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Hanoi coffee shop decorated with recycled items

Located in a small alley off Hang Tre Street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, Hidden Gem Coffee offers customers a distinctive design which uses recycled objects as decorative items.

Located in a small alley off Hang Tre Street in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, Hidden Gem Coffee offers customers a distinctive design which uses recycled objects as decorative items.

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Thousands of old bottles along with a variety of tyres and tractor engines have been recycled for the decoration of the café. 

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Nguyen Van Tho, 37, spent more than one year collecting the scraps from localities near Hanoi. 

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The majority of the objects in the café were recycled things which were then designed as decorative items by Tho and his friends. 

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A vase recyled from an old can 

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The table and chairs made from tyres and a wooden bed 

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The four floors of the café are different 

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According to Tho, plastic waste has become a thorny issue. Through the café’s decoration, he wanted to convey a message that waste can be a resource when recycled. 

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Flowers made from plastic bottles 

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The café has attracted many people, particularly the young

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Foreigners are interested in the café space. 

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Philippa Fennes from Germany said that she thought the coffee shop was special and this was her second visit.

Source: dtinews.vn
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