No matter how much you want to lead a healthy lifestyle, it can sometimes be difficult putting it into practice. If your gym, health food shop or local park is not near home, it is often a chore to get there — a chore that does not get done for that matter.

If you are in the right location though, doing exercise or picking up fresh food might only take a few minutes out of your busy schedule. Kosmo Tay Ho has everything you need to make maintaining a healthy lifestyle easy, with a number of facilities in the complex itself as well as lots of options nearby. You will have no excuses!

1. Clean Gyms, Pools And A Football Stadium

The Kosmo Tay Ho complex itself is home to outdoor fitness facilities, an indoor gym, and two heated pools. If you like to swim, rain or shine, now is your chance.

Nearby, you can also find gyms such as AKC Fitness (591 Lac Long Quan), where the trainers are happy to help you with all your exercise and equipment queries, or Fit24 (Toa Nha Vuon Dao, lane 689 Lac Long Quan) for all the classes you love, including yoga, Zumba, and spin.

Fancy a game of football? Play at the 11-a-side football pitches nearby with your new apartment neighbours. You can rent the pitch at the weekend for between VND300,000-400,000 for seven people and VND300,000-800,0000 for 11 players depending on time.

There are also plenty of options for tennis lovers, including a tennis court on Xuan La street, just a short walk from Kosmo Tay Ho. Players can find out about more locations to play and tennis meetups by joining Facebook groups like Hanoi Tennis Collective and Hanoi Tennis Expats and Friends.

2. Plenty Of Fresh Air

Everyone knows that getting fresh air is good for you. What a lot of people do not know is that Hanoi’s West Lake area has the cleanest air in the city. Don’t believe it? Check it out yourself on this Real Time Air Quality Index site. Lac Long Quan is the only location in Hanoi that consistently measures green, which means you can absorb the breeze from Kosmo Tay Ho’s 28th floor Sky Garden with peace of mind.

Plus, running, cycling, and walking are all exercises that are best done in the open air so it is important to know that when you are doing these activities, your health is not being compromised. By exercising around the West Lake area, you can be sure that you are getting some of the best air quality in the city.

Fresh air is not just limited to the outdoors though, you can also maintain fresh air in your Kosmo Tay Ho home by buying air-purifying indoor plants such as the spider plant, aloe vera, snake plants, and bamboo, all of which are available on Hoang Hoa Tham Street, nearby your Kosmo Tay Ho apartment.

3. Public Parks With Lots Of Greenery

Rush hour in the streets has met its match with rush hour in the parks. Around the same time every day, parks are filled with the young and the old, couples and families, and groups of people enjoying the fresh air, exercise, and company.

Parks were first established in Hanoi after the Indochina War in a bid to increase the greenery in the city. Citizens from near and far helped to establish these areas that would one day be some of the most popular places in the city.

A popular site nearby Kosmo Tay Ho is the two ceramic dragons that lay facing each other alongside Hanoi’s Westlake, found where Nhat Chieu Street meets Ve Ho Street. Here, you will also find a small park with benches. It is the perfect place to sit and watch traffic zoom by or observe the vendors selling treats in the evening. Join in with the people doing their evening exercises and stretches, or grab a book and soak up the atmosphere.

If you are looking for a park with exercise equipment, look no further than the lush green garden decks of Kosmo Tay Ho. There is also a park located at Lane 612 Lac Long Quan that has all you need in the way of simple exercise equipment as well as a small lake to run around. There are also lakes and greenery located just next door to Kosmo Tay Ho at the Diplomatic Complex and Hoa Binh Park.

4. Fresh And Healthy Food

If you fancy eating out, Kosmo Tay Ho has its own BBQ area and a variety of nearby restaurants. For those who would prefer to cook at home, there are also a number of markets nearby Kosmo Tay Ho apartments, the closest being only a short walk away, at the end of Lane 46 on Xuan Dinh, just past Vinmart (31 Xuan Dinh). These markets have everything you need at very reasonable prices — providing you do not mind a little bit of bartering — including fresh meat, eggs, fruit and vegetables. A bit further down Xuan Dinh, you will find a small fruit shop at number 47, where they sell imported and pre-packaged fruits.

Eating healthy while dining out is easy on Xuan La street too. You cannot go wrong with the vegan buffet at Peace Vegan at 45 Nhat Chieu, where they serve rice, vegetables, stir fry, pasta, tofu, and much more — especially at the incredible price of VND35,000. Make sure to get there early though, as it is only open from 11am until 2:30pm. You can also try Com Chay Sen Xanh at 169 Ve Ho, Xuan La, with breakfast for just VND20,000 and lunch for VND25,000-50,000.

5. Top-Notch Medical Care

Worst case, should you have any problems with your health, there are 12 pharmacies and medical services in walking distance from Kosmo Tay Ho. The nearest pharmacy is at 7 Xuan Dinh Street. While small pharmacies can be found scattered in every direction and are great for everyday your medical needs, if you have a more serious problem or you would like to speak to a doctor, there is a medical service in the Kosmo Tay Ho complex itself as well as a number of hospitals and medical centres around the area, such as:

• Hanoi Heart Hospital (Vo Chi Cong)
• E Hospital (89 Trần Cung)
• Medlatec (99 Trich Sai)
• Thu Cuc General Hospital (286 Thuy Khue)
• Sakura Clinic (49 Lane 612 Lac Long Quan)
• Community Clinic – Medlife (11 Lane 271 Lac Long Quan)

We have not forgotten your furry friends either. If your pet is in need of medical attention, you can also pop to iVet Center at 468 Lac Long Quan, a favourite with foreign residents of Hanoi and their pets.

Living a healthy life in Hanoi can be both feasible and enjoyable for the entire family, providing you are in the right place. There is no doubt that Kosmo Tay Ho is a fantastic location to live and grow, while maintaining a healthy lifestyle that your entire household loves and deserves.