KeelungPlay Recommendations

Hai-Xing Swimming Pool is in Wai-Mu-Shan, Keelung, a free public pool filled with natural seawater. The site has a parking lot, restrooms, rinse rooms, and life-jacket rental, with lifeguards on duty on weekends. The pool is split into three zones: an intertidal shallow area for toddlers to wade and watch marine life, a roughly one-meter-deep children's pool for school-age kids, and a deeper seawater swim lane for adults to swim and snorkel. Multiple renovations have renewed the platforms, stairs, and railings, improving safety; the only downside is limited shade. It is open 24 hours year-round, completely free, and a popular Keelung spot for families escaping the heat and enjoying sea activities.

Once an abandoned campus, the old Taiping Elementary School has been reborn as Taiping Blue Bird, a white three-story creative complex pairing an independent bookstore with a cafe. Each level frames Keelung Harbor, with the rooftop observation deck delivering the widest panorama. Free to enter, it has quickly become a haven for readers, couples and design lovers seeking quiet hours over a coffee and the port view.