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The Bund: View of Pudong from bund
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    • machomikemd
  • By machomikemd on June 24, 2009
  • Shanghai Page by machomikemd
    • modern skyline - Shanghai
    modern skyline
    by machomikemd, 4 more photos
    the various views of pudong from the bund

  • Directions: 1 block west of Lujiazui Station (Metro Line 2)
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    The Bund: Huangpu River Night Cruise
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    • machomikemd
  • By machomikemd on June 24, 2009
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    • the boat - Shanghai
    the boat
    by machomikemd, 4 more photos
    with spectacular night views of shanghai

  • Directions: 1 block west of Lujiazui Station (Metro Line 2)
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    The Bund: The Bund (Wai-tan)
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    • aukahkay
  • By aukahkay on February 21, 2006
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    • Manificent neo-classical buildings on the Bund - Shanghai
    Manificent neo-classical
    buildings on the Bund
    by aukahkay, 2 more photos
    The Bund (Zhongshan Lu) is the symbol of Shanghai. Majestic buildings in baroque, renaissance, and classical styles line the Bund, consistent with the socio-economic fabric of the Shanghai society in the 1930s. Located on the west bank of a bend in the Huangpu River, the Bund became the site of some of the earliest foreign settlements after Shanghai was opened as one of five "Treaty Ports" in the Treaty of Nanjing that ended the Opium War in 1842.
    Walking along the Bund esplanade can be quite challenging - there are just so many locals and tourists, trying to jostle for the best photographic vantage point. I decided to take a cruise down the Huangpu River on a sightseeing boat. The 4-level boat is actually a floating restaurant with an upper observation deck where a mobile band blares out loud Chinese popular music. As the boat sails pass the Bund, the full glory of the illuminated Bund comes into sight.

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  • Directions: Walk to the end of Nanjing East Road pedestrian mall towards the Huangpu River.
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    The Bund: Go to the top floor of a Bund building
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    • Ramonq
  • Updated By Ramonq on May 7, 2006
  • Shanghai Page by Ramonq
    • The Bund - Shanghai
    by Ramonq
    Along the Bund lie these stately Euroopean buildings that overlook the Huangpu River. Go to the top floor of one of these buildings and some of them have porticos that offer a fantastic view of the river and the gigantic skyscrapers across the river in the Pudong area. The one I went to had a bar lounge which serves expensive drinks.

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  • Directions: along the Bund. Near Middle Henan Station
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    The Bund: The Bund at night
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    • K.Knight
  • By K.Knight on September 13, 2008
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    • The Bund at night - Shanghai
    The Bund at night
    by K.Knight
    A major activity for most tourists is to frequent the Bund at night.

    Coming from Australia, it actually felt like Christmas Eve when Anne and I were standing on the Bund looking across the river. It was a warm and balmy night, there was a cool breeze coming off the water, the light show was spectacular and there were crowds of people just walking around, hand in hand, having a great time.

    The light show across the river was amazing to watch and the older sandstone buildings of the Bund were lit in a beautiful way.

    The only 2 disappointing things about the night were 1) The light turned off too early at 10pm and 2) The Children that were used to constantly pull at your arms and beg for money.

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  • Directions: 1 block west of Lujiazui Station (Metro Line 2)
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    The Bund: Oriental Pearl Tower (TV Tower)
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    • vayastra
  • Updated By vayastra on May 29, 2008
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    • The Bund - Shanghai
    by vayastra,
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    You can see Shanghai and its surrounding from the top of tower.

    The Oriental Pearl Tower is located at the tip of Lujiazui in the Pudong district, by the side of Huangpu River, opposite The Bund of Shanghai.

    At 468 m (1,535 feet) high, it is the tallest tower in Asia, and the third tallest tower in the world.

    The view is spectacular especially during night time.

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  • Directions: 1 block west of Lujiazui Station (Metro Line 2)
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    The Bund: Promenade from colonial times
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    • tremendopunto
  • By tremendopunto on May 15, 2005
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    • The Bund at night - Shanghai
    The Bund at night
    by tremendopunto
    The Bund offers a beautiful skyline of colonial buildings in European style. To the other side of the Huangpu River you have a nice view to the modern side of Shanghai, the skyline of Pudong, the finacial center.

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  • Directions: 1 block west of Lujiazui Station (Metro Line 2)
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    The Bund: Gutzlaff Signal Tower
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    • cheezecake_deli
  • Updated By cheezecake_deli on August 11, 2007
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    • AKA the Bund Museum - Shanghai
    AKA the Bund Museum
    by cheezecake_deli
    At the south end of the Bund stands the old Gutzlaff Signal Tower, originally built by the French in 1865 and rebuilt in 1907. It was used to transmit weather reports from the Zikawei Observatory at Xujiahui to ships at sea, and served this function until 1956. Nowadays, it serves as a small museum - the Bund Museum, with black-and-white photos of the Bund during Shanghai's heydays (entry fee RMB10). There is an attached, rather expensive, cafe.

  • Directions: Nearest metro: Nanjing Dong Lu or People's Park.
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    The Bund: Old colonial part of...
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    • FreeCloud
  • By FreeCloud on September 2, 2002
  • Shanghai Page by FreeCloud
    • Old colonial part of Shanghai.

    For those of you who are interested in the 19th to early 20th century of Shanghai, this article gives you some stories about Jews in then Shanghai:

    http://www.gluckman.com/ShanghaiJewsChina.html
    More later

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    The Bund: Bund
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    • ahoerner
  • By ahoerner on July 4, 2004
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    • Crowded Bund. - Shanghai
    Crowded Bund.
    by ahoerner

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  • Directions: Walk down Nanjing road until you reach Huangpu river. Across the street you find the Bund.
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