Although foreigners living and working in Beijing like to go to the Yaxiu (Yashow) market in Sanlitun for reasonable prices and wide variety of clothing, Sanlitun is more famous for bars in the street. With the neighboring embassies of 79 nations on its border, there are about 200 bars in Sanlitun Bar Street. Despite the emergence of a number of new bar zones in Beijing in the past years, Sanlitun has remained fashionable with the expat community, foreign travelers, and young locals.

Sanlitun Bar Street, a well-known night spot, is located between Baijiazhuang Road and Dongzhimenwai Street near the East Third Ring Road. In 1989, the first bar in the city was opened in Sanlitun Nanjie (South Street), sparking a flurry of openings that later spread to Sanlitun Beijie (North Street).

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Sanlitun Bar Street: Sanlitun Bar Street, a tree-lined neighborhood of foreign diplomatic compounds, is located in the Chaoyang District northwest of the city center between the Workers Stadium (Gongrentiyuchang) and the Third Ring Road North.