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A visit to Shanghai's ultra-romantic European town A second's journey to the banks of the River Thames in the UK
In Shanghai's Songjiang district
there is a British Thames town
Sculptures, brick walls and Victorian terraces.
Gothic churches with spires
Silent stone paths infused with austere European style
Compared to the English towns along the Thames
It's as if the place was accurately reproduced
Take a photo in front of the beautiful Catholic Church
Read a book in the whimsical and elegant Clock Tower
Have a cup of tea
The town is a place for people to enjoy a good time and a good meal
The town is a place for people to enjoy a good time and a good meal
The town is a place for people to enjoy a good time and a good meal,
Walking in the dove-filled Old Town Square
Spring breezes on your face
The scent of flowers in the park brings infinite spring romance
Exotic villa districts
Filled with oil paintings and a warm, romantic, petit bourgeois atmosphere
It's so beautiful that you can't help but be impressed
"Pretend you're abroad" is the name of the game. "
Pretend to be abroad" photo mecca
The Thames River is the mother river of London, the Thames town surrounded by the river is fascinating, and is located in the heart of the Songjiang New Town Thames Town is a replica of the British town of 1 to 1 restoration to create a large multi-functional community. Full of European flavors, the clean and tidy English town is unique, and is a "pretend to be abroad" photo shoot and sightseeing destination!
Old walls, phone booths everywhere, vintage intersection signs ...... English style blockbusters and a strong European small-town atmosphere make people can not stop pressing the shutter sound. Rainy days especially have a kind of London City retro flavor, elegant and extremely moody.
Here is the real according to the pure English countryside town style for the design, construction, management and operation, the town even the road names are taken from the British road names, Hayes Street, Victoria Street, Bourke Street ...... look at the road signs on the instructions as if walking on the road.
The town is a great place to visit, and it's a great place to get to know the people who live there.
There are many ways to get to the town, by subway, by car or by special tram.
The yellow streetcars are unique, and the view from the car is a little refreshing in Japan, where the images from the anime are presented in a beautiful and moving way.
The businesses introduced to the town are also operating European goods and services primary, Catholic Church, coffee shops, bookstores and a variety of antique stores, clothing stores are very special, the British romance from the details to let a person feel unparalleled delicate experience.
Walking along the tree-lined streets, you can see the Iconic Church in the heart of Thames Town, a tall and stunning gothic spire that is absolutely stunning at first sight, and beautifully constructed!
On the street, you can see garden-style villas everywhere, and in the spring flower season, Thames Town becomes a "world of flowers", colorful flowers blooming in the gardens, the black fence can not control the bright spring, full of spring light. It is so beautiful that it is intoxicating!
Shanghai's spring romance seems to be all gathered in Thames Town, which is also the setting for The Little Era and Coming of the Firs, and a lot of the famous scenes are worth checking out!
Of course, there's not just Thames Town in Haisongjiang New Town, there are other eight other towns featuring European and North American architectural styles. With a variety of features from France and Germany to Canada and Scandinavia, the illusion of traveling around the world is especially romantic.
Thames Chapel
Thames Town from the beginning of the design to the completion of today's "living neighborhoods" as the core, really in the country to create a British town, even the most soulful atmosphere of life are all the same. The most soulful living atmosphere are exactly the same ......
Which is located in the center of the neighborhood Thames Catholic Church is almost a replica of the church in the British town, covers a large area, is the town's most popular place. It is one of the most popular places in the town, and nowadays it is one of the best choices for wedding photos for couples in Shanghai, as many couples gather here almost every day to take wedding photos.
With the blue sky, white clouds, lawn and the majestic steeple church, and the breeze blowing the veil, the happiness seems to be as bright as the sunshine at this moment. Although you can't take pictures and make noise inside the church, the tall, solemn and sacred church outside is perfect for the background of the photo, absolutely beautiful!
The early morning breeze, the warmth of the afternoon sun and the evening sunset colored the sky, the cross on the church as if it could pierce the sky, solemn and compassionate, as beautiful as an oil painting. Simplified version of the Gothic style with obelisks, round flowers stained glass windows and other impressive symbols, in the refraction of light and shadow to convey the sacred symbols of the church.
Zhongshu Pavilion
Walking around the town, the Zhongshu Pavilion at the corner is especially eye-catching, with its dignified red brick walls and glass walls filled with white letters, rumored to be "the most beautiful bookstore! "
The most beautiful bookstore in the world!
Imitation of a European temple building without any sense of contradiction into the neighborhood, with a chimney design of the attic roof design and the town's British style of integration. The glass wall at the entrance is engraved with selections from books from around the world, making it an attractive place to stop, even outside.
On the first floor of Zhongshu Ge Li, the first floor is a place for books, drinks, lounging, and children's picture books. The shelves are densely packed, but not crowded, and the ceiling is filled with books, making for a great atmosphere!
On the first floor of Zhongshu Ge, it is as if we have come to a labyrinth full of books , the books are displayed in an orderly manner under the glass floor, and the design of the nine-panel grid through the glass has become a psychedelic anomaly, and if we don't pay attention, we will be lost in it, and the only guiding paths are hidden in the lines of the vertical depths.
The stairwells leading to the second floor also utilize irregular shelves to hide books, into the second floor of the starry sky reading area and similar to the church layout of the activity area, where the glass elements and wooden homes are integrated to create a kaleidoscope of books similar to the world, the soaring sloped roof presents a starry sky pattern, as if one is immersed in the vastness of the universe. The soaring sloped ceilings feature a starry sky pattern, as if you were in the middle of the universe.
A strong sense of design wooden fence delineates different areas, surrounded by bookshelves with many rare foreign imported books, there is a piece of the center around the coffee lounge area , the starry night sky as if blurring the space on the other side. On the other side, the "White Bizarro" space is cleverly designed, with a unique white space reflecting off the glass.
In the white spire area of the bookstore, the "Under the Dome" art design creates a mysterious sense of sanctity, where books are the only color in the white world, and where reading will undoubtedly make people peaceful and calm! ......
Museum of Fine Arts and English Street
Walking in the villa area of Thames Town, there is also a YOUNG (清漾) Museum of Fine Arts in the building, which has a bright red color like blood.
YOUNG Art Museum, the museum's bright red blood like a rotating staircase in the many Netflix card place has also succeeded in "killing" out of the heavy siege, as the town of must card one of the most beautiful places.
The spiked design of the Young Art Museum and the European style of the Thames Town perfectly integrated, the doorway of the art sculpture as if a "thinker" like non-stop creation ......
The Museum of Art is the first of its kind in the world, and it is the only museum in the world that has been able to create the most beautiful art. p>
The huge red and white space inside the museum is filled with art, and the 25-meter-high rotating red staircase has different shapes for each step, which is inspired by the sculpture, and is itself an extremely delicate work of art.
The small and beautiful gallery has been successfully integrated into the British lifestyle of the neighborhood, and the art has been sublimated into the daily lives of the people, becoming the future face of the new art street, and one of the favorite places for foreign tourists to visit.
And in Thames Town, Wall Street, Oxford Street, Hayes Street, Victoria Street, Bourke Street ...... each British street has its own unique design, plants all over the surrounding are townhouses and multi-storey apartments, living near the lake, parks surrounded, the town up to 60% of the green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green, green. The town's 60 percent green space is a delight.
In the downtown area of Shanghai, it may be hard to find such a peaceful and natural neighborhood, so in your spare time or on weekends, why don't you drive to Thames Town in the springtime to experience the pure British style and exoticism. The flowers in the garden and the blue sky and white clouds to appreciate the romance of the sacred church, not to live up to the spring, but also to live up to the gift of each period of time!