Amazing Hong Kong building views! You don’t need a high-end camera to take photos~

This article *** contains 18 photos taken on iPhone, 9 of which were sent to my personal circle of friends on March 15 last year. I would like to take this opportunity to share with you again a glance at the various "building scenes" in urban Hong Kong. If it is not convenient to disclose the location, if you are interested, you can follow the picture clues to find it yourself. I will tell you the viewing location at the end of the article, with special tips~

Let us start with the famous The business district of Causeway Bay looks like:

Behind me is Hysan Place in Causeway Bay. There is an office building above, and a shopping mall below. There is the third Apple Store to open in Hong Kong. It is always overcrowded, and tourists gather outside the door.

On the rooftop of a building in Causeway Bay, you can see Sogo department store SOGO nearby and Lee Garden One high up in the distance.

As night falls, the central streets of Causeway Bay look like daylight.

Going a little east to the Hoi Shan Building in Quarry Bay, you can see that this old building built in the early 1960s is actually made up of five buildings connected together. When viewed from a high altitude, it looks like an "E" The word "Hong Kong" fully reflects the architectural style of Hong Kong with less land and more people. When the population was at its highest, more than 10,000 people lived in this "giant building". This is also one of the filming locations for "Transformers 4".

Which is the tallest building in Wan Chai? Even if you are familiar with Hong Kong, you may be at a loss for words. The tallest building in Wan Chai and the third tallest building in Hong Kong is the "Central Plaza" in the picture. Why isn't it called "Wan Chai Plaza"? But generally speaking, we can only look up at the soles of its feet. If you are careful, you may find that the angle of this photo is different. This is what it looks like looking north from the mountainside behind it. There is an address at the end of the article.

This photo says nothing but "Wow", I get it!

This dense group of "lightning rods" is dedicated to you who are "secretly afraid", haha~ There is a location introduction at the end of the article.

Leave Hong Kong Island and go to the other side to see:

After crossing the sea to the Kowloon Peninsula, we immediately stepped into Tsim Sha Tsui. In fact, there are not many high-rise buildings here. Most people will call the building built in 2009 K11 in the picture because the bottom is the K11 shopping art museum. In fact, this building has an awesome name, Mingzhu, and its English name is The Masterpiece, which means "representative work." Above the mall, the Hyatt Regency Hotel occupies the middle part, and the upper half is occupied by mansions with unparalleled views. The smallest unit inside was 80 square meters and sold for NT$25 million that year; while the 500-square-meter duplex unit on the top floor with a 180-degree curved glass window sold for about NT$280 million at the time...

Looking south is the Victoria Harbour. Looking north is the Kowloon Peninsula. This photo was taken on the top floor of a hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui. The weather was good that day, and we could clearly see the landmark Langham Place in Mong Kok and the Lion Rock in the distance.

Speaking of Lion Rock, we must mention the excellent location of Lion Rock overlooking the Kowloon Peninsula. If you can arrange it, it is definitely worth spending an hour to climb the "Lion's Head".

The "screen building" in this photo is the Peninsula Grand Hotel in Hung Hom. I climbed to the top of another tall building and took a parallel photo. In the early days of Hong Kong, urban planning and supervision were not in place. In order to use up the available building area as much as possible when building buildings, developers created this kind of conjoined building that looks like a huge wall. The word "screen" is really appropriate.

This is a panoramic view of Hung Hom from the same location.

This is Hung Hom Village in Whampoa. It is a public housing estate in Hong Kong. It is built by the government and rented out to low-income citizens at low prices. The limit varies depending on the family size, from one person to more than ten people. For example, the limit for a one-person household is that the monthly income cannot exceed HKD 10,970, and the total assets must be less than HKD 242,000. For a family of four, the monthly income cannot exceed HK$26,690, and the total assets limit is HK$500,000. If you exceed this limit, you will have to move out of public housing.

