Suzhou Creek by boat, a glorious spring day in Shanghai
Join me as I travel on a revitalized Suzhou Creek by boat from the Changhua Road Docks near the M50 art space all the way to the Bund. The weather was unbelievably good especially after the previous day had been a full day of rain.
The boats need to have tickets reserved, and Smart Shanghai was a good resource on how to do this:
www.smartshanghai.com/article...
There is a step-by-step guide to purchasing tickets via the "You You Su Zhou He" (悠游苏州河) WeChat mini-program.
The ferries do not operate that often and there are not many seats, so it is vital to pre-book, the smaller ferries only seat 11 people.
Suzhou Creek (or Soochow Creek), also called the Wusong (Woosung) River, is a river that passes through the Shanghai city center. It is named after the neighboring city of Suzhou (Soochow), Jiangsu, the predominant settlement in this area prior to the rise of Shanghai as a metropolis.[citation needed]
One of the principal outlets of Lake Tai in Wujiang District of Suzhou, Suzhou Creek is 125 km (78 mi) long, of which 54 km are within the administrative region of Shanghai and 24 km within the city's highly urbanized parts. It flows into the Huangpu River at the northern end of the Bund in Huangpu District.
Since 1992, the Shanghai Municipal Government has been pursuing a redevelopment of the area. In 1998, authorities launched the Suzhou Creek Rehabilitation Project, a 12-year-program to improve the water quality, mitigate flood impact, introduce wastewater and water resource management and push for urban revitalization and a higher living standard in the desolated areas along Suzhou River. In the meantime, Suzhou River is considered clean enough to host annual rowing competitions.
Due to its location in the former International Settlement, a number of landmarks from that period can be found along or close to Suzhou Creek. Following the river westward from its confluence, important or famous places include:
Huangpu Park and the northern end of the Bund
Astor House
Consulate-General of Russia
Shanghai Mansions (previously Broadway Mansions)
Shanghai General Post Office
Suzhou Creek Art District ("M50")
Sihang Warehouse
It's incredible how much Shanghai has changed over the years. I remember when this river was surrounded by bleak factories and not much more.
What a beautiful day for a pleasant boat ride. Well done.
三四十年前的苏州河又黑又臭，经过时都要屏住呼吸，现在完全治理好了，真的好
Have to say i'm impressed by your knowledge of the historic sites. I was there a month ago and had no idea the swimming pool site by the river was a rowing club. The most memorable thing for me from that walk was the blooming tulips in the flower beds next to it by the Garden bridge with the skyscapers of Pudong providing the backdrop. Incredibly pretty.
Great way to explore the city!
Great video!
I have always wanted to take this boat - and you probably got one of the best weather days of the year! Good video
Excellent tours and well done Tim on bringing the new Shanghai to life.
thanks for your introduction, you are so knowledgable! I've lived in SH for 8 years but knows very little of the buildings& history along Suzhou river..
I like when you telling the history aspects when going around Shanghai. I'd like to visit Shanghai and walk around. Or even live there for awhile.
a bright day, a beautiful city, a great tour!
The weather was crazy good, I was indeed very lucky.
China from - literally - my armchair!! ❤
Again, another great video. So informative
You did an excellent video.
Man, Russian consulate gets the million dollar view. 😮
aaaah lovely boats, lovely history class and lovely weather, what else cold a man ask for if not for more videos with boats kk, also, i love the man behind you at the end taking photos of you making a video kkkkk
Great video, brought back lots of memories. Think you're about a hundred years out with the age of Broadway Mansions (1934)
Yes sorry I was I bit all over the place with dates !
Thanks for sharing 👍
Back to the olden days Suzhou Creek used to have people live on small boats yearlong. It also reeked a lot. And in Summertime half-naked men used to dive from the Sichuanlu Bridge by the iconic Post Building into the pitch black river.
Welcome and enjoy !
Nice.
It’s Suzhou River, not a small creek. Historically it was the main water linking Shanghai and Suzhou, larger than Huang Pu River.
Shanghai F1
Very cool ride, I remember how dirty (and smelly) this river was.
Nicely done thank you ❤ and hopefully you would do a tour alongside the entire pedestrianized sides of the creek up to the border with Suzhou too 😊
I intend to do the same route by ebike as the next video, but staying in the city
👍🏻👍🏻❤️🇨🇳
The Shanghai Broadway mansion was opened in 1934 designed by a British Architect, not in the 1830s.
Looks like the Astor House Hotel was rebuilt in the early 1900s
How sad that the Astor hotel is no longer a hotel - I stayed there several times years ago.
oh - so glad you went in - I ran around that hotel as a young man and explored it a bit. Good days those were.
I can’t imagine what 90% of the rooms are doing ? Dead and empty maybe
@@timmytumbler Probably just appreciating in price
When did the walls and barbed wire around the Russian consulate pop up? I remember moping around there during 2021 and it was fairly normal.
From what I know about 2-3 years ago
You can’t believe how stinky this river used to be.
which means the Chinese government did a fantastic job for their people to live
Sir! Your video is a threat to the national security of The Almighty US of A!!