Suggested Route - Kowloon

sky100

Address: 100/F, International Commerce Centre, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong

M+

Location: M+, West Kowloon Cultural District, 38 Museum Drive, Kowloon
Direction: Take the connection bridge with Elements mall and walk for 5-10 mins
Opening hours: Tuesdays to Thursdays and weekends: 10:00-18:30; Fridays: 10:00-22:00; Mondays: Closed

M+ Museum is the first contemporary visual culture art museum in Asia, with a collection of more than 48,000 exhibits. You shall not miss out if you are into art and culture. M+, located in the West Kowloon Cultural District, has a total of 33 exhibition halls. In addition to the M+ museum and cinema, the building also has restaurants that provide multi-national dishes, the Mediatheque. Several Instagram worthy attractions bring you the ultimate visual enjoyment. There are three cinema houses in M+, there will be screenings of different genres, such as dramas or reruns of different classics. The theme of the film mainly revolves around the exhibits in the M+ Art Museum or different social issues, so that visitors can experience the same experience and integrate into the exhibition atmosphere. If you want to experience more visual enjoyment, you can come to the Sky High Tech Zone located in sky100, where you can watch microcinema, step into the old Hong Kong together, and have a VR flight experience, satisfying your different sensory stimulation.

Hong Kong Palace Museum

Location: West Kowloon Cultural District, 8 Museum Drive, Kowloon
Direction: Take the connection bridge with Elements mall and walk for 5-10 mins
Opening hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday: 10:00-18:00; Friday and Saturday: 10:00-20:00; Tuesday: Closed

Located in the western side of the West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong Palace Museum is poised to be a fresh and contemporary interpretation of traditional aesthetic, there are Palace Academy, Auditorium and different interactive interactions, and more than 900 exhibits are on display, and many treasures are debuting in front of the public for the first time. The 7 exhibition halls in the museum are permanent exhibition halls, which review the thousand-year history of China, the local art history of Hong Kong, and the calligraphy works of different dynasties, they lead visitors through the past and present, and rumbling together in the history.

West Kowloon Art Park

Location: West Kowloon Cultural District
Direction: Take the connection bridge with Elements mall and walk for 5-10 mins
Opening hours: 6:00am to 11:00pm daily, with exceptions

The Art Park is located in a corner of the bustling city. There are lawns and restaurants, cafes next to the waterfront. Whether couples or family and friends, they can spend a pleasant time here. After enjoying a perfect meal, not only you can walk and chat on the promenade, you can also ride a bicycle and enjoy the beauty of Hong Kong. If you want to see the beauty of Hong Kong from another angle, you can go up to the sky100 Hong Kong Observation Deck to overlook the night view of Victoria Harbour and have a panoramic view of the scenery. Every night at 8 o'clock, you can see the light show - Symphony of Lights, and enjoy the all kinds of lights scene.

Jade Market and Jade Street

Location: Junction of Kansu Street and Battery Street, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon
Direction: After visiting Mido Café, just walk 3 minutes to Yau Ma Tei Jade Hawker Bazaar.

There are about 400 registered stalls in Jade Market selling trinkets, souvenirs, charms and jewellery made of jade, a stone considered to have mystical qualities by many people in Asia. This is a fun place to browse and to buy inexpensive mementos of your visit, but think twice before buying anything costly unless you are a jade expert. Jade Street is actually a part of Canton Road situated between Kansu Street and Jordan Road. Jade and gemstone testing is available at Jade Plaza on Jade Street. A giant jade stone, weighing three tons, has been placed at the junction of Canton Road and Jordan Road as a landmark and you won't miss it.

Broadway Cinematheque

Location: 3 Public Square Street, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon
Opening Hours: Mon - Wed: 1:00pm - 10:00pm, Thu - Sun: 10:30am – 10pm
Direction: Walk 1 minute from Yau Ma Tei Jade Hawker Bazaar to Broadway Cinematheque.

Cinematheque is one of the most popular venues in town for film fans to satisfy their appetites for international indies. The art house cinema was opened in 1996 in Yau Ma Tei, a historical neighbourhood that’s no stranger to film crews.

It became a local cultural landmark when it began hosting a series of film festivals, including the Asian Film Festival, Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and Korean Film Festival. It also offers retrospective programmes that introduce great filmmakers such as Francois Truffaut, Yamada Yoji and Krzysztof Kieslowski to a new generation of cinephiles. Broadway Cinematheque also houses a café, and bookstore.

Photographs are sourced from Broadway Cinematheque Facebook page

Shanghai Street

Location: Shanghai Street, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon
Direction: Walk 1 minute from Broadway Cinematheque to Shanghai Street.

Shanghai Street (Yau Ma Tei section) is one of Hong Kong’s oldest thoroughfares and still has a number of preserved old Chinese shop-house buildings. It’s also where you should head if you’re looking to stock up your kitchen with that necessary accessory! Purchases here will be practical (and affordable), with piles upon piles of inexpensive kitchenware on sale. Expect to find local staples, such as traditional thick chopping boards and bamboo steaming baskets used for dim sum.

Yau Ma Tei Theatre

Location: 6 Waterloo Road, Kowloon
Opening Hours: 1:00pm – 8:00pm Daily
Direction: Walk 1 minute from Shanghai Street to Yau Ma Tei Theatre.

Built in 1930, the Yau Ma Tei Theatre is the only surviving pre-war cinema building in the urban area of Hong Kong. The theatre closed down in 1998 and was listed as a historic building in the same year.

In 2012, the building reprised its role as a place of entertainment when it reopened as a venue dedicated to Cantonese opera. Fans of the genre will be pleased to know that this intimate venue is favoured by younger up-and-coming performers. And, some of the shows come with English surtitles, so non-Cantonese speakers can also enjoy the action on stage.

The building’s restoration was faithful to the original, making it an ideal venue to enjoy the richness and colour of traditional Chinese theatre. The building is flanked by high-rise apartments on one side and a fruit market on the other. 100-year old structure was the Engineer’s Office of the Former Pumping Station in Shanghai Street. After the pumping station ceased operation in 1911, different parts of this Water Department facility were demolished or converted for other purposes. The remaining structure was given a heritage listing in 2000.

Kowloon Wholesale Fruit Market

Location: Reclamation Street, Kowloon
Direction: Walk 1 minute from Yau Ma Tei Theatre to Kowloon Wholesale Fruit Market.

Kowloon Wholesale Fruit Market (Yaumatei Wholesale Fruit Market) was founded in 1913. There are still a number of relics of pre-war signboards on the outer walls of this historically valuable building. The market is located in the area enclosed by Waterloo Road, Reclamation Street and Shek Lung Street and has been the place for fruit wholesaling in Kowloon. Although the market moved to Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Market Complex in 1990s, many wholesalers are still operating here. The hours from 4:00am to 6:00am are the busiest of the market every day. Container lorries keep coming in and out to deliver fruits. A huge number of labourers are busy carrying fruit boxes. Piles of fruit boxes can be found everywhere in the market. It is also interesting that many wholesalers use the word “lan” (I.e. wholesale market in Chinese) as the last character of the shop name. Location filming at individual shop requires applying to the respective wholesaler.