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Chongqing: Vertical City Exploration

Chongqing: China’s Most Insane City!🤯🇨🇳

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Chongqing: China’s Most Insane City!🤯🇨🇳
Mike China Vlog54 min

Chongqing: China’s Most Insane City!🤯🇨🇳. This was filmed by Mike China Vlog. Watch the full journey and explore the filming details and destinations on this page.

Welcome to Chongqing, China’s most mind-blowing city! This futuristic megacity is built on multiple levels, where streets, buildings, and even gas stations seem to defy logic. In this video, we explore some of Chongqing’s most insane engineering marvels, breathtaking cityscapes, and hidden gems. Crown Escalator – One of the longest escalators in China, making it easier to navigate this vertical city. Hongya Cave Folklore Landscape Area – The famous "4,3,2,1 I'm in Chongqing" street, where each level feels like a different world. Chongqing Cloud Eye Observation Deck – The ultimate aerial view of this stunning city. Chongqing’s Monorail System – A train that passes through buildings, showing off the city’s futuristic infrastructure. A Gas Station on the 8th Floor?! – Yes, in Chongqing, even gas stations are built in the sky! Buildings That Don’t Follow the Rules – See how some floors of one building can be the ground floor of another! Raffles City & Chaotianmen Square – The iconic structures that redefine the city's skyline and offer an incredible Yangtze River cruise experience. Chongqing is not just a city—it’s an experience! If you’re interested in China’s next-level technology, futuristic urban planning, and unique cityscapes, this video is for you!

--- Mike China Vlog
February 24, 2025, Winter in China

Travel Guides & Tips in this video

Mike explores Chongqing's unusual urban layout, with highways on hills, a monorail passing through buildings, tunnels and elevated roads. His route includes Jiefangbei pedestrian street, Liziba, Hongya Cave, the Crown Escalator, a gas station on the eighth floor and a robot-monitored mall. He tries local food and shares observations about the city's infrastructure, weather and mountain setting. Mike also visits Raffles City and Chaotianmen Square, where he looks over the skyline. The city tour takes him from downtown to local food streets, showing how the elevated roads and transit network intersect with everyday shops and restaurants. At one point he counts down the city's levels and points to a gas station located on an eighth floor. He also sees robot monitoring at a city site and visits Green Forest Mall. The video presents Chongqing through concrete examples rather than a single viewpoint: a train passing through a building, a very long escalator, roads cut through hills, tunnels, bridges, a cave district and high-rise development. Mike's food stops include hot pot and other local street food, while conversations with local people add personal observations. The route gives viewers an idea of what to expect from the city's mountain landscape, transit and food culture.

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Chongqing: China’s Most Insane City!🤯🇨🇳

Getting around Chongqing’s vertical terrain

Mike China Vlog arrives in Chongqing and describes the city as an unusual, futuristic place. The mountainous terrain shapes its bridges, roads and buildings, which sit at different heights and connect neighborhoods across steep slopes. He rides the famous Line 2 monorail, including the section at Liziba where the train passes through a residential building. Mike reacts to the unusual engineering and the way the transit line fits into everyday city life. Downtown, he visits Jiefangbei pedestrian street and moves through a busy central area, where tall buildings and multi-level roads give the city a distinct skyline.

The route also takes him to Raffles City and Chaotianmen Square, where he gets broad views of the city’s buildings and transport corridors. Chongqing’s infrastructure remains a focus as he visits Chongqing’s Time Square and points out roads and structures built across hillsides. A gas station located on the eighth floor is one example of how services occupy unexpected levels. Mike also visits a robot-monitored area and Green Forest Mall, adding examples of newer technology and retail spaces to the tour. The combination of bridges, highways, tunnels and metro lines shows how the city accommodates travel through a steep landscape. Some buildings and roads seem to defy ordinary city planning. Mike uses these stops to show how transport and architecture respond to slopes, tunnels and dense development, and to compare Chongqing’s multi-level layout with flatter cities.

Landmarks, escalators and local food

Mike rides the Crown Escalator, one of the city’s longest escalators, and visits Hongya Cave Folklore Landscape Area. Hongya Cave is known for layered streets and buildings, with a distinctive atmosphere that gives him another view of Chongqing’s vertical layout. He explores the surrounding streets and captures the contrast between the illuminated landmark and ordinary city movement. Jiefangbei and the downtown pedestrian areas offer another scale of walking and shopping, while the elevated roads and bridges frame views across the city.

Food provides a change of pace from the infrastructure stops. Mike explores a food street, tries local dishes and discusses Chongqing’s association with hot pot restaurants. He interacts with local people and shares his reactions to the city’s food and transport. The video presents Chongqing as a mountain city with a mix of tunnels, metro systems, bridges and restaurants, rather than just a skyline. Mike’s journey moves from the monorail at Liziba through central streets, the escalator, Hongya Cave, the mall and the food areas, showing how different neighborhoods connect. He recommends bringing a jacket in January, February or March because it often rains in those months. The route reflects his interest in the city’s engineering, local food and layered neighborhoods.

FAQs (From the traveler's perspective)

Q: What is unusual about Chongqing’s infrastructure?
A: The city is built across mountain terrain, with roads and buildings at different levels. Mike sees bridges, tunnels, elevated highways and a monorail passing through a building.
Q: Which transit features does Mike visit?
A: His route includes the famous monorail at Liziba and the Crown Escalator, which he describes as the world’s longest.
Q: What food is associated with Chongqing in the vlog?
A: Mike explores a food street and tries local dishes, including hot pot.

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Chongqing: Vertical City Exploration

🏙️ Welcome to Chongqing, China’s most mind-blowing city! This futuristic megacity is built on multiple levels, where streets, buildings, and even gas stations seem to defy logic. In this video, we explore some of Chongqing’s most insane engineering marvels, breathtaking cityscapes, and hidden...

Chongqing Exploration: Futuristic Cityscapes & Unique Experiences

Explore Chongqing, a futuristic megacity defying logic with its multi-level streets and buildings. Witness the engineering marvels, breathtaking cityscapes, and hidden gems. Ride the Crown Escalator, one of China's longest. Discover the unique levels of Hongya Cave. Get a stunning aerial view from the Chongqing Cloud Eye Observation Deck. Marvel at the monorail system passing through buildings. See the unbelievable 8th-floor gas station. Experience buildings where one floor is another's ground floor. Enjoy the iconic Raffles City and Chaotianmen Square, and take a Yangtze River cruise. Chongqing is an unforgettable experience showcasing China's advanced technology and urban planning.

Attractions in this video: Hongya Cave, Raffles City Chongqing, Chaotianmen Square, Crown Escalator, Chongqing Cloud Eye Observation Deck, Li Zike Station, Jiang Fang Bei Pedestrian Street, Green Forest Mall