Forget souvenirs, knickknacks, disposable cameras, holiday albums and scrapbooks - modern tourism is all about Instagram (#wanderlust #instatravel). And, as we all know, being home to towering skyscrapers, leafy streets and delicious food, Shanghai is a very Instagrammable city. Here are all the feed-clogging tourist favourites that get posted after a visit to Shanghai.
1. The Lujiazui skyline
@buzzibao_travelblog
A visit to Shanghai isn't official until you've snapped a picture of the famous Shanghai towers in all their glory - choose your filter wisely. We're pretty sure that one of the prerequisites for getting a tourist visa is promising you'll take a picture down at The Bund and showing it to many people as possible upon your return home...
2. A fancy cocktail at a fancy rooftop bar
@yona0.0
Shanghai has many great rooftop bars and nothing makes a cocktail taste better than drinking it on a photogenic a roof terrace - science has proven that. Which branch of science you ask? We dunno, physics? Mixology is a science, right? Don't @ us. And if drinking outside is your thing, you'll definitely want to check out Shanghai's best al fresco happy hours.
3. A picture up a really, really tall building
@impassibru
4. A contemplative photo at a temple
@jennygooey
5. People's Park Marriage Market
@markwhel
6. A snap of the Shanghai Metro
@ich_bin_alston
Nothing seems to amaze visitors to our city more than just how many people can squeeze onto a train at once. Throw in that there's WiFi, television screens and occasionally a guy doing karaoke on Line 1 for some reason, a trip on the metro can be a real experience.
World's most populous city x rush hour x a sneaky photo = likes.
7. A closeup of Xiaolongbao
@whatgraceeats
More like xiao long wow... (there's your caption sorted). A pic of Shanghai's famous soup dumplings is another staple of the Shanghai Insta diet.
8. A pic infront of the Disneyland castle
@sssssihan
9. A picturesque shot of a road in the FFC
@timeoutshanghai
10. A pic of something that'd be totally weird anywhere else
@jakenewby
11. The Maglev at max speed
@sh._.park
12. People practising tai chi
@kylie_in_china
13. A scenic shot of a water town
@_ninix
Qibao, Zhujiajiao, or Nanxun, a visit to one of Shanghai's nearby water towns is an Instagrammer's dream. Narrow lanes, wooden boats and pretty bridges – those sweet, sweet likes will be rolling in. While to your followers it may look like you're strolling round a beautiful Venitian-esque paradise, in reality, you'll spend most of your time battling the crowds, queuing for food and trying to find space to take a picture.
14. A sea of rental bikes
@yangying_ye
While the bike sharing craze is alive and well here in Shanghai, to many visitors to the city, a colourful fleet of rental bikes will be a sight to be hold. As the famous Katie Melua song goes, 'There are nine million bicycles in Beijing' and, if you've so much as had your eyes open in Shanghai of late, you'll have noticed that there is a shit-tonne of share bikes in Shanghai. 'That's a fact. It's a thing we can't deny.'
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