Hong Kong Observation Wheel
Sixty-metre harbourfront Ferris wheel with air-conditioned gondolas and panoramic Victoria Harbour views.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Hong Kong Observation Wheel follows its unplanned opening on December 5, 2014, when a press preview on the Central harbourfront turned into a quiet public debut with no ribbon-cutting. It traces the site's recent past as the heart of the Umbrella Movement protests months earlier, when construction crews downed tools for over two months while the city argued about its future. Listen for how the reclaimed waterfront around you looked before it became parkland, and for the view of Two IFC rising behind the wheel.
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