This is Wo Che Estate in Sha Tin. It is also a public housing estate. The architectural styles of each area are different, and there are also cylindrical shapes that are quite famous on the Internet.

When I arrived in Mong Kok, the street covered with plastic roofs sandwiched between old buildings in the picture is the famous "Ladies Street" (photographed on the roof of the building where I climbed the building for the first time). It probably belongs to the commodity market. A place where you can bargain for 50 if you ask for 100. However, many cities in the mainland have similar small commodity markets, which are more attractive to foreigners traveling here.

Also taken in Mong Kok, on the roof of another building.

The last picture is of the "twin" hotels above the Tseung Kwan O MTR station, namely Crowne Plaza Kowloon East and Holiday Inn Express Kowloon East, with Tong Ming Street Park underneath.

In addition to the building names mentioned above, several unique Hong Kong viewing locations are as follows:

1. Stubbs Road Observation Deck

This is where the "Central Center" of Wan Chai looks to the north in the photo above. This is the Stubbs Road that the No. 15 bus from Central to the Peak Galleria must pass through. You can take the bus and get off at the Mount Nietzsche Road Station or Pak Pak Station. These two stations are very close. The observation deck is in the middle of the two stations. Which station should you start from? It takes about 2 or 3 minutes to walk there.

2. Hong Kong International Financial Center IFC

The "Central Density" in the picture above was taken above the IFC, the second highest in Hong Kong. In fact, many people don’t know that the 55th floor of this tall office building is the exhibition hall of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. Not only is it free to visit, you can learn about Hong Kong’s financial history, enjoy a 270-degree view of Central, and also have souvenirs from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. I fell in love with the shredded banknote paperweight last time I went there, but unfortunately it was sold out... -_-!

However, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority is relatively low-key and has strict security. If you want to visit the exhibition hall, you need to go to the underground lobby of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority of IFC Phase 2 in Central to report directly to the staff at the reception counter. You need to show your pass or passport or Hong Kong ID card to register, and then you can take the elevator straight to the 55th floor - —You don’t need to press it. You can’t go to other floors anyway. Opening hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays, and closed on Sundays!

3. THE ONE, 100 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

THE ONE is a shopping mall. But there are restaurants on the 18th and 19th floors respectively that occupy a 270-degree sea view facing Victoria Harbor. The above photo of "Mingzhu" was taken there. Both restaurants have outdoor terraces. You don’t need to eat, just order a glass of wine. The glass fence is half a person's height and does not block the view of taking photos at all. A little tip is that although the night view is nice if you go there at night, there are usually a lot of people and the seats near the side may be occupied. It is recommended to go during the day. For example, last time I went to have a drink with my friends after watching the morning movie. There was no one at all. The chairs were casually placed and the shapes were randomly arranged. The view was also clearer than at night~

If If you don’t even want to drink, you can take the elevator straight to the 16th floor. This floor is a completely free space that is rented out for events such as wedding banquets. If you don’t have a reservation, go in and take a walk, and you will be able to see all of Tsim Sha Tsui in 360 degrees. However, compared with the outdoor bar of the restaurant above, the glass fence is relatively high...

4. Lion Rock (495 meters above sea level)

Lion Rock has been mentioned above. This needs to be introduced again. Standing on the top of the Lion Peak, when the visibility is good, you can see Kowloon East to Lei Yue Mun to the left, a panoramic view of Hong Kong Island in front, and even the Tsing Ma Bridge and Lantau Island to the right. It really gives you a feeling of being overwhelmed. I have gone up to Lion Rock five times. Starting from Wong Tai Sin or Lok Fu, I went to the "Lion Rock Park" at the foot of the mountain. There are clear signs marking the direction up the mountain. The road conditions are also very good. It takes almost an hour to reach the top. What better than that? The crowded Longji is much better!

The above photos were all taken with my iPhone 6 (of course the one with the broken banknotes and paperweight is not included). If you are interested, please click on your profile and communicate with us. Thank you for your encouragement!