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Keelung
City in Taiwan

Keelung

Keelung, Chilung or Jilong, officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city in northeastern Taiwan.

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The city is part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area with neighboring New Taipei City and Taipei. Nicknamed the Rainy Port for its frequent rain and maritime role, the city is Taiwan's second largest seaport, and was the world's 7th largest port in 1984.

Get in

Getting to Keelung

Keelung can be reached from Taipei by either freeway bus or train along the same route, or a longer bus ride along the North coast. Both means of transport are very frequent, and stops for Keelung bound buses by various companies are located all across Taipei. Probably the easiest way to get to Keelung from Taipei is by commuter trains, which ply the route every 15 to 20 minutes and stop at many stations.

  1. 01
    Keelung

    Built in 1891, this is the main point of access to Keelung city centre.

  2. 02
    Badu

    Built in 1914, the station has served as an important transfer point between the West Coast line and the Yilan line since 1919.

  3. 03
    Baifu

    The station is mostly used by commuters traveling to and from Keelung and Taipei, and the only trains that stop here are the local trains.

  4. 04
    Nuannuan

    The station was opened in 1919 and is on the Yilan line.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Kanziding Fish Market
  2. 02
    Zhongzheng Park
  3. 03
    Ershawan Fort
  4. 04
    Keelung French Cemetery

    A remnant of the Sino-French War of 1884-85, it is about 2 km from the train station, but still very close to the harbor.

  5. 05
    Keelung Islet

    An easy-to-find islet outside Keelung City.

  6. 06
    Heping

    It is the doorway island to Keelung Harbor.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Waimu Shan
  2. 02
    Lovers Lake
Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Miaokou Night Market
How locals move

Getting around Keelung the local way

  • Get inThe twice-weekly ferry service to Xiamen and Damaiyu, Yuhuan is operated by the vessel COSCO Star, although as of May 2026, passenger services remain indefinitely suspended.
  • Get inThere is a weekly (schedule to be doubled from July 2026) 8-hour overnight ferry service between Keelung and Ishigaki, Japan, operated by Yaima Line.
  • Get inFor its first two months operating, the ferry departs Keelung on 23:00 every Tuesday, while the returning route departs Ishigaki on 23:00 every Sunday.
  • Get inA regular domestic ferry to the outlying islands of Matsu is also available, though it is very basic and used mostly by military personnel.
  • Get inThe nightly ferry service to Matsu leaves the harbour at 23:00.

From Wikivoyage: Keelung, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-07.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.