Mong Kok
Mong Kok, also spelled Mongkok, often abbreviated as MK, is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Mong Kok, also spelled Mongkok, often abbreviated as MK, is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The Prince Edward subarea occupies the northern part of Mong Kok.
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Worth seeing in and around Mong Kok
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.
5.4 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.
2.4 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.
4.9 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.
4.7 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.
5.9 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.
4.5 km · skyscraper in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 07Hong 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.
2.2 km · public university in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 08Hong 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.
3.2 km · art museum in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 09Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the original Government Stadium, it reopened as Hong Kong Stadium in March 1994.
5.8 km · stadium in Hong Kong · Wikipedia - 10One Island East
One Island East is a skyscraper in Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
6 km · Skyscraper in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mong Kok
- Airports
- Hong Kong (HKG), 26 km · Shenzhen Bao'an (SZX), 52 km · Macau (MFM), 63 km
- Stations
- Victoria Harbour, 3.6 km · Hung Hom station, 2.5 km · Central Station, 4.7 km · Kowloon Station, 2.2 km · Port of Hong Kong, 5.7 km
- Shenzhen → Mong Kok27 km · quickest by road, 53 min · ¥15–20
- Nossa Senhora do Carmo → Mong Kok66 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · $7–9
- Zhuhai (Jinwan) → Mong Kok87 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · ¥40–55
- 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 Mong Kok
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 Mong Kok. 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 Mong Kok
Mong Kok is 1 km from Sham Shui Po, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hong Kongcity and special administrative region of China5.1 km
- Kowloon Walled Cityhuman settlement in Kowloon City, Hong Kong2.3 km
- Kowloon City Districtdistrict of Hong Kong2.3 km
- Kwun Tong Districtdistrict of Hong Kong5.8 km
- Central and Western Districtdistrict of Hong Kong4.9 km
- Yau Tsim Mong Districtdistrict of Hong Kong1.2 km