi pedestrian streets you should not miss

Walking along Hanoi pedestrian streets, you can try many street foods. Let’s find some of the featured street food here.

Trang Tien ice-cream

• Address: 35 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
• Price: from VND 12,000

Coming to Hanoi pedestrian streets, you should not miss Trang Tien Ice Cream, a famous ice cream brand in Hanoi. Besides the delicious coconut, green bean, nugget ice cream, fresh matcha, vanilla, and cocoa ice cream, the Trang Tien ice cream shop also attracts guests with impressive decoration. 

Trang Tien ice-cream

Thuy Ta ice-cream

• Address: Ly Thai To Street, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
• Price: from VND 10,000

Thuy Ta Ice Cream is also a well-known ice cream brand you should try. After walking around Hanoi pedestrian streets, you can stop by the Thuy Ta ice cream shop to relax. You can enjoy all ice-cream flavors from nuggets, coconut milk, lemon mint, chocolate nuts, etc. 

Sticky leaves jelly yogurt 

• Address: 05 Dinh Liet, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
• Price: from VND 20,000

Sticky leaves jelly yogurt has yogurt, sticky leaves, condensed milk, and white bubbles. Besides, you can also add fruits, violet blutinous rice (nep cam) if you want. 

Sticky leaves jelly yogurt

Grilled glutinous banana

• Address: 01 Hang Duong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
• Price: from VND 10,000

Grilled glutinous banana includes banana, sticky rice, coconut milk, crushed peanuts, and shredded coconut. You can walk around the streets while enjoying this food. Fragrant sticky rice, and grilled banana combined with the aurora of coconut milk create a unique and tasty food. 

Grilled glutinous banana

Beef jerky mannequin

• Address: 23 Ho Hoan Kiem, Hang Bac, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
• Price: from VND 35,000

Beef jerky mannequin is one of the famous street foods in Hanoi that you can find in many places. A plate of beef jerky mannequins is quite full of shredded papaya and herbs, sliced dried beef, thinly sliced boiled beef, liver, sweet and sour mix.

Beef jerky mannequin

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In conclusion, through this article, you have learned some detailed information about Hanoi pedestrian streets. Hope that with these pieces of information, you can have a wonderful trip to Hanoi! For further information to know before traveling to Hanoi, please refer to our blog post here: Hanoi travel guide.