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Quang Ba Flower Market: Explore the idyllic life of Hanoi’s people at night

11/01/2024 10.210

Quang Ba Flower Market is considered the most attractive and special market in Hanoi. It is an ideal place for tourists to enjoy the beauty of flowers while the capital city peacefully sleeps at night.

Quang Ba Flower Market

Quang Ba Flower Market is one of the biggest and oldest night flower markets in Hanoi. Here, you have a chance to see a variety of colorful flowers and a very different Hanoi at night. If you want to see people trading flowers under the lights, visit this market on your Hanoi travel journey.

1. About Quang Ba Flower Market in Hanoi

Quang Ba Flower Market is situated at 236 Au Co Street, Quang An Ward, Tay Ho District, Hanoi. This is the popular meeting place of flower growers from Hanoi and adjacent areas.

Quang Ba Flower Market

This Hanoi Flower Market is like a colorful flower exhibition with a full range of flowers, from common flowers like roses, chrysanthemums, lilies to imported flowers like Chamelaucium Uncinatum, tulips, etc. Hence, there are many options for you when you come here to buy flowers. Not to mention, as a wholesale market, the prices of flowers here are usually lower than those at retail flower shops or vendors. 

Mostly open at night, the market gets busy when the city has already sunk into sleep. Even at night, many people still flock to the market to buy flowers or take photos.

Quang Ba Flower Market

2. Things to do in Quang Ba Flower Market in Hanoi

There is a ton of activities for visitors to try at this beautiful place in Hanoi:

2.1. Buy flowers and take stunning photos

Quang Ba Flower Market is a great spot to get fresh flowers at low prices. The market is busiest at around 1 am with a large number of traders. This place is also a paradise for street photographers. A colorful vibrant flower market, a stall owner's busy moments when working at night, or their bright faces when there are numerous customers are often captured by visitors' camera lenses. 

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2.2. Explore the daily life of the locals

Coming to Quang Ba Flower Market, you have a chance to see the locals’ hustling livelihood. Because the market is open at night, it is easy to capture pictures of traders and stall owners falling asleep. They try to nap whenever possible in order to have a clear mind when conducting business. To relieve fatigue, many people even bring portable speakers and sing when there are not many buyers yet. 

Quang Ba Flower Market

3. The best guide to explore Quang Ba Night Flower Market

3.1. When is the best time to visit?

The market is normally open from around 8 pm to 7 am. If you want to see a bustling Quang Ba Flower Market filled with flowers while the whole city is asleep, the best time for you to visit the market is 2 - 4 am. This is also a suitable time for you to understand more about the livelihoods of the locals since the sun has not yet risen.

In addition, Lunar New Year or Tet Holiday is the most vibrant and busiest period for the market, with an enormous amount of flowers gathered. At this time, many tourists go to the market to visit and take pictures.

Quang Ba Flower Market

3.2. How to get there?

Quang Ba Market is located in Tay Ho District, about 5 kilometers away from the city center. You can take Au Co Street or Hong Ha Street. As you will likely go to the market at night, it will be very convenient for you to travel, as traffic at this time is light.

Another option is to go to the market by bus. However, as buses do not operate at night, you can only go to the market during daytime. Some bus routes that pass by Quang Ba Flower Market are No. 9A, 55A, 55B, 31, 41, 45, and 58.

Quang Ba Flower Market

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3.3. What to do next?

If you go to Quang Ba Flower Market early in the morning, you can refer to the following schedule:

  • 2:45 am: Take a taxi to the market
  • 3 am - 4 am: Explore the market
  • 4 am: Take a taxi to Long Bien Bridge 
  • 4:15 am - 5 am: Sightsee, take pictures, and enjoy grilled corn at the foot of Long Bien Bridge
  • 5 am - 5:45 am: Contemplate the sunrise at Long Bien Bridge
  • 6 am – 7am: Visit Dong Xuan Market, the biggest market in Hanoi
  • 7:15 am: Have breakfast at Dong Xuan Market or in the vicinity
Quang Ba Flower Market

In addition to Quang Ba Flower Market in Hanoi, there are numerous other Hanoi tourist attractions that you should take your time to visit, such as Hoan Kiem Lake, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Hanoi Old Quarter, Hanoi Opera House, Presidential Palace, and especially VinKE & Vinpearl Aquarium Times City if you travel with children.

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Quang Ba Flower Market offers not only abundant fresh flowers but also the beauty of Hanoi’s culture. The bustling atmosphere here will provide a great background for those who love taking pictures, too. Hopefully, this article will give you some useful information for your visit to this great destination.

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