Kwun Tong District
Kwun Tong District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong.
Kwun Tong District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in Kowloon, and is the easternmost and southernmost district in Kowloon. It had a population of 666,500 in 2023. The district has the second highest population in Hong Kong, after Sha Tin District, while the income is below average. Kwun Tong District borders Sai Kung District to the east, Wong Tai Sin District to the north, and Kowloon City District to the west. To the south is Victoria Harbour, and the Eastern District directly across on Hong Kong Island.
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Worth seeing in and around Kwun Tong District
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.
- 01One Island East
One Island East is a skyscraper in Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
3.3 km · Skyscraper in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 02Chi Lin Nunnery
Chi Lin Nunnery is a large Buddhist temple complex located in Diamond Hill, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1934 as a retreat for Buddhist nuns and was rebuilt in the 1998 following the traditional Tang dynasty architecture.
3.7 km · monastery in Hong Kong, China · Wikipedia - 03The Harbourfront Landmark
The Harbourfront Landmark is a 70-floor 233 meters tall luxury apartment completed in 2001 located in Hung Hom Bay in the Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. This prime waterfront residence has glass curtain walls and sweeping views of the Victoria Harbour, it consists of 324 residential units with penthouse apartments on the top floors.
3.5 km · skyscraper in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 04Kowloon Peak
Kowloon Peak, also known as Fei Ngo Shan, is a 1,975-foot-tall mountain in the northeast corner of New Kowloon, Hong Kong, situated in Ma On Shan Country Park. With the summit located just to the east of the border between Wong Tai Sin and Sai Kung districts, it is the tallest mountain in Kowloon, and is crossed by both the Wilson Trail and the MacLehose Trail.
3.1 km · mountain peak in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 05Yick Cheong Building
The Monster Building is a group of five connected buildings on King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong. lts official name is Parker Estate, named after the neighbouring Mount Parker.
3.5 km · housing estate and landmark in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 06Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence
The Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence, formerly known as the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, is a public museum in Hong Kong, located in a former coastal defence fort overlooking the Lei Yue Mun channel, near Shau Kei Wan on Hong Kong Island. The fort was built by the British in 1887, intended to defend the eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour.
3.6 km · museum in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 07Grand Promenade
The Grand Promenade is a high-rise residential development located at 38 Tai Hong Street, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is developed by Henderson Land Development and its subsidiary, The Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Co Ltd.
3.1 km · skyscraper in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 08Hong Kong Velodrome
Hong Kong Velodrome is a velodrome in Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong. It has a 250-metre cycling track and spectator facilities for 3,000 people.
3.7 km · velodrome in Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 09apm
apm is a large shopping mall in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, which opened in July 2005. It is located within Millennium City 5, a commercial property developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties.
100 m · shopping mall in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 10stilt houses in Hong Kong
Pang uk is a kind of stilt house found in Tai O, Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
3.4 km · kind of stilt house in Tai O, Lantau Island, Hong Kong built on water or on small beaches · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kwun Tong District
- Airports
- Hong Kong (HKG), 32 km · Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX), 57 km · Macau (MFM), 68 km
- Stations
- Yau Tong Station, 2.1 km · Quarry Bay station, 3.3 km · North Point station, 3.6 km · Tiu Keng Leng station, 2.9 km · Kai Tak Sports Park, 3.1 km
- Shenzhen → Kwun Tong District31 km · quickest by road, 56 min · ¥17–22
- Nossa Senhora do Carmo → Kwun Tong District71 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · $7–10
- Zhuhai (Jinwan) → Kwun Tong District92 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · ¥43–55
- 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 Kwun Tong District
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 Kwun Tong District. 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 Kwun Tong District
Kwun Tong District is 3 km from Tseung Kwan O, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kowloon City Districtdistrict of Hong Kong3.9 km
- Eastern Districtdistrict of Hong Kong3.2 km
- Wong Tai Sin Districtdistrict in Hong Kong, China3.7 km
- Kowloon Bayhuman settlement2.7 km
- Cha Kwo Lingarea of Hong Kong1.2 km
- Tseung Kwan O New TownTown in Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong2.6 km