Tháp Nước Hàng Đậu is a check-in spot right in the center of Hanoi. Perhaps because this location is free, it hasn’t been hyped up by the media as much as other check-in spots in Hanoi. After seeing the photos taken at Tháp Nước Hàng Đậu below, you will want to visit this place right away.
What is Tháp Nước Hàng Đậu?
Tháp Nước Hàng Đậu is a water supply structure for the residents of Hanoi dating back to the French colonial period. The structure was built at the intersection of Hàng Đậu, Quán Thánh, Hàng Than, Hàng Lược, Hàng Giấy, and Phan Đình Phùng streets. Due to its architecture resembling a watchtower, many people mistakenly call it the “Hàng Đậu Tower,” and the name “Bốt Hàng Đậu” has become familiar since then.
Tháp Nước Hàng Đậu, a structure built in 1894, predating the Long Biên Bridge, is located at the intersection of the ancient streets of Hàng Than, Hàng Lược, Hàng Giấy, Hàng Đậu, Quán Thánh, and Phan Đình Phùng.
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What does Tháp Nước Hàng Đậu offer?
The walls of this structure are made of rough stone, with iron braces, arched windows, and a tin roof of a tower reaching 25 meters high to the top, giving a heavy and mysterious prison-like feeling.
However, it is actually a water tower (chateau-d’eau) in the structure of the urban water supply system built at the end of the 19th century. Perhaps because the main road from the Doumer Bridge (Long Biên) leads directly to the ancient city where the French military was stationed and the headquarters of the ruling machine, people are accustomed to calling it the “Tháp Nước Hàng Đậu.”
Where is Tháp Nước Hàng Đậu located?
The tower is situated at the center of 6 streets: Hàng Cót, Phan Đình Phùng, Hàng Đậu, Hàng Giấy, Quán Thánh, and Hàng Than. It also borders a flower garden called Vạn Xuân (commonly known as Hàng Đậu Flower Garden).
Tháp Nước Hàng Đậu, also known as Bốt Hàng Đậu, is an architectural structure with an impressive lifespan: 116 years, spanning three centuries – XIX, XX, and XXI.
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How to get to Tháp Nước Hàng Đậu?
To reach Bốt Hàng Đậu, you can search on Google and follow Phan Đình Phùng Street straight ahead. When you reach the intersection of 4 or 6 streets, you will see Bốt Hàng Đậu.
For those traveling by motorbike, you can park opposite Bốt Hàng Đậu or at Hàng Đậu Flower Garden.
For those who want to visit Bốt Hàng Đậu without transportation, you can take the following bus routes:
- Bus 14, 18, 22A, 23: Stop at 10-12 Quán Thánh
- Bus 14, 22A, 41: Stop at 3A Phan Đình Phùng
- Bus 18, 23: Stop at 4 Lý Nam Đế
- Bus 01, 18, 23, 36: Stop at 16 Phùng Hưng (inner street)
Buses will stop near Bốt Hàng Đậu, and you can walk a short distance to get there.
I heard someone say that the trees have shed their leaves. Here is a photo of a girl taken at Bốt Hàng Đậu yesterday, there are many trees for you to take photos with, and the trees have not shed their leaves yet.
