Old Bund
A riverside district of modern concession-era character on the Yong River, opened as a treaty port in 1844, about twenty years before Shanghai's Bund; surviving protected buildings include the Gothic Catholic church (built 1872), the former Zhejiang Customs House, and the Jiangbei police station; bars and restaurants coexist with historic buildings, and the night-view photo spot is in front of the Catholic church…
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- Opening hours
- Open all day
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- Free
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A riverside district of modern concession-era character on the Yong River, opened as a treaty port in 1844, about twenty years before Shanghai's Bund; protected building groups survive, including the Gothic Catholic church (built 1872), the former Zhejiang Customs House, and the Jiangbei police station; bars and restaurants coexist with historic buildings, and the best night-view photo spot is the square in front of the Catholic church. After the Second Opium War Ningbo was designated a treaty port and a foreign settlement formed on the Jiangbei bank; it was also the starting point of the Ningbo Bang merchants—men like Yan Xinhou rose from here—and today it is a national-level night-time culture-and-tourism consumption cluster.
Getting there: Metro Line 1, Waitan Dadao (Bund Bridge) Station
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