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Huangpu / Putuo / Jing'an

Suzhou Creek

The other river. Warehouses, a 1930s post office, a battle-scarred wall, and the city's best gallery cluster.

Feel
Industrial inheritance, flat walking
Good for
Riverside walking, photography, art
Half a day
2.5 hours
Best hour
Morning or late afternoon
Crowd level
Low to moderate
Metro
Line 10 / 12 Tiantong Road, Exit 3

For a century Suzhou Creek was working infrastructure — dirty, lined with mills and warehouses, and invisible to anyone with a choice. It has been cleaned, its banks turned into a continuous public path, and its warehouses turned into galleries. Following it west is the most interesting two hours of flat walking in Shanghai.