Kaohsiung Fisherman's Wharf | Kaohsiung Fisherman Wharf

Coordinates: 22°37′08″N 120°16′37″E / 22.61889°N 120.27694°E / 22.61889; 120.27694

The Port of Kaohsiung is one of the top 10 great ports in the world. In the process of Taiwan's economy developing, it has played a very important role successfully. The Kaohsiung Fisherman's Wharf (高雄港漁人碼頭) is originally the no.2 port of the port of Kaohsiung, and its previous function was exporting bananas, wood and steel. However, because of the transformation of economy and container automation, the function of the port was declining gradually.

Fortunately, the government promotes the tourism industry in these years, so the no.2 port could get the chance to become a sightseeing wharf, which combines beautiful seaside scenery and fine food, and the name of the wharf changes into a more cultural one as the Kaohsiung Fisherman's Wharf.

Nowadays, it has become one of the outstanding city scenic spots that follows the successful step of The Urban Spotlight and Love River.

Kaohsiung City

Districts

Districts of Kaohsiung

City seat: Lingya and Fengshan

Earlier districts	Gushan Lingya Nanzi Qianjin Qianzhen Qijin Sanmin Xiaogang Xinxing Yancheng Zuoying

Fengshan region	Daliao Dashe Dashu Fengshan Linyuan Niaosong Renwu

Gangshan region	Alian Gangshan Hunei Luzhu Mituo Qiaotou Qieding Tianliao Yanchao Yong'an Ziguan

Qishan region	Jiaxian Liugui Maolin Meinong Namaxia Neimen Qishan Shanlin Taoyuan

Note: Although Hanyu Pinyin is the national standard, Tongyong Pinyin is still commonly used in Kaohsiung.

Attractions

Historical sites	Former British Consulate at Takao Holy Rosary Cathedral

Museums	Kaohsiung Astronomical Museum Kaohsiung Hakka Cultural Museum Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts Kaohsiung Museum of History National Science and Technology Museum Shou Shan Zoo

Others	Chang-Gu World Trade Center Qijin Ferry Dream Mall Kaohsiung Fisherman's Wharf Kaohsiung International Airport Liuhe Night Market Lotus Lake Love River Tuntex Sky Tower Urban Spotlight Arcade

Education

Public universities	National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism National Kaohsiung Marine University National Kaohsiung Normal University National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences National Sun Yat-sen University National University of Kaohsiung

Other schools	Kaohsiung American School Kaohsiung Medical University Municipal Kaohsiung Girls' Senior High School Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School

Famous quotes containing the words fisherman and/or wharf:

“The natural historian is not a fisherman who prays for cloudy days and good luck merely; but as fishing has been styled “a contemplative man’s recreation,” introducing him profitably to woods and water, so the fruit of the naturalist’s observations is not in new genera or species, but in new contemplations still, and science is only a more contemplative man’s recreation.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“They commonly celebrate those beaches only which have a hotel on them, not those which have a humane house alone. But I wished to see that seashore where man’s works are wrecks; to put up at the true Atlantic House, where the ocean is land-lord as well as sea-lord, and comes ashore without a wharf for the landing; where the crumbling land is the only invalid, or at best is but dry land, and that is all you can say of it.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)