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Huangpu River and the Bund

Huangpu River, Shanghai, China

Featured Review : The Bund, along the Huangpu river, is the quintessential Shanghai sight. Its name is derived from the Hindi word "band", meaning embankment, and strung along it are a series of colossal Art Deco buildings, mainly dating ...See Full Review

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Huangpu River and the Bund Reviews

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Nightview Is Fantastic

  • 5 out of 5 stars by freetrekker from Beijing, China
  • June 30, 2009
Nightview Is Fantastic
Quote: Do you see the pic I shot on my boat along the Bund, maybe not that clear though, it is my favorite. I love the neon glow reflected on the water.

From journal Shanghai Travel---nightview

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Huangpu River and the Bund

  • 5 out of 5 stars by cheese_cake from London, United Kingdom
  • October 2, 2006
Huangpu River and the Bund
Quote: The Bund, along the Huangpu river, is the quintessential Shanghai sight. Its name is derived from the Hindi word "band", meaning embankment, and strung along it are a series of colossal Art Deco buildings, mainly dating from the first 4 decades of... Read the full Huangpu River and the Bund review

From journal Sexy Shanghai

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Huangpo to Yangtze

  • 2 out of 5 stars by Paul Bacon from Rotherham, United Kingdom
  • April 7, 2006
Huangpo to Yangtze
Quote: The drizzle falling onto the Bund was feint, but incessant. The purple orbs of the Oriental Pear stood out against the mist, much of the rest of Pudong though was somewhat shrouded. The lines of the Jinmao were made feint and indistinct as reams of... Read the full Huangpu River and the Bund review

From journal Shanghai on Life

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The Bund

  • 4 out of 5 stars by Paul Bacon from Rotherham, United Kingdom
  • April 7, 2006
Quote: The one thing that struck me with greatest force about the Bund was the lack of anything to actually do. To get there I had walked along Nanjing-Lu, a giant throbbing boulevard filled with bars, restaurants and shops. The Bund in comparison seemed... Read the full Huangpu River and the Bund review

From journal Shanghai on Life

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Huangpo Sightseeing Tunnel

  • 1 out of 5 stars by Paul Bacon from Rotherham, United Kingdom
  • April 5, 2006
Quote: The tunnel that runs beneath the Huangpo River serves one important purpose, it allows you to travel from Nanjing Lu and the Bund on one bank to Pudong on the other. This is no small service; on the far bank Pudong boasts two of the world's tallest... Read the full Huangpu River and the Bund review

From journal Shanghai on Life

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The Huangpu River and the Bund

  • 5 out of 5 stars by MythMin from Pahang, Malaysia
  • November 29, 2005
The Huangpu River and the Bund
Quote: There would never have been a Shanghai without the Huangpu River. Being the main source of living during the days when Shanghai was a mere fishing village, it has witnessed the city’s birth and growth and is now the only shipping artery of Shanghai.... Read the full Huangpu River and the Bund review

From journal Today's Shanghai

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Bund/Wàitan

  • 4 out of 5 stars by kwasiak from Tucson, Arizona
  • January 19, 2005
Bund/Wàitan
Quote: The Bund was originally a tow path to pull barges of rice. Wàit`an is the Chinese name for the area. The Bund is the Anglo-Indian name for the embankments built up to discourage flooding of the area. It is comes from the word band, which means... Read the full Huangpu River and the Bund review

From journal Shanghai: Paris of the East

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The Bund

  • 5 out of 5 stars by rcoffelt from shanghai, China
  • March 31, 2004
The Bund
Quote: The Bund is an area of European buildings that were built after the Opium Wars, when the Port of Shanghai was opened up to foreigners. Even after the Japanese invasion, WWII, and the Communist Revolution, these buildings are still standing today,... Read the full Huangpu River and the Bund review

From journal My Shanghai Favorites

The Bund

  • 5 out of 5 stars by Ying from Sydney, Australia
  • March 1, 2004
Quote: One cannot claim to have been to Shanghai without paying a visit to the bund. The colonial architecture on the Puxi side of the Huangpu River is still the best sight in town, although the Chinese has been raving about the more modern and more... Read the full Huangpu River and the Bund review

From journal Shanghai, Revisited (Again)

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The Bund

  • 4 out of 5 stars by LenR from Townsville, Queensland, Australia
  • August 30, 2001
The Bund
Quote: Few places on earth evoke such images as Shanghai’s Bund. In 1843, Shanghai was opened up as a treaty port. For the next 100 years it was the extreme example of that genre. The Bund was its heart. This is where Asia’s first skyscrapers were... Read the full Huangpu River and the Bund review

From journal Seeing China's Future