The Nanpu Bridge is very close to my accommodation, I can always see its filigree towering pylons in the distance and they are illuminated in the evening. Reason enough to go there. In all honesty, I didn't expect to get to the riverside. But I was wrong, because there is a promenade that stretches from the world exhibition site to the top of Putuo, i.e. to Lujiazui. The entire length of this promenade is approximately seven kilometers. At the end of the walk you have reached the middle of the Shanghai skyline, in front of which the Binjiang Park is right on the water. You can take long and long walks on the promenade - it won't get boring there. Lots of shipping traffic on the river, cyclists, joggers, families, people who come to take photos, cafes and restaurants, sports facilities, marinas, every now and then an old, privately owned historic building that makes you wonder who lives in it. There are well-tended parks everywhere with flower beds, modern granite sculptures, an old lighthouse and old quays that refer to the history of the port city. It's nicely designed. With the setting sun behind you, which is reflected in the skyscrapers, you can watch the play of colors at the beginning of twilight. At some point exactly six o'clock the whole city will be illuminated with the first six o'clock chime of the Custom House on the Bund, the house with that tower whose clock is a little reminiscent of Big Ben and, incidentally, sounds just as distinctive. All the lights then come on at the same time and the real spectacle begins. Some yachts are only now leaving - a twilight trip in front of this grandiose backdrop. At the top of Pudong, where Binjiang Park is located, there is a midsummer evening atmosphere. Everyone is in a cheerful mood, enjoying the impressions, you are surrounded by the gigantic skyscrapers, on the bank opposite the Bund, the colonial buildings are located and there are dozens of options right on the water on a restaurant terrace with a drink or dinner to enjoy the evening with these views enjoy. I find the pudong side impressive and for a summer evening I would prefer it to the opposite waistband. There is also a popular boardwalk along the Bund, but it's relatively short, about two kilometers from Huangpu Park to Longtan Road, and there are no cafes or restaurants right on the water. In the back between Asia Building and Longtan Road there are some luxurious bars, but in my opinion the Pudong side is more cozy.
An der Nanpubrücke wirkt die Promenade noch wie ein altes Industriegebiet. Dort waren früher tatsächlich Werften. Je näher man der Stadt kommt, desto belebter und schöner wird die Promenade.
Alte Werftgebäude säumen den Fluss.
There is always a lot of shipping traffic on the Huangpu River. Here you are the small distance between the ships. Sometimes they drive side by side in several rows. But the Huangpu River is nothing compared to the Yangste, into which it flows in Shanghai, where things really start to get off the ground. From the Yangtze estuary to Nanjing, shipping traffic is incredibly dense and the world's most hectic shipping hub has emerged, the yangste is the central artery of the phenomenal Chinese economic boom.
In the background the second tallest building in the world, the Shanghai Tower, 632 meters, 128 floors, 106 elevators, viewing platform at a height of 562 meters. However, as I have already mentioned somewhere, China disengaged itself from the race for the tallest buildings in the world on the grounds that it would be of no use and that it would be a waste.
At Coal Harbor Yachting Club
Arrival at Putuo's tongut of land Lujiazui
right at the top of Lujiazui, there are many restaurants here where you can sit under trees ...
... one of them is the Paulaner beer garden, by the way packed with Chinese, who don't come here for beer with pretzels, sausage salad or snacks, but for whom the whole range of pork is served. The Chinese love meat and, by the way, are very Bavarian when it comes to the love of pork, so there is no spillage here, but pudding.
The Oriental Pearl Tower, the end of my walk, although it is still several hundred meters to the next metro station.