German Street Review

Qingdao German Style Street 1) Location: Located in Guantao Road, Shibei District, Qingdao City, Tangyu Road in the south, and Enxian Road in the north. 2) History of the block: It is said that Guantao Road was first built in 1899 (the German Zhan period was once called Caesar Street, and the Japanese period was Ye Sakura), which was Qingdao's "foreign-banking area" at that time. Closer to Houhai Pier, Customs and Dagang Railway Station. During the Republic of China, the German municipality in Jiaojiao planned this as a "foreign-banking area", and many of the national institutions in Qinghai were first involved here. Due to the prosperity of business, Guantao Road has become the financial center of Qingdao, known as "Qingdao Wall Street". 3) Feature status: total length of more than 1000 meters. There are many German architectural elements on both sides of the road, Japanese-style white brick and red tile historical buildings. There are theme sculptures at the junction of Zhongshan Road and Guantao Road. The transportation group repair shop at the intersection of Lingxian Road has German-style towers and gate buildings. Many buildings marked as historical buildings have been used for various modern uses, several restaurants and bars, and other buildings are used as offices by units. Point 1: Guantao Road Bus Station - The first long-distance bus station in modern China Point 2: Road Traffic Museum Point 3: The former site of the Bank of Korea Qingdao Branch (22 Guantao Road, Navy North Sea Fleet Military Club), HSBC Bank of England, Yokohama Zhengjin Bank, etc. The whole street is relatively quiet, there are not many tourists, all are German-style buildings, the door is snubbed, the cars and horses are scarce, and it seems a bit deserted.