Taipei Christmasland 2026: Dates, Tickets & Venue (New Taipei City)

A city hall plaza dressed for December

Banqiao turns into a Christmas set every winter. Taipei Christmasland, which the New Taipei City Tourism and Travel Department organises, is one of the biggest Christmas events in Taiwan. The 2026 edition runs from mid-November to late December.

The core is the open plaza at the foot of New Taipei City Hall. The tower stands over Banqiao Station, so commuters walk straight out of the ticket gates and into the decorations. This year the immersive installations spread across several Banqiao venues, and a circus-themed show opens the season.

What’s on in 2026

The circus theme runs through the whole program. Expect big walk-through pieces rather than a few lamps on a fence: Christmasland is built for wandering, photographing and standing inside the displays.

• Opening show: a circus-themed performance starts the season.
• Immersive installations: spread over several Banqiao sites, not only the City Hall plaza.
• The tree: earlier editions have put a giant Christmas tree at the centre of the plaza. It is the photo nearly everyone queues for.

The organiser’s official site carries the full program, including the opening show details and the venue map.

Getting to Banqiao

The trip is easy, which partly explains why the crowds are so large. Banqiao Station is one of the biggest transport hubs in greater Taipei. Under one roof it combines:

• Taipei Metro Bannan Line (Blue Line): around 20 minutes from Taipei Main Station.
• Taiwan High Speed Rail: the stop for visitors coming up from Taichung or Kaohsiung.
• Taiwan Railway: local and express trains.
• Circular Line (Yellow Line): handy if you are coming from Xinzhuang or Zhonghe.

Exits on the Xinban Special District side lead out to City Hall and the plaza. Fuzhong Station, one stop east on the Blue Line, sits close to the event’s outer venues and is often less crowded.

Moving through the crowds

The event is popular, and its busiest moments are predictable. Weekend evenings and the nights around Christmas Eve fill the plaza shoulder to shoulder, because that is when office workers, families and couples all turn up together. Weeknights in late November usually feel far calmer, since the season has only just begun.

The installations look their best after dark, when the lights are on. A lot of visitors walk the plaza at dusk and then carry on to the outer venues. Seeing everything at an unhurried pace usually takes two to three hours.

Doing Christmasland the Taipei way

Queues here are orderly and taken seriously. For the tree and the most popular installations, people line up in single file and wait for the group ahead to finish their photo. Stepping into someone else’s frame without waiting is the quickest way to draw a glare.

• Pay with an EasyCard: it covers the MRT, the railway and most convenience stores around the station.
• Keep your rubbish: public bins are rare in Taiwan, so locals take their cups home or drop them at a 7-Eleven or FamilyMart.
• Escalators: stand on the right and walk on the left, and on crowded nights stand still.
• Leaving: after the lights, the station gets packed. Some visitors wait it out over dinner and catch a later train.

Around Banqiao after the lights

Food is easy to find. The Global Mall inside Banqiao Station has a large food court, and the Mega City department store next door has more restaurants for sit-down meals. Both are short walks from the plaza and give you somewhere warm on a cool December night.

In daylight, the Lin Family Mansion and Garden (Lin Ben Yuan) near Fuzhong Station is the obvious pairing. It is a nineteenth-century merchant family’s estate, with ponds, pavilions and carved courtyards. Its hours shift through the year, and its official site lists them. A garden visit in the afternoon followed by Christmasland at dusk fills a day in Banqiao well.