OCT-LOFT, a vibrant cultural park that blends raw industrial architecture with creative design, contemporary art and avant-garde music, has recently turned two buildings near its south entrance into a lively block called LOFT53.

The Bao’an Exhibition High Line Park is Shenzhen’s latest experiment in urban imagination. The 1.7-kilometer-long, 25-meter-wide elevated greenway that reads part skypark, part people-mover, follows the same logic but elevates it.

Boasting more than 200 kilometers of hiking trails across the city, Shenzhen offers outdoor options in varying degrees of difficulties to suit all levels of enthusiasts.

Half artistic, half down-to-earth — that’s Shekou in a nutshell. Walk its hills and shoreline at a leisurely pace and you’ll find a neighborhood that feels like a compact version of Shenzhen: cosmopolitan, green and unexpectedly relaxed.