The National Agricultural Exhibition Center is hosting a night market that is convenient to get to, free to enter, and has a bit more spunk than the other street markets in Beijing.
The ‘Electronic Carnival & Beer Fest Night Market’ will run every day from 5-11.30pm until August 17.
Note: We took the photos in this article on a Tuesday night – so try to imagine a bit more lively event in your mind.
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There are tons of food stalls with everything from gelato to stinky tofu and games with fairly decent prizes; they are also not impossible to win – we managed to get large Pikachu plushy during our visit.
A rather impressive stage sits at the northern edge of the night market that features an eclectic selection of performances on the weekend.
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During the weekdays the large sound system plays an interesting mix of top 40 hits spanning the last couple decades, with everything from Eminem to Bruno Mars m