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Spaces for Culture, Craft, and Creativity
As industries have shifted over time, many former manufacturing sites have been reborn as
hubs of innovation and creativity.
Huashan 1914 Creative Park Songshan Cultural and Creative Park
Huashan was once the Taiwan Province Monopoly Taiwan’s first modern Tobacco factory has now been
Bureau Taipei Wine Factory. Today, its historic factory transformed into a vibrant hub for arts, culture, and
buildings host a vibrant mix of creative activities, from design exchange. The park regularly hosts a wide
live music venues and art house cinemas to craft shops variety of events, including local and international art,
and seasonal exhibitions. On weekends, the open- design, and cultural exhibitions, craft workshops, and
air amphitheater and grassy fields attract families, creative markets. It is also home to a 24-hour Eslite
couples, pet lovers, and tourists—all weaving their Bookstore and cinema.
stories into this retro-industrial setting.
Songshan Cultural and Creative Park
