When visiting Kunming, you must experience the local nightlife.

For example, you can experience the local night market and local bars.

If you get a chance, you can try them too.

Below are recommendations for bars and night markets in Kunming.

Let's take a look.

Night Market Recommendations After the epidemic, more and more people walked into the bustling streets again. The smell of food filled the streets and alleys, and the noises came one after another.

Various food stalls form a snack landscape.

There is the smell of cooking smoke along the street, and you can find the natural, warm, and simple old Yunnan style; there are various fresh activities on the street, and you can also find the familiar smell of fireworks in the city.

Address of Nanqiang Night Market: No. 88, Nanqiang Street, Wuhua District, Kunming City. It was built in the early Qing Dynasty and is one of the only two remaining historical and cultural blocks in Kunming.

Now it is located in the city center.

This is one of the night markets with the most cultural atmosphere.

Stage performances, intangible cultural heritage performances, and folk music performances in the old house take turns every day.

There are local snacks from Kunming, representative snacks from various regions and ethnic groups in Yunnan, and snacks from Southeast Asia.

You can also experience Kunming tea culture and folk art culture.

In the folk culture exhibition area, traditional folk handicrafts, traditional costumes, and daily necessities are on display, allowing you to experience Yunnan folk customs up close.

Qiang Street has also built the "1901 Yunnan-Vietnam Railway Theme Cultural Corridor". The historic train model is also a good place to take photos!

Tofu is a specialty snack bar with Yunnan flavor.

There are many kinds of Yunnan snacks, such as stuffed tofu, stuffed tofu with folded ears, baked tofu, and fried potatoes, all of which are relatively authentic!

Qing is the Dai flavor of Nanqiang Street.

In addition to hot pot, there is also a small hot pot with beef shabu-shabu.

The difference is that there are various seasonings that Yunnan people love to eat at the bottom of the hot pot.

Their beef fried rice with sour bamboo shoots is also delicious.

Address of 903 Automobile Culture Night Market: Bank of Huyun Lake, near Yanjiyou Bookstore.

This is a car stall!

In the trunk, colorful light strips complement various products; on the hood, creative beauty and unique products perfectly match.

At the same time, there are also Arc de Triomphe, church, Hu Yun Sailing Pier 1, CGM Art Museum and Yan Jiyou Bookstore.

You can stay for four or five hours!

Don’t set up a fixed stall!

As long as your product is interesting enough, you can participate after passing the registration review.

Therefore, the night market here may be different every day.

Most of the stall owners here are not here to make money, but to communicate with tourists.

Park1903 combines the traditional eating and drinking Tesco night market with the car culture of second-hand luxury car show.

Anyone interested in top luxury cars such as Bentley, Porsche, Rolls-Royce, etc. must come!

Sunac Dianchi Houhai Night Market address: No. 2999 Biji Road, Xishan District. There are 6 streets and 6 different themed blocks.

Streets of different styles, such as Pleasant Street, March Street, Sakaren Street, etc.

It reproduces the life scenes of six ethnic minorities in Yunnan including Bai, Miao, Naxi, Hani, Dai and Yi.

Each building has both national characteristics and fashion sense.

Here, you can also interact, experience and participate in Yunnan’s magnificent intangible cultural heritage, such as tie-dyeing, Miao silver, wood carving, Jianshui purple sand, Yun embroidery, tea art and other traditional handicrafts.

In addition to traditional culture, there is also an urban atmosphere here.

At the KFC on Diaojiaolou in Yunnan, you can taste coffee at the Naxi family in Lijiang.

Shopping malls of various brands meet different styles here.

Next to the night market are Sunac Ice and Snow World and Sunac Ocean World, both of which have night markets.

You can play first and then go to the night market when you are hungry!

As for what to eat, it depends on what you like to eat.

However, I recommend a few: Yaaipan Duck Claw Claw, Xiaohaicuo, Grandma’s Flavor, and Yunse Dai Village.

These are well-reviewed night market lights ~ Bar Recommendation Copper Whiskey Bar Address: 3rd Floor, Shuncheng Shopping Center, No. 11 Dongfeng West Road. When you walk in here, you will remember that time has returned to the "Jazz Age".

There are many out-of-print and limited collections in the wine cabinet!

For example, it owns SMWS Wines (one of the global partner bars of the Scotch Malt Whiskey Association), and its whiskey origins also cover Scotland, Japan, the United States, and Ireland.

Each time period is accompanied by different music.

There is light music in the afternoon, jazz in the evening, and occasional live broadcasts.

The concerts here will enhance the atmosphere and will not overwhelm the audience.

Be sure to order some whiskey here.

Glenfield's 18-year-old or Glenmorangie's Sherwood casks can be used as entry wines or rations.

The bar provides wine storage service, which can be stored for two months.

Pukou Lounge Address: Dingxin Street YMCA Pukou Lounge is located in a historical building in Kunming.

Fortunately, the old city has not been demolished yet.

After renovation, it is more energetic.

The exquisite copper row counter is combined with the background of a Western church, reflected in Persian carpets and Japanese ukiyo-e decorations.

Kunming's first high-quality leisure bar, the bar presents a salon style, pleasant and quiet.

The movie "The Master of Hypnosis" starring Xu Zhenghe in June 2013, the movie "The Uninvited Guest" starring Li Ming in April 2016, and the movie "Kunlun Return" produced by Jiang Wen in April 2016 were all shot here.