The Bund
The Bund is a waterfront area and a protected historical district in central Shanghai.
The Bund is a waterfront area and a protected historical district in central Shanghai. The area centers on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement, which runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River in the eastern part of Huangpu. The area along the river faces the modern skyscrapers of Lujiazui in Pudong. The Bund usually refers to the buildings and wharves on this section of the road, as well as some adjacent areas. This region has a significant European influence, with the style of many structures most comparable to that of European cities, particularly Gothic, Baroque, Neoclassical, Romanesque, Art Deco, and Renaissance architecture. Additionally, some of the city's top eateries are located there. From the 1860s to the 1930s, it was the rich and powerful center of the foreign establishment in Shanghai, operating as a legally protected treaty port.
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Worth seeing in and around The Bund
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.
- 01Shanghai World Financial Center
The Shanghai World Financial Center is a supertall skyscraper located in the Pudong district of Shanghai. It was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by the Mori Building Company, with Leslie E. Robertson Associates as its structural engineer and China State Construction Engineering Corporation and Shanghai Construction General Co.
1.6 km · skyscraper in Shanghai · Wikipedia - 02Shanghai Tower
The Shanghai Tower is a 128-story, 632-meter-tall megatall skyscraper located in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai. It is currently the tallest building in China, the world's third-tallest building by height to architectural top, and the world's second-tallest building by height to highest occupied floor.
1.4 km · megatall skyscraper in Lujiazui, Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 03Jin Mao Tower
The Jin Mao Tower, also known as the Jinmao Building or Jinmao Tower, is a 420.5-meter-tall, 88-story landmark skyscraper in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, China.
1.5 km · landmark skyscraper in Shanghai · Wikipedia - 04Oriental Pearl Tower
The Oriental Pearl Tower is a futurist TV tower in Lujiazui, Shanghai. Built from 1991 to 1994, the tower was the tallest structure in China until the completion of nearby World Financial Center in 2007.
900 m · TV tower in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 05Shanghai Museum
The Shanghai Museum is a public municipal museum of ancient Chinese art, situated on the People's Square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China. It is funded by the Shanghai Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau.
1.7 km · museum in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 06Shimao International Plaza
Shanghai Shimao Festival City, previously known as Shimao International Plaza, is a 333.3 m tall skyscraper of 60 stories in Shanghai's Huangpu District. It was completed in 2006 under the design of Ingenhoven, Overdiek und Partner, East China Architecture and Design Institute.
1.4 km · skyscraper · Wikipedia - 07Yu Garden
Yu Garden or Yuyuan Garden is an extensive Chinese garden located beside the City God Temple in the northeast of the Old City of Shanghai at Huangpu District, Shanghai.
1 km · classical garden in Shanghai · Wikipedia - 08People's Square
People's Square is a large public square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China. It is south of Nanjing Road and north of Huaihai Road.
1.7 km · public square in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 09Shanghai Grand Theatre
The Shanghai Grand Theatre is a complex located at the intersection of Renmin Avenue and Huangpi North Road in the northern part of the People's Square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai. The building houses the Shanghai Opera House and other performing companies.
1.9 km · opera house and concert hall in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia - 10Tomorrow Square
Tomorrow Square is the twelfth-tallest building in Shanghai, China. It is located in Huangpu District, Puxi, close to People's Square.
2.1 km · skyscraper in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to The Bund
- Airports
- Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA), 15 km · Shanghai Pudong (PVG), 32 km · Sunan Shuofang (WUX), 104 km
- Stations
- Shanghai railway station, 3.7 km · People's Square station, 1.5 km · North Zhongshan Road station, 4 km · West Nanjing Road station, 2.9 km · South Xizang Road station, 3.8 km
- Wuxi → The Bund120 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · ¥55–70
- Hangzhou → The Bund164 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · ¥70–90
- Ningbo → The Bund151 km · quickest by road, 3h 16m · ¥85–110
- 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 The Bund
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 The Bund. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou can also take a ferry from Dongcheng road (near the line station) in Pudong to Jingling road south of the Bund and follow the above-mentioned signs.
- Get inAt Dongcheng Road Pier, the ferry departs from the right side - the other one goes to Fuxing Road which is less convenient.
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Next door to The Bund
- Shanghaiprovincial-level municipality in China1.7 km
- Huangpu Districtdistrict of Shanghai, China600 m
- Hongkoudistrict of Shanghai, China3.2 km
- Shanghai International Settlementarea of Shanghai established in 1863 following the merger of the British and American concessions lasting until 1941/31.3 km
- Zhabei Districthistorical district of Shanghai, China3.2 km
- Xintiandineighborhood in Huangpu District, Shanghai2.3 km