--- description: Find out why Taipei is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World’s 100 Greatest Places. title: Taipei: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt219100180057fc1e/698a1de38fd2ee087036303e/worlds-greatest-places-2021-Taipei-Taiwan_001.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 20, 2021 # Taipei Culture and quiet by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Exterior of the Taipei Performing Arts Center, designed by David Gianotten and Rem Koolhaas of OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture) Exterior of the Taipei Performing Arts Center, designed by David Gianotten and Rem Koolhaas of OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture)Courtesy Chris Stowers—OMA This year’s slate of openings further burnishes Taipei’s credentials as a cultural capital. Spring saw the debut of the city’s National Center of Photography and Images, an institution dedicated to the research, preservation and exhibition of Taiwan’s photographic history. Meanwhile, the Taipei Performing Arts Center—with its striking architecture, defined by a giant silver sphere protruding from one side of the building—seems set to become a city landmark when it opens in 2022\. Another new arrival: Hilton’s 175-room Hotel Resonance Taipei, which boasts a boxy black-and-white exterior designed to evoke frames on a film roll. Visitors looking for a respite from the fun and fast pace of the city can visit nearby Yangmingshan National Park, which was named the World’s First Urban Quiet Park in June 2020\. _—Dan Q. Dao_ **Correction, July 20** _The original version of this story misstated when the Taipei Performing Arts Center will open. It will open in 2022, not 2021._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079315/taipei/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079315/taipei/"},"headline":"Taipei","datePublished":"2021-07-20T10:37:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:51:34.765Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079315/taipei/","keywords":["franchise","Magazine","World's Greatest Places"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt219100180057fc1e/698a1de38fd2ee087036303e/worlds-greatest-places-2021-Taipei-Taiwan_001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt219100180057fc1e/698a1de38fd2ee087036303e/worlds-greatest-places-2021-Taipei-Taiwan_001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079315/taipei/","name":"Taipei"}}]}] ```