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Have you been to the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, 衛武營國家藝術文化中心, more commonly called Weiwuying? If not, you really should as it totally lives up to the hype, and is now the best such venue in Taiwan. You may have heard stories or seen TV programs about how hard it was to build "the largest ship on land," or "the largest performance center under one roof," but you can't beat hearing about it directly from one of the people who helped lead the team: Dutch architect Friso van der Steen. Trust us: it's a marvelous tale.
Visit www.npac-weiwuying.org for more info on Weiwuying in both English and Chinese.
Cover: The National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, 衛武營國家藝術文化中心 (Photo via Mecanoo)
Below: The Banyan Plaza (Pic via Mecanoo/Iwan Baan)
Below: The Opera House gets ready for a show (Image via National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts - Weiwuying)
Check our very first episode, the story of a very white man who showed up in London in 1703... and claimed to be from Formosa. Or try a foodie episode from Season 3. Or, for those who want some harder-core history, hear the tale of the Lockheed U-2 pilot Wang Hsi-chueh 王錫爵, who became was famous for defecting to the PRC by hijacking China Airlines Flight 334 on May 3, 1986.
