Da'an Forest Park is Taipei's Central Park — a 26-hectare green space in the Da'an district that was a military housing compound until 1994 and has since been transformed into the most popular urban park in the city. The park's mature trees (planted on the former military site and supplemented with new plantings), amphitheatre, jogging paths, and the ecological pond (where herons, egrets, and migrating birds stop during the spring and autumn migration) provide the daily outdoor escape that Taipei's apartment-dwelling population requires.
The park sits in the geographic centre of Taipei's most liveable district — surrounded by the cafés, bookshops, and restaurants of Da'an, adjacent to the Yongkang Street food district, and a short walk from the MRT (Da'an Park and Da'an stations). The weekend crowd — families, joggers, tai chi groups, elderly men playing chess, and the couples who treat the park benches as public living rooms — provides the cross-section of Taipei society that malls and night markets can't.
Verified Facts
Da'an Forest Park covers 26 hectares
The site was a military housing compound until 1994
The ecological pond attracts migratory birds in spring and autumn
The park is in the Da'an district, Taipei's most liveable neighbourhood
Get walking directions
No. 1, Section 2, Xinsheng South Road, Da'an District, Taipei
