Kowloon City
Kowloon City is an area in New Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Kowloon City is an area in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is part of Kowloon City District.
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Worth seeing in and around Kowloon City
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong is a public university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally established as the University of Hong Kong in 1911.
7.4 km · public research university in Hong Kong established in 1911 · Wikipedia - 02International Commerce Centre
The International Commerce Centre is a 108-storey, 484 m supertall skyscraper in West Kowloon, Hong Kong, located atop the Elements mall and near two MTR Stations. It is the world's 13th tallest building by height, 10th tallest by number of floors, and Hong Kong's tallest, as well as the only building in the city with over 100 storeys.
4.3 km · skyscraper in West Kowloon, Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 03Bank of China Tower
The Bank of China Tower is a skyscraper located in Central, Hong Kong. Located at 1 Garden Road on Hong Kong Island, the tower houses the headquarters of the Bank of China Limited.
6.4 km · skyscraper in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 04Central Plaza
Central Plaza is a 78-storey, 374 m skyscraper at 18 Harbour Road, in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. Completed in August 1992, it is the third tallest tower in the city after 2 International Finance Centre in Central and the International Commerce Centre in West Kowloon.
5.9 km · Skyscraper in Wan Chai, Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 05Victoria Peak
Victoria Peak is a hill on the western half of Hong Kong Island. It is also known as the Mount Austin, and locally as The Peak only generally.
7.8 km · mountain in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 06The Center
The Center is the fifth tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong, after International Commerce Centre, Two International Finance Centre, Central Plaza and Bank of China Tower. With a height of 346 m, it comprises 73 storeys.
6.3 km · skyscraper in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 07Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is a public university in Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong. Founded in 1991, it was the territory's third institution to be granted university status, the first research university and the first university without any precursory existence upon its formation with English as its primary medium of instruction and assessment since its establishment.
7.5 km · public research university in Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 08Nina Tower
Nina Tower are two 80-storey and 42-storey high-rise buildings in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong near Tsuen Wan West station. The tower was designed to be the tallest tower in the world at 518 m.
9 km · skyscraper · Wikipedia - 09Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is a public university in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The university is one of the eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions in Hong Kong.
3 km · public university in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 10Hong Kong Museum of Art
The Hong Kong Museum of Art is the first and main art museum of Hong Kong, located on Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. It is a public museum managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government.
4.5 km · art museum in Hong Kong · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kowloon City
- Airports
- Hong Kong (HKG), 28 km · Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX), 53 km · Macau (MFM), 65 km
- Stations
- Victoria Harbour, 5 km · Hung Hom station, 3.2 km · Central Station, 6.3 km
- Shenzhen → Kowloon City27 km · quickest by road, 54 min · ¥16–21
- Nossa Senhora do Carmo → Kowloon City68 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · $7–9
- Zhuhai (Jinwan) → Kowloon City91 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · ¥45–60
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kowloon City
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kowloon City. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inHelicopter transfers can be arranged between Hong Kong International Airport and the roof-top landing pad at the Peninsula Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui.
- Get aroundThe 5 follows Chatham Road north at first on its run from the Star Ferry pier to Fu Shan, with the 6 going northwest from the dock to Lai Chi Kok and providing access to the western side of the peninsula.
- Get aroundRoutes 5R, 22, and 22M as well as some minibuses connect from Kai Tak Cruise Terminal to different regional subcenters where passengers can further transfer to other bus, metro, other transit services, or explore these local area.
- Get aroundTogether with line, they cover most part of the Kowloon area, with feeder bus and green minibus available at various stations for connection into more localized area.
- Get aroundThere are also red minibus hubs scattering around Mong Kok and Kwun Tong.
From Wikivoyage: Hong Kong/Kowloon, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Kowloon City
Kowloon City is 2 km from Kowloon, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hong Kongcity and special administrative region of China6.6 km
- Southern Districtdistrict of Hong Kong9.8 km
- Kowloon City Districtdistrict of Hong Kong300 m
- Sha Tin Districtdistrict of Hong Kong6.3 km
- Eastern Districtdistrict of Hong Kong6.2 km
- Kwun Tong Districtdistrict of Hong Kong4.2 km