Bund Tunnel

The Bund Sightseeing Tunnel, in Shanghai

The Bund Sightseeing Tunnel is one of the most unusual passages of Shanghai, a pedestrian tunnel under the Huangpu river linking the Bund to Pudong. The Shanghai audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this crossing aboard small capsules amid a spectacle of lights and sounds, inaugurated in 2000, the first pedestrian under-river tunnel of China.

The psychedelic crossing under the Huangpu

Under your feet is one of the most unusual passages of Shanghai: the Bund Sightseeing Tunnel. This tunnel links the two faces of the town, the Bund, witness of the colonial past, and Pudong, symbol of the futuristic Shanghai that you see shining on the other side of the Huangpu river. Inaugurated in 2000, it was the first pedestrian under-river tunnel of China. Nearly six hundred and fifty metres long, it is not crossed on foot: you embark there in small transparent capsules, entirely automated, that advance slowly through a spectacle of lights and sounds. Red, blue and golden flashes, abstract forms and strange voices transform the crossing into an almost psychedelic experience, like a journey through time and space. Designed at the turn of the 2000s, at a time when Shanghai wanted to amaze the world before the Universal Exhibition, this tunnel is as much an attraction as a means of transport. Very kitsch and resolutely original, it seduces the curious and amuses the families, who live there a little moment of underground cinema. At the exit, you emerge directly at the foot of the skyscrapers of Pudong, enough to prolong the discovery towards the Oriental Pearl Tower. An under-river tunnel and a luminous attraction, the Bund Sightseeing Tunnel is an unusual stop of the discovery of Shanghai.

What to see

Here you discover one of the most unusual passages of Shanghai: a pedestrian tunnel under the Huangpu river, inaugurated in 2000, the first of its kind in China, nearly six hundred and fifty metres long, that you cross aboard small automated transparent capsules, amid a psychedelic spectacle of lights and sounds, linking the Bund to the skyscrapers of Pudong. The Bund Sightseeing Tunnel is an unusual attraction of Shanghai. It is an original stop.

Practical information

The Bund Sightseeing Tunnel links the Bund to Pudong under the Huangpu river, in the Huangpu district, reachable on foot and by metro. It is an attraction that follows its own days and opening hours, variable; the crossing is subject to a fee. It is best to enquire before coming.

What is the Bund Sightseeing Tunnel in Shanghai?

The first pedestrian under-river tunnel of China, inaugurated in 2000, nearly six hundred and fifty metres long under the Huangpu river; you cross it aboard small automated transparent capsules, amid an almost psychedelic spectacle of lights and sounds, that links the Bund to the skyscrapers of Pudong.

Where is the Bund Sightseeing Tunnel in Shanghai?

Under the Huangpu river, linking the Bund to Pudong, in the Huangpu district, in Shanghai, in China.