The Bund
The Bund is a waterfront area and a protected historical district in central Shanghai. The area centers on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement, which runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River in the eastern part of Huangpu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: historical district in central Shanghai, China
- Also known as: “Waldorf-Astoria Shanghai on the Bund”
- Address: 中山东一路 2
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yu Yuan Garden and Shanghai Tower.
Yu Yuan Garden
Garden
Yu Garden or Yuyuan Garden is an extensive Chinese garden located beside the City God Temple in the northeast of the Old City of Shanghai at Huangpu District, Shanghai. Yu Yuan Garden is situated 770 metres south of The Bund.
Shanghai Tower
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Shanghai Tower is a 128-story, 632-meter-tall megatall skyscraper located in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai. It is currently the tallest building in China and the world's third-tallest building by height to architectural top. Shanghai Tower is situated 1½ km east of The Bund.
Shanghai World Financial Center
The Shanghai World Financial Center is a supertall skyscraper located in the Pudong district of Shanghai. It was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by the Mori Building Company, with Leslie E. Shanghai World Financial Center is situated 1½ km east of The Bund.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huangpu and Old City.
Huangpu
Photo: Jhong, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Huangpu is an administrative district of Shanghai, the traditional center of the city, with People's Square, the Bund, the East Nanjing Road pedestrian mall and many other attractions.
Old City
Photo: Haros, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Old City is the area inside the ancient walled city of Shanghai; it is one of the most picturesque areas of the city, with many buildings in traditional Chinese style.
The Bund
- Categories: thoroughfare and waterfront promenade
- Location: Shanghai, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.23579° or 31° 14′ 9″ northLongitude
121.48654° or 121° 29′ 12″ eastElevation
21 metres (69 feet)Inception
1910Levels
7Open location code
8Q336FPP+8JOpenStreetMap ID
way 178410325OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Yue Chinese—“The Bund” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bund”
- Basque: “Waitan”
- Belarusian: “Набярэжная Вайтань”
- Burmese: “ဘန်း ၊ ရှန်ဟိုင်း”
- Chinese: “上海外滩”
- Chinese: “上海外滩建筑群”
- Chinese: “上海外灘”
- Chinese: “上海滩”
- Chinese: “上海灘”
- Chinese: “中山东一路”
- Chinese: “中山東一路”
- Chinese: “华尔道夫酒店”
- Chinese: “外滩”
- Chinese: “外灘”
- Czech: “The Bund”
- Danish: “Bund”
- Danish: “The Bund”
- Dutch: “Bund (Shanghai)”
- Dutch: “Bund”
- Dutch: “Sjanghai Bund”
- Esperanto: “Bund (Ŝanhajo)”
- Esperanto: “Bund”
- Finnish: “The Bund”
- French: “Bund”
- French: “The Bund”
- French: “waitan”
- French: “zhongshandongyilu”
- German: “Bund”
- German: “Shanghai-Bund”
- German: “The Bund”
- German: “Waitan”
- Hebrew: “אזור בונד”
- Hebrew: “בונד”
- Hebrew: “הבונד”
- Indonesian: “The Bund”
- Italian: “Bund”
- Japanese: “上海灘”
- Japanese: “外灘”
- Korean: “상해탄”
- Korean: “와이탄”
- Korean: “외탄”
- Lithuanian: “Bundas”
- Macedonian: “Бунд (Шангај)”
- Macedonian: “Бунд”
- Malay: “Waitan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bund”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “The Bund”
- Norwegian: “The Bund”
- Persian: “باند”
- Polish: “Bund”
- Portuguese: “Bund”
- Russian: “The Bund”
- Russian: “Банд”
- Russian: “Вайтань”
- Russian: “Набережная в Шанхае”
- Russian: “Набережная Вайтань”
- Russian: “Шанхайская набережная”
- Slovenian: “Bund, Šanghaj”
- Slovenian: “Bund”
- Spanish: “Bund”
- Swedish: “Bund”
- Turkish: “Bund”
- Urdu: “بند (شنگھائی)”
- Urdu: “بند”
- Vietnamese: “Bến Thượng Hải”
- Vietnamese: “Ngoại Than”
- Vietnamese: “Thượng Hải Ngoại Than”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bund (Shanghai)”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bund”
- Wu Chinese: “上海滩”
- Wu Chinese: “外滩”
- Yue Chinese: “上海灘”
- Yue Chinese: “外灘”
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