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Hanoi After Dark: the Metropole, the Rooftops and the Jazz
The Metropole’s Bamboo Bar and Angelina, Top of Hanoi high above the city, live jazz by the Opera House and the low stools of Tạ Hiện.
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Three Hanoi moments we keep going back to: the Temple of Literature at eight in the morning, a bowl of phở on Bát Đàn, and a drink in the Metropole’s Bamboo Bar at dusk.
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By the Metropole pool
Bamboo Bar
The Metropole’s bar beside the pool, under the bamboo, for a gin and tonic in the garden.
15 Ngô Quyền, Hoàn Kiếm Ward, HanoiExplore View on map
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The highest view
Top of Hanoi
The rooftop bar of Lotte Hotel Hanoi, with the whole city below.
54 Liễu Giai, Giảng Võ Ward, HanoiExplore View on map
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Live jazz nightly
Binh Minh Jazz Club
Live jazz beside the Opera House,.
1A Tràng Tiền, Hoàn Kiếm, HanoiExplore View on map
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At the Metropole.
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At the Metropole
Angelina
The Metropole’s cocktail bar, for an evening drink before dinner in the French Quarter.
15 Ngô Quyền, Hoàn Kiếm Ward, HanoiExplore View on map
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By the Metropole pool
Bamboo Bar
The Metropole’s bar beside the pool, under the bamboo, for a gin and tonic in the garden.
15 Ngô Quyền, Hoàn Kiếm Ward, HanoiExplore View on map
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Rooftops 2
The city below.
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Above Tạ Hiện
La Mejor Sky Bar
A rooftop bar above the Old Quarter, a floor or two above the noise of Tạ Hiện.
22 Tạ Hiện, Hoàn Kiếm Ward, HanoiExplore View on map
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The highest view
Top of Hanoi
The rooftop bar of Lotte Hotel Hanoi, with the whole city below.
54 Liễu Giai, Giảng Võ Ward, HanoiExplore View on map
Music and the street 2
Jazz and bia hơi.
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Live jazz nightly
Binh Minh Jazz Club
Live jazz beside the Opera House,.
1A Tràng Tiền, Hoàn Kiếm, HanoiExplore View on map
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Plastic stools and bia hơi
Tạ Hiện after dark
The Old Quarter street where locals and visitors sit on low stools with a cold beer in the evening.
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