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Things Get Weird at the New Museum Of Illusions

Visual tricks for kids and selfies.

You Run Like A Princess; Disney Run Registration Opens Thursday

Hey, ever wanted to run through the Disney Resort in Pudong, past Disney characters (who, they...

Yuyintang Probes Deep Into The Bowels Of Hell For Summer Slaughter

Shanghai's very own knock-off version of the most extreme metal tour in North America, Summer...

6 Escape Rooms In Shanghai Worth Escaping From

If it's the last thing we ever do.

[Revisited]: Dino Beach, The Closest Water Park to Downtown

Riding the slides and surfing the wave pool not that far away.

Give Your Kids Some Culture: Here's 21 Ways to Entertain Them Over the Summer

Hey moms and dads! The kids are out of school, but you're not off work for the summer, and they...

This New Pac-Man Café Lets You Play On a Gigantic Screen For Free

Pac-Man has arrived in Shanghai like never before. Now an official pop-up café near Xintiandi (it...

Shanghai Water Parks Opening Dates: Playa Maya, Dino Beach, and Jinshan Beach

It's definitely pool season in Shanghai, which means one thing: it's almost water park season!...

Shanghai Pools, The 2019 Edition!

Strut your stuff on the closest thing we have to a beach downtown!

[Outbound]: Chishan Lake National Wetland Park

Out of the city and into eastern China’s largest cypress forest.

Keep Calm (Or Not) And Throw An Axe

I heard axe throwing was an ancient practice to relieve stress. Stress? I’ve got plenty. A wooden...

Swinging From The High Ropes At North Bund’s Magic Jungle

Nestled away on the river banks of North Bund is a grand structure that goes by the name of Magic...

[In Focus]: The Shanghai Ocean Aquarium

The Life Aquatic, in glow-in-the-dark and technicolor, right there in the heart of Lujiazui.

Drink to Local Coffee Culture at This Three-Day Festival in Jing'an

Indie coffee and Big Coffee are joining forces this weekend, and the result is a three-day coffee...

A Thrusting Good Time: Sexpo Is This Weekend

Like a train entering a dark tunnel, the China Adult Care Expo is back again this weekend, right...

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