The skyscrapers of Central are one of the must sees of any trip to HK, not that you can really miss them. The night time view is particularly impressive.
The Kowloon scrapers are quite imposing too, but they are less tightly packed. I’ve given them their own post called ‘Food with a View’. In the post I recommend Eye Bar as a great spot to view the Central buildings at night.
One thing you may hear about is the Symphony of Lights, a daily light show at 8pm each evening where the scrapers on both sides flash their lights in time to music.
The best places to watch the show are from the promenade outside Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai or the Avenue of Stars on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront, or you could do what I did and catch a special sightseeing ferry across Victoria Harbour from the Star Ferry pier in Tsim Sha Tsui.
The Symphony of Lights Harbour Cruise cost HK$205 in 2017. More info here.
Sadly though I have to say I was less than impressed by the experience. The music was tinny and failed to move me in any way, and the lights on each skyscraper seemed to be doing their own thing rather than linking up. You do get a good view of the buildings though. Video here.
My favourite skyscraper as I mentioned before is the ICT (more pics in the ‘Food with a View’ post).
How well you can see everything depends on how lucky you are with the weather.
You can count on a few pea-soupers every now and then, although this can sometimes add to the atmosphere.
These pics are of The Center, which is the fifth highest building in HK.
Not sure where in Central I took this random shot.
Elsewhere, the flashing lights on this skyscraper in Causeway Bay were quite fun. Video here.
These residential buildings are in Sheung Wan, near Man Mo temple.
I stumbled across a couple of older buildings in Central that I liked.
Please also see my previous post on Innovation Tower which is a very special building indeed.
And that was Hong Kong! Off to catch the ferry to Macau next…