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City guide · China

Hong Kong

A photograph of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong is 1,114 square kilometres carrying 7.5 million residents, the fourth-most densely populated territory on earth, and it is not one settlement but three: Hong Kong Island, the Kowloon peninsula facing it across the harbour, and the New Territories running north to the mainland border at Shenzhen. It has more skyscrapers than anywhere else in the world. The number that actually shapes a day here, though, is the one above ninety percent — the share of journeys made on public transport. The ferry, the MTR and the tram do the work a car does elsewhere.

Practical information

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Planning a visit

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Top things to see

Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.

  1. Peak Tram
    02 1 hr 30 min

    Peak Tram

    The Peak Tram is a double reversible funicular railway that hauls two tramcars up the north face of Hong Kong Island between Garden Road in Central and Victoria Gap, the saddle in the hills where the Peak Tower stands.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
    • 中西區 Central and Western District
  2. Temple Street
    03 1 hr 30 min

    Temple Street

    Temple Street is an ordinary Kowloon street by day and a street market by night.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
    • 油尖旺區 Yau Tsim Mong District
  3. Flagstaff House
    04 1 hr 30 min

    Flagstaff House

    • Must see
    • Museum
    • 中西區 Central and Western District
  4. Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum
    08 1 hr 30 min

    Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum

    • Must see
    • Museum
    • 中西區 Central and Western District
  5. Tung Chung Fort
    13 1 hr 30 min

    Tung Chung Fort

    • Must see
    • Museum
    • 離島區 Islands District
  6. M+
    15 1 hr 30 min

    M+

    • Must see
    • Museum
    • 油尖旺區 Yau Tsim Mong District
  7. Tung Wah Museum
    19 1 hr 30 min

    Tung Wah Museum

    • Must see
    • Museum
    • 油尖旺區 Yau Tsim Mong District
  8. King Law Ka Shuk
    22 1 hr 30 min

    King Law Ka Shuk

    • Must see
    • Museum
    • 大埔區 Tai Po District
  9. Sun Museum
    41 1 hr 30 min

    Sun Museum

    • High
    • Museum
    • 中西區 Central and Western District
  10. Astropark
    46 1 hr 30 min

    Astropark

    • High
    • Museum
    • 西貢區 Sai Kung District
  11. Art Museum
    49 1 hr 30 min

    Art Museum

    • High
    • Museum
    • 沙田區 Sha Tin District
  12. CLP Pulse
    50 1 hr 30 min

    CLP Pulse

    • High
    • Museum
    • 九龍城區 Kowloon City District
  13. Glimpse PMQ
    52 1 hr 30 min

    Glimpse PMQ

    • High
    • Museum
    • 中西區 Central and Western District
  14. Kai Tak Gallery
    55 1 hr 30 min

    Kai Tak Gallery

    • High
    • Museum
    • 九龍城區 Kowloon City District
  15. Trick Eye Museum
    57 1 hr 30 min

    Trick Eye Museum

    • High
    • Museum
    • 中西區 Central and Western District
  16. Insect House
    59 1 hr 30 min

    Insect House

    • Notable
    • Museum
    • 大埔區 Tai Po District
  17. Art of Animation
    60 1 hr 30 min

    Art of Animation

    • Notable
    • Museum
    • 荃灣區 Tsuen Wan District
  18. F11 Foto Museum
    63 1 hr 30 min

    F11 Foto Museum

    • Notable
    • Museum
    • 灣仔區 Wan Chai District
  19. H2OPE Centre
    64 1 hr 30 min

    H2OPE Centre

    • Notable
    • Museum
    • 元朗區 Yuen Long District
  20. Hing Kong News-Expo
    65 1 hr 30 min

    Hing Kong News-Expo

    • Notable
    • Museum
    • 中西區 Central and Western District
  21. The K.S. Lo Gallery
    81 1 hr 30 min

    The K.S. Lo Gallery

    • Notable
    • Museum
    • 中西區 Central and Western District
  22. Watchtower
    84 1 hr 30 min

    Watchtower

    • Notable
    • Museum
    • 離島區 Islands District

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·

Where to base yourself

District boundaries come from OSM administrative relations, so a district page holds exactly the places inside it — plus, for the islands and the coast, the nearest district by proximity.

How the city is laid out

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Getting around

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Turn this list into a plan

Set your days, your pace and the hours you actually want to be out. The planner works around closing days and travel time, and leaves room to eat.

Plan Hong Kong