🎨From imprisonment to freedom, the artistic rebirth! Tai Kwun: The gorgeous counterattack of the old prison🔥

#5月好去地方2025 Address: No. 10 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong Atmosphere/Facilities: Tai Kwun integrates history and modern art. The park includes historical buildings, contemporary art museums, performance venues and specialty restaurants. The atmosphere is between solemnity and fashion. The red brick buildings and bluestone floors retain traces of the colonial period, while the exhibitions and art installations in the museum are full of avant-garde atmosphere. Walking between the prison ruins and the art space, you can feel the heavy sense of history and enjoy the pulse of urban literature and art. Price: Admission is free (some exhibitions/performances require tickets, and the price depends on the event) ⸻ Features: • Formerly the Central Police Station complex, it is now a statutory monument and an art and cultural landmark • Preserves old prison cells, guard towers, playgrounds and other spaces, and integrates contemporary architectural design • Regularly hosts international art exhibitions, lectures and performances • Provides a variety of restaurants and selected stores, suitable for slow travel experience • A hot spot for taking photos and checking in, loved by young people and cultural enthusiasts Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5) ⸻ ✨Experience: Walking into Tai Kwun is a journey from history to modernity, from repression to freedom. It is not just an architectural restoration, but also a rebirth of cultural and artistic spirit. As the former site of the Central Police Station, Magistrates' Office and Victoria Prison, Tai Kwun has a history of more than 150 years. After years of revitalization, it has now become one of the most representative cultural and artistic spaces in Hong Kong. I visited Tai Kwun on a sunny afternoon. Walking along Hollywood Road, you will see towering stone walls and red brick buildings. The exterior still retains the old style, and a sense of solemnity arises spontaneously. Entering the park, a completely different atmosphere immediately unfolds: the open square, glass roof and modern exhibition halls blend perfectly with the ancient monuments, which is amazing. I first walked into the prison ruins. The cells were almost intact, and the iron doors, bed boards, and wall carvings silently told the past. Even though no one has lived there for a long time, there seems to be a sense of oppression in the air. When I visited, I saw the exhibition on the wall introducing the prison system and the stories of the characters at that time, which was profound and thought-provoking. After leaving the cell, I went to the contemporary art museum JC Contemporary, and happened to encounter the current multimedia exhibition. The exhibits were bold and critical, and brought a lot of impact to the viewers from urban space, identity to environmental issues. The tension of "historical relics and future thoughts in the same field" made me unable to control myself for a long time. The most surprising thing about Tai Kwun is that it is not a "visit-only" space, but a place where you can sit down and feel it. I drank a cup of hand-brewed coffee in the atrium, watching the young people nearby laughing and taking pictures, and an artist sitting in a corner sketching the scenery - such a picture makes people feel that living in the city can also find a quiet cultural oasis. There are also many exhibition halls, performance spaces, bookstores and selection stores in the park. Even if you don't participate in the activities, it is worthwhile to just take a slow walk and carefully observe the architectural details and exhibits. Especially after the lights are turned on at night, Tai Kwun is transformed into a poetic night scene. It is recommended to arrange to enter in the afternoon and stay all the way until the evening to enjoy the dual experience of walking from the historical daytime to the contemporary night. What touched me most was that although Tai Kwun carries a history of colonization and oppression, it has now been transformed into a space with freedom, creativity and openness as its core. Such revitalization makes history no longer just a heavy memory, but a fertile ground for nurturing new culture. If you are interested in history, passionate about art, or just want to find a place to calm down and experience another side of Hong Kong, Tai Kwun is definitely worth a visit. It is not only a cultural stronghold in Central, but also one of the spiritual symbols of Hong Kong. #Hong Kong #Hong Kong Must-visit Places #Hong Kong Must-go #Tai Kwun #Hong Kong Stroll #Central to Mid-levels Escalator