The Bund

The word "Bund" means an embankment or an embanked quay. Now a major tourist attraction, Shanghai's Bund has a rich history. You can see some of the historical buildings, lining the Huangpu River, that once housed numerous banks and trading houses from Britain, France, USA, Russia, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands and Belgium, as well as the consulates of Russia and Britain, a newspaper, the Shanghai Club and the Masonic Club. The Bund lies north of the old, walled city of Shanghai. This was initially a British settlement, later the British and American settlements were combined in the International Settlement. For the rest of the story, search for "bund" on Wikipedia.