Qingdao — Sights
Red roofs, a blue bay, and beer by the bag.
- Tsingtao Beer Museum — A walk through the 1903 brewery that ends with two glasses of unfiltered beer
- Zhanqiao Pier & Huilan Pavilion — A 440 m pier out to the octagonal pavilion on the beer label
- Badaguan — Tree-lined lanes of European villas that end at the sea
- St Michael's Cathedral — Twin red spires, with a forecourt full of wedding shoots
- Signal Hill Park (Xinhaoshan) — Red roofs and sea from the red mushroom-shaped lookout
- May Fourth Square & Olympic Sailing Center — The red whirlwind sculpture by day, a skyscraper light show by night
- Mount Lao (Laoshan) — Granite peaks rising from the sea, with Taoist temples and cable cars
- Little Fish Hill Park (Xiaoyushan) — Free three-storey pavilion with sea and red-roof views
- Qingdao TV Tower — Cable car up, then a 232 m tower over the city and sea
- Taidong Pedestrian Street & Night Market — Mural-wall shopping by day, skewer-smoke night market after dark
- Beer Street (Dengzhou Road) — Straight out of the museum and into a draught beer
- Golden Beach, Huangdao — 3.5 km of golden sand, home of the summer beer festival
- Jimo Ancient City — Restored walled streets that light up at night, with a laser show on the walls
- Qingdao Polar Ocean World — Polar bears, belugas, penguins and dolphin shows: a day with the kids
- Former German Governor's Residence — A fairytale German mansion, right down to Mao's bedroom
- Zhongshan Park — Cherry-tree avenues in the city's green lung
- Xiaoqingdao Island Lighthouse (Little Qingdao) — White lighthouse at a causeway's end, skyline shot
- Zhanshan Temple — Quiet hillside temple behind the beach crowds
- Shilaoren Beach (Stone Old Man) — A sea stack off the sand and tidal pools
- Qingdao Underwater World — Walk-through aquarium by the sea promenade
- Qingdao Railway Station (Old German Station) — German-built clock-tower station still in service
- Tianhou Palace (Qingdao Folk Museum) — Ming-era shrine to the sea goddess
- Qingdao Protestant Church (Jidu Jiaotang) — 1908 German church, red roofs and clock tower
- Qingdao Museum — Free city-history museum with big special shows