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Shanghai Library East
A Pudong afternoon with room to read. Shanghai Library East is as much a place to slow down as a building to look at.
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Jing’an Sculpture Park
Contemporary sculpture meets a real neighbourhood park. Come for a short walk between central Shanghai’s indoor stops.
RestaurantChinese
Fu He Hui
Make space for a full vegetarian meal on Yuyuan Road. Seasonal ingredients give this Changning dining room its reason to linger.
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Wei Xiang Zhai
A small Yandang Road noodle stop with a very direct proposition: sesame sauce, a bowl of noodles and the next stretch of the city.
PlaceConcerts
Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai
An evening of live jazz above East Nanjing Road, a natural final chapter after the Bund and Rockbund.
PlaceConcerts
Wigwam Shanghai
A C·PARK basement for slower electronic nights, ambient listening and experimental programmes that leave room between sitting, dreaming and dancing.
PlaceConcerts
EXIT Shanghai
A Xingfu Road electronic club whose programme connects techno producers, local crews and visiting selectors in Changning.
GuideCulture
Old Shanghai to an evening of jazz
A garden, dumplings, contemporary art, the Bund and live music. A central Shanghai route that keeps changing its point of view.
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Shanghai’s riverside art museums: choose your afternoon
West Bund Museum, Long Museum and the Power Station of Art offer three different encounters with art and architecture along the Huangpu. Start with one exhibition.
PlaceCulture
Shanghai History Museum
Start with the city's history before exploring the streets around People's Square.
PlaceCulture
Shanghai Library Huaihai Road
A major reading room makes a quieter cultural stop on Huaihai Road.
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Shanghai Railway Museum
Locomotives and railway history give this museum a very specific sense of place.
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Shanghai Ocean Aquarium
An indoor aquarium visit adds a different pace to a Lujiazui day.
Free entry
PlaceOutdoors
Shanghai Botanical Garden
Plant collections and garden paths reward an unhurried visit in the south of the city.
PlaceCulture
Shanghai Exhibition Centre
Monumental architecture frames a venue best visited for a specific exhibition.
PlaceConcerts
Shanghai Oriental Art Center
A performance destination that gives a Pudong evening its focus.
PlaceCulture
Shanghai Natural History Museum
Natural-history displays make a substantial indoor stop beside the sculpture park.
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Shanghai Songhu Memorial Hall
A focused museum provides context for wartime history in northern Shanghai.