The Pier2 Art Center — Attraction in Kaohsiung

This old harbor warehouses converted retail and art hub should have been a top tourists and locals destination and attraction for any day of the weeks. I have visited here more than a half a dozen times before in weekends, holidays, weekdays, or daytime and evening. To my surprise, only during the weekends and holidays, there were crowds roaming around the outdoor display and businesses inside those renovated warehouse buildings. A venue like this should be a fantastic designation chosen by families or friends for gathering or business people for conversation and of course tourists for sightseeing schedule. But during the weekdays, I found myself was like the only creature wandering in the quiet lanes between some deserted old buildings or the few outdoor art pieces nearby. If this place were in a different country or a region like say, the Taipei city, I am sure that there'll be waiting lines outside those nicely decorated restaurants and bars, cash registers in retail stores will be busy ringing, and the walkways and open grounds will be crowded with people of all ages most of the time. Each time that I visited this place, I would buy food or purchase something I have no purpose for, oh well, a small contribution to the store operator for their devotion and courage to keep their business afloat as their part of supporting the whole attraction prosperous. The city government created this area as one of the city's attractions, and it spent billions of dollars to build a swing bridge across the water in recent years. But I think the city has missed the point that what long term functional attraction is lacking inside this attraction park. Nonetheless, it's a nice place to spend some hours getting away from the street traffic jam and...

Except that There is a warehouse group in the Pier 2 art center, if walking from the MRT it is the outdoor Hama Star Railway Park, a great place, a large grassland, kids can play kites and have picnics, a place nice for children to discharge. By Walking in the warehouse group of the Pier 2 art center, as you can see there are many green trees everywhere, too many things are good to view, including the walls of the barge, the historical footprint. It’s magic that adding new things in such old places, making the original abandoned warehouse to bring a new life. This is entirely due to the construction and planning of Mayor Chen Ju.

The Pier 2 art center are divided into Dayi District, Dayong District and Penglai District. There are many interesting art shops and some small shops with special features, as well as regular art exhibitions and performances, such as Dagang singing or some artistic performances. Refuting is not only a general art space, but also because of the participation of these art exhibitions and programs, it has added a strong artistic atmosphere into the port of city.

Come to Kaohsiung, don't miss the Pier 2 art center. The light rail can bring you here very...

There is a light rail transit coming to this area directly. But the paying system is a bit odd as local only need to use the card to swipe and those without the card need to pay at the ticketing machine. There is rarely any checking on the system but as ethical traveller, please don't abuse the trust.

This place amaze us with all interesting artistic creativity. There are locals that sell their art work, and there are lots of local that perform music, showcase their talent here.

The music center is just around the corner and you will never miss that building.

The time when we arrived, one of the local popular band Mayday is performing for free. Wow, the atmosphere is amazing and the music is great.

The whole place is full of warehouse that turn into restaurant, branded shops , and art exhibition places. You can easily spend more than 2 hours here.

The bridge connecting both side of the pier will turn at 1900 on Saturday and Thursday. So if you are there around that time, just enjoy your meal, or come back to observe the view.

After 1600, a lot of food trucks and taiwanese snack stalls opened up. If you like local snacks, maybe it's a good place for you. But for us, we prefer proper meals and not munching snack types of people. Do give it a try if you notice some indigenous tribe selling their unique food. The rest probably you can get elsewhere at more popular street food night market.

Worth the visit. One more thing to mention is that there is no admission ticket for the visit unless a special...