About Hong Kong
Where East Meets West at Full Volume
Hong Kong is one of those cities that resets your understanding of what urban life can be. Seven million people compressed into 1,110 square kilometres, 80% of which is protected country parks and jungle-covered hills — the result is a density of human activity that is simultaneously overwhelming and exhilarating. No other city packs so much into so small a space: the world's most dramatic skyline, one of Asia's greatest food cultures, ancient temples wedged between glass towers, and hiking trails that begin ten minutes from the financial district.
The city divides across Victoria Harbour — Hong Kong Island to the south, with the financial centre of Central, the colonial remnants of Sheung Wan, and the hillside residential neighbourhoods rising steeply behind; and Kowloon to the north, grittier, denser, more local in character, with the night markets of Mong Kok, the golden mile of Nathan Road, and the Temple Street Night Market stretching into the small hours. The Star Ferry between them — a crossing of just eight minutes — is one of the great short journeys of the world.
Beyond the urban core lie the New Territories and the outlying islands — Lantau, with its Big Buddha and Ngong Ping cable car; Lamma, with its seafood restaurants and car-free lanes; Cheung Chau, with its festivals and windsurfers. Hong Kong surprises everyone who looks beyond the skyline: more hiking trails than Switzerland relative to area, some of Asia's finest beaches, and a quieter, greener dimension that most visitors never discover.
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