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sea, sand, seafood
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people staring, saying hello as loud and goofy as possible, hearing 'laowai', child flower peddlers who followed you for blocks
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Regina1965 Says: On our tour we were taken to St. Michael´s Cathedral. We were surprised that there was a Catholic Cathedral there in China. This cathedral is the seat of the bishop of the bishopric in Quingdao and was built by German missionaries in 1934. The reason for a Catholic Cathedral...
Regina1965 Says: On one of our sight-seeing tours we were taken to an outdoor restaurant by the bay. They brought us such a selection of beautifully made food that we were amazed. There were so many different sorts of food to choose from and they kept bringing us more and more food and...
Regina1965 Says: Wusi square is also called May 4th square and is named after the May 4th Movement. This square was really close to our hotel, so we went there a couple of times. There was so much life there, right by the FuShan bay, a lot of people playing with large kites, the sky was...
Street view of the older part of Quingdao.
Regina1965 Says: One day we went to a whole different area of Quingdao where there was an indoor market selling fake brand-names of all sorts. It was amazing really, many floors filled with only fake brand-name bags and stuff, the same stuff probably they sell on the beach in Spain f.ex. We...
Regina1965 Says: On one of our walks by the ocean/beach we saw a lot of couples taking bridal photos. It surprised me to see so many of them together so I asked our tour-guide. He said that it is a tradition here to take the bridal photos before the wedding. That is very different from the...
Regina1965 Says: The beautiful ball on top of this building constantly changed colours, making it a mesmerizing sight.It was located opposite our hotel and I couldn´t take my eyes of it at night. Back then I owned a digital camera with only 63 photos and too many of them I spent on taking...
irishmoss Says: Craft Beer in QingdaoChina is one the biggest beer consumers in the world. Of course one of the most famous beers in China is Qingdao Beer so when I first went to Qingdao I did a whole lot of beer tasting. Although Qingpi (Qingdao beer) and Laopi (Laoshan beer) will always...
Willettsworld Says: Established in August 2003, the Tsingtao Beer Museum combines the history of the brewery, from when it was started by the Germans in 1903, right up to the present day. It is divided into three sections: History and Culture of a century, Production and Multi Media Area. The...
reinansanc Says: This long street is great to visit. Lots of really good places to eat and drink. All you need to do is get in a taxi and ask for Beer Street. They all know where it is. Located by the Beer Factory. Fun times had by all!
7 Reviews and 67 Opinions Good location, good restaurants. Seems as if on every stay, something is not working in the room,...
2 Reviews and 55 Opinions The hotel has about 10 floors for Crown Plaza Club suite rooms. These are quite impressive big...
Lisa's Pizzeria: - Fake Beef and Bad Service
JoeDormin Says: I was given a hamburger that was terrible. It was not real beef, but instead some kind of meat mix that tasted terrible. I could not eat a second bit and spit out the first bit. When we ask the restaurant staff if we could change to a different plate or sent it back to the...
Cafe Italia: The best italian food and a great place.
Michael_Ventura Says: This new small restaurant is situated in downtown right next to the famous Cafe Cona in The Coffe and Tea Art Street (Min Jiang Er Lu). I actually tried this place just because there was no free tables in Café Cona that is considered to have the best coffee in Qingdao. The...
Tian Fu Lao Ma: The hotpot is heaven-sent
hooiluangoh Says: The feeling is always warm in this busy restaurant. The hotpot. Ask for a Yuan-yang, and you'll have hot soup on one side and herbal soup on another.The waitress rants when she/he serves the hotpot. Basically it's about how the soup is made. Most people love the soup until...
Catch 22: Night time in the "Huang Dao" Qingdao
DSwede Says: If you are not in the old city of Qingdao on the north side of the bay, but rather in the "Industrial and Economic Zone" on the south, the best place to meet other foreigners and expats is Catch 22.Formerly it was called "Daisy's Place", named after one of the part owners....
hooiluangoh Says: There are at least 4 daily flights from Beijing to Qingdao.Airfare RMB 710. But usually you are able to get discounts. Just call or visit any ticket agent and ask. I once got a RMB280 ticket (plus air port tax and fuel levy)The flight takes about 50 minutes.Since the airline...
matjung Says: Get yourself a Chinese-/ English tourist map of Qingdao.They are sold on the street - usually the sales people will fine you!When travelling from point A to point B, go to a bus stop.Approach a young men or women - they might speak a little English.Point in your map where...
Qingdao Public Transport Prices
matjung Says: I found one company which offers tour guides for about 800 RMB per day.If this is within your budget, please contact me and I will send you the link to their website.That was outside my budget so I visited Qingdao myself.Travelling by taxi from attraction to attraction...
Decent supermarkets and speciality shops: A very good wine
Saagar Says: This is not about a shop, but about the only really good wine that I came across in China. It is a red Cabernet Sauvignon by Qingdao Huadong Winery Co. The label said Huadong, Tsingtao 2001, founders' reserve. This wine matches the best of European wines in the same price...
Naval Museum Shop: Model ships
Willettsworld Says: If you're into model ships, both naval or commercial, then this is the place for you. All kinds of ships can be bought from Chinese vessels to more well known western vessels. I saw a group of Chinese guys by one each so it's definitely a popular place.
Newlyweds Taking Wedding Photos
gdilieto Says: Chinese weddings are made of three stages: signature of the paperwork with the civil authority, the photographs, and the banquet with much importance being given to the wedding photos, which are usually taken in a scenic place (or places) of choice of the couple. Over the...
xochoxo Says: Pick Pocketing---i have lived in QingDao for 3 years. Just be careful of your belongings on the streets.Pick Pocket's don't work alone, usually have partners.. etc.I watched a pickpocket steal a woman's cellphone, andwhen i went over to tell her, the pickpocket's partners,...
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Q: Hi, me and my girlfriend (Italian, 29 and 24 y/o) we will be in qingdao from 17 to 22 august 2010. We are looking for local...
A: Nice place for a beer fest. That city is the home of the Tsingtao Beer, which used to be a German brewery way back in the days gone by. It still retains the distictive...
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The former german crowncolony of Tsingdao
Quingdao is an interesting place in China, because it used to be a german crowncolony called Tsingdao, founded in 1874. The germans had signed a treaty for 99 years with China like Great Britain did...
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Qingdao - Old German Colony in China
Qingdao is a picturesque coastal city that lies on the southern tip of China's Shandong Peninsula, located in JiaoZhou Bay facing the Yellow Sea. Before troops were garrisoned here by the imperial...
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Qingdao - seaside colonial town
Tsingtao beer is not just a brand. It comes from Qingdao (Tsingtao was a spelling before Hanyupinyin was introduced). Somehow the name sticks. It's like Peking instead of Beijing. And to those who......
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Qingdao is a beautiful seaside city, with a long and twist coastline. Various seafood has it unique flavor.
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I worked many months in Qingdao. Its about half way between Beijing and Shanghai, along the coast. Most of my working time was not in the real Qingdao, because that's a little more than 1hr away, I...
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