Long Bien Bridge
A long steel cantilever bridge across the Red River, built by the French and first named after Paul Doumer, Governor-General of Indochina. Trains, motorbikes and people on foot still share its narrow deck, with wide views over the river and its sandbanks.
- Where
- Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 21.0433, 105.8589
Get the Long Bien Bridge stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Long Bien Bridge. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Hanoi volume with your photos and a note.
Near Long Bien Bridge
Dong Xuan Market 1.1 km
Hanoi's largest covered market, first built by the French in 1889 on the edge of the Old Quarter. Wholesale traders fill its floors with everything from clothes and fabric to household goods and dried foods, and food stalls crowd the lanes outside.
Ngoc Son Temple 1.6 km
A temple on a small islet in Hoan Kiem Lake, reached by the scarlet wooden Huc Bridge. Among those it honours is the general Tran Hung Dao, and one of its halls keeps a preserved giant turtle taken from the lake.
Hoan Kiem Lake 1.7 km
A 12 hectare lake at the heart of old Hanoi, named for the legend of a magic sword returned to a golden turtle. Its shores fill with walkers and exercisers in the early morning, and the red Huc Bridge leads out to Ngoc Son Temple on its islet.
St. Joseph's Cathedral 1.9 km
A late 19th century Gothic Revival church whose twin square towers rise over Nha Chung Street near Hoan Kiem Lake. It is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Hanoi, named for Saint Joseph, the patron saint of Vietnam.
Vietnam National Museum of History 2.1 km
A national history museum in a building put up for the French School of the Far East during colonial rule. Taken over in 1958, its collections now run from prehistoric finds and Dong Son bronze drums to the Nguyen dynasty.
Hanoi Opera House 2.1 km
A French colonial opera house at the head of Trang Tien Street, modelled on the Palais Garnier in Paris and opened in 1911. It still stages opera, ballet and concerts on August Revolution Square.
Hanoi Train Street 2.2 km
A narrow lane where a working railway line, laid by the French in 1902, runs within touching distance of the houses on either side. Several times a day the cafes along it pull in their stools as a train squeezes through.
Hanoi Flag Tower 2.3 km
A 33.4 metre brick tower that once formed part of the Hanoi Citadel and is now one of the symbols of the city. It rises from a stepped base to a lookout where the national flag flies, and it survived when most of the citadel around it was cleared.
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Questions
Where is Long Bien Bridge?
Long Bien Bridge is in Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Dong Xuan Market (1.1 km), Ngoc Son Temple (1.6 km), Hoan Kiem Lake (1.7 km).
How do I get the Long Bien Bridge stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Long Bien Bridge and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Hanoi volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Long Bien Bridge before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Hanoi volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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