The fun facts you should know about Taipei: 1. Garbage truck playing Beethoven

1. When residents hear Beethoven’s “Für Elise” playing in the streets of Taipei, they rushes outside … for the garbage truck! The policy“trash doesn’t touch the ground” requires Taiwanese citizens to dump their rubbish to the garbage truck five nights a week in government-sanctioned blue bags. This reduces the accumulation of garbage in bins that may attract cockroaches and rats. The upside: The time waiting curbside often turns into prime time for neighborhood gossip.