Shanghai At Night: The View from the Fairmont

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The whole four days we were in Shanghai, a curtain of cold and gloom hung heavy over the city in an ominous sort of manner.

But at night, it was a different story.

This fog only served to enhance the skyline lit up along the Bund and over the water in Pudong.

We snuck up to the 9th level of the Fairmont Peace Hotel where there’s an outside deck reserved for private functions and admired the city in her nighttime glow.
Shanghai at night

Shanghai may not have been my favorite place we visited on the voyage—though the Peace Hotel definitely ranks up there in terms of loveliest hotels I’ve ever stayed in—but seeing it at dark gave me the impression I ought to reconsider.

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  • December 23, 2011
    Dayla

    WOW!!

  • December 23, 2011

    The night’s lights totally change the look and feel of the city.

    Merry Christmas to you and yours.

    • December 23, 2011
      Kristin

      And to you, Gaelyn!

  • December 24, 2011

    Wow, what a difference between night and day. Great photos! Makes me want to spend a couple nights there looking around.

    • December 27, 2011
      Kristin

      Truth be told, we didn’t find a whole lot to do in Shanghai itself, but I loved that hotel so much, I really didn’t mind admiring the city from within its confines!

  • December 24, 2011
    Haidang

    gorgeous night photos + clear cut quality. hands down! bravo! ;-)))

    • December 27, 2011
      Kristin

      Thanks, my friend!

  • December 24, 2011

    Beautiful photos, I am deeply impressed. Night photos very often turn out in a blur. Yours are perfect. The skyline looks a tiny bit like Hong Kong, but I am sure there is a lot of diffference between the two cities

  • December 24, 2011

    Lovely photos, I’m really impressed too. Anytime I’ve tried to take similar ones they never come out right! Still trying to figure out the right aperture/shutterspeed etc but I think you’d done it perfectly. I’m not a huge fan of cities (well apart from the shopping!) until the sun goes down and the lights come on.

    • December 27, 2011
      Kristin

      Thanks, Tracy! We usually use the tripod for night shots but didn’t take it with us this trip, so we tried balancing the camera on the rail to keep it steady.

  • December 26, 2011
    Caitlin

    I have stayed in the Peace Hotel too!

    • December 28, 2011
      Kristin

      We seem to have similar taste–both in hotels and in literature =)

  • December 26, 2011

    Despite the rain the pics are gorgeous! But what a shame it rained, because Shanghai is such a great city to just walk and walk in.

    • December 27, 2011
      Kristin

      Well, we still managed to walk and walk…through the fake market…and buy and buy while at it =)

  • December 29, 2011

    Ah-maze-ing! What a difference night time makes. I heard the days in Shanghai can be polluted and congested – not a very pleasing environment. But at night, this all changes. Reminds me of the neon lights of Hong Kong.

    • December 30, 2011
      Kristin

      You know, I hadn’t heard that about Shanghai, so maybe the “clouds” during the off-time it wasn’t raining–as well as the “fog” at night–were actually smog instead!

  • December 29, 2011

    Great shots…I absolutely love skylines and city lights at night! I would totally be one to sneak up to the roof, too!

    • December 30, 2011
      Kristin

      It’s funny, Vegas is one of my least favorite cities, and yet I love seeing skylines illuminated at night by bright lights, such as in Shanghai. Go figure!

  • December 30, 2011

    Beautiful night shots! It’s amazing how a city is transformed at night. I particularly like those lit up boats on the harbor. Happy New Year!

    • January 2, 2012
      Kristin

      Thanks, Mary! It’s also amazing how–under the right conditions–smog can make a city look pretty =)

  • January 1, 2012

    China’s tourism would jump if they’d take care of the smog!

    • January 2, 2012
      Kristin

      And if they were a bit nicer… 😮

  • January 1, 2012

    Wow, just found your blog. Amazing photos of Shanghai. I’m a huge fan of night photography especially. Been on my list of places to go.

    • January 2, 2012
      Kristin

      We love night photography, too! The conundrum is that we usually don’t want to tote around a heavy tripod with us; in this case, the bannister was high enough to balance the camera on it.

  • January 5, 2012

    Wow, sick pics!

  • January 11, 2012

    I’m going to Shanghai in a week, and these photos made me more excited than anything else has yet! Thanks for sharing!

    • January 12, 2012
      Kristin

      Have a nice trip! And definitely hit up the Fairmont Peace Hotel for afternoon tea if you have some free time. SO GOOD.

  • January 31, 2012

    Great photos! I have not been to Shanghai yet, but is a city that I definitely want to visit this year.

  • June 6, 2012

    Such good pictures. While doing volunteer abroad work, I traveled all over China. Such a beautiful country. 🙂

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  • August 30, 2017

    Wow! Stunning photos.I never visit Shanghai.But now I planning to visit Shanghai.

  • September 20, 2018

    Oh wow such a difference! Shanghai looks great at night ^-^

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