VERIFIED2026.09.10The Bund & East Nanjing Road · 31.238°N 121.486°E · Photo: Siyuan Hu / Unsplash
FreeClosure dayReservation requiredTimed entry
The 1923 neoclassical dome once called 'the finest building between the Suez and the Bering Strait'. Inside the octagonal hall: 33 mosaic panels of the bank's 1920s branch cities, hidden under paint for decades and uncovered in 1997. One of the city's first ten 'heritage-building aesthetic-education spaces' (June 2026), run as 'Bund 12 · Impressions (外滩12号·印象)': since 2025 visits are free weekday tours — two slots at 11:30/12:00 (about 30 people each, per press reports), booked via SPDB's Chinese apps, entering from the Fuzhou Road 36 side door.
AdmissionFreeFree, but weekday reservation onlyVerifiedSource ↗
HoursWeekdays, two 30-minute slots: 11:30-12:00 and 12:00-12:30Verified · source published 2026-06Source ↗
ClosedNo regular weekend slots; open days announced separatelyVerified · source published 2026-06Source ↗
ReservationRequired · Timed entry
LandmarkBund No. 12
Address12 Zhongshan East 1st RoadVerified · source published 2026-06Source ↗
EntranceReserved visits enter at 36 Fuzhou Road, on the back side of the building
Last verified 2026-09-10
How to book
Book through the 浦发银行 or 遇见浦发 WeChat official accounts (2026 city notice); the bank's mobile app and the 浦大喜奔 app were also listed in 2025. Whether sign-up works with a foreign phone number is not documented — try early, and ask your hotel if it failsVerified · source published 2026-06Source ↗
Beat the crowds
Crowds aren't the issue — the two small weekday slots (11:30 & 12:00; about 30 people each, per press reports) are. Book the moment booking opens; inside, the tour itself is uncrowded.