Ultra Modern Shanghai: Skyline, Bund, and AI Robot Dogs
First time in Ultra Modern Shanghai... I Was Completely Speechless 🇨🇳
In this video, I arrive in Shanghai by China’s high-speed bullet train with only one day to explore one of the biggest and most futuristic cities in the world.
I start by taking Shanghai’s metro into the city centre and immediately find myself surrounded by some of the most recognisable buildings in China, including the Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai Tower, Jin Mao Tower and the famous “Bottle Opener” building. The skyline looks almost unreal, and even the trees, roads and architecture make Shanghai feel completely different from every other Chinese city I’ve visited.
With such limited time, I jump onto a hop-on hop-off sightseeing bus for the first time and travel through the city in the rain. From the top of the double-decker bus, I pass futuristic skyscrapers, luxury hotels, street art, enormous shopping streets and some of Shanghai’s most famous landmarks.
I then arrive at Nanjing Road, one of the world’s busiest pedestrian shopping streets, before reaching the Bund. On one side of the river are historic European-style buildings built during Shanghai’s foreign concession era, while directly across the water is one of the craziest modern skylines I have ever seen.
Later, I explore the waterfront, watch the unusual cargo boats travelling along the Huangpu River, get charged far too much for a professional photograph, and search for Shanghai souvenirs. I quickly discover that the exact same souvenirs become three or four times cheaper when you leave the main tourist streets and explore the smaller side roads.
I also come across shops selling AI robot dogs and other futuristic technology, before taking Shanghai’s metro all the way to Pudong Airport. Even the metro has emergency animations featuring LEGO-style characters, because apparently China manages to make everything cuter.
Finally, I explore the enormous airport, try Shanghai food to see whether it is really as sweet as people say, and discover that the airport is so large it has its own internal metro...
