![]() Shanghai Tower (the tallest one on the right)Ĭurrently, visitors can get access to the 118th floor and 119th floor, which are 546m and 552m high respectively (note: the 119th floor is not stated on admission tickets, but is accessible from 118th floor via a stairway), the 119th floor of the tower is currently the second highest observation deck in the world, only 3 meters less than the secondary observation deck of Burj Khalifa, which is 555m high. On April 27th 2017, it officially opened to the public. Like the Shanghai World Financial Center and Jin Mao Tower which are the two other skyscrapers that situated adjacent to it, there's an observation deck at the uppermost floors of Shanghai Tower, named Top of Shanghai, the observation deck launched a trial opening in June 2016, only opened to some groups of visitors. But, ofcourse, as far as you can control it – try and do it on a lower pollution day, if you manage to find one.Shanghai Tower is the tallest building in China and the 2nd tallest building in the whole world, only after Burj Khalifa, which contains a long spire. Overall, I’d say your best bet is the world financial center building. There’s a combination ticket for the attractions for a discounted rate, mind you. Note that there are some other attractions there, like the Shanghai Municipal History Museum I previously wrote about. My dad was also very pleased to pose with this background but I have a feeling he won’t appreciate those photos being posted here □ The one great thing you have in the Oriental Pearl that other skyscrapers don’t have is this "sky walk" feature with transparent floors… Wonderful, isn’t it? Tried Lightrooming the hell out of those photos, but no luck, pollution grey looks ugly grey no matter how much you play with it. Since I was already there, might as well share some of the polluted views… How could one choose to live in a place like this for long, I wonder, even if the food is great and the city has style.īut, let’s put that aside for now. Looking down at Shanghai with air like that always manages to make me feel depressed and although I try my hardest to congratulate the Chinese for their accomplishments in developing China and Shanghai to be a world class, there’s no avoiding the feeling that the cost is just too high – atleast for me. Unfortunately, this visit to the TV tower resembled my first visit to Jinmao, Shanghai was experiencing the usual boring grey weather and pollution was the average "extremely hazardous" "high risk" disaster. I can’t believe I’ve been to Shanghai three times already. The Oriental Pearl was my third skyscraper in Shanghai, the first being to Jinmao in 2010 and the second to the World Financial Center in 2011. One thing for sure, though, it’s definitely fun to take photos of… "Like the French have the Eiffel" a Shanghai-nese recently said to me. Atleast it’s special, with its own unique esthetically-challenged way. Took me some time to warm up to it, and I remember that upon first look I thought it’s utterly ugly and that it destroyed the Shanghai skyline, but when you think about it – it’s actually far better than just having the usual skyscraper office building monstrosities radiating commercials or carrying huge neon LCD signs of brainwashing company names. ![]() The Oriental Pearl TV & Radio Tower is probably one of the oddest looking skyscrapers in the world.
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