43 Shanghai parks are now open 24 hours a day

Now the weather in Shanghai is at that blissful (if brief) point between sub-arctic and blistering hot, Shanghai Green and Urban Management Centre's news that it will be extending the opening hours of over 100 parks comes as music to our already sunscorched ears. According to the release, the centre will extend the hours of 76 parks throughout the year and open 43 parks round the clock. 

Grab your picnic blanket and head down your nearest 24 hour park to bask in the heat till sunset (or sunrise, even):

Pudong new area (5) Douxiang Park, Binjiang Avenue, Bailianjing Garden, He Garden, Huamu Garden

Jingan district (6) Pengpu Park, Jiaotong Park, Guangchang Park, Zhongxing Greenland, Butterfly Bay Garden, Buyecheng Park

Minhang district (2) Shuangyong Park, Maqiao Park

Xuhui district (3) Xujiahui Park, Caohejing Development Zone Park, Xiangyang Park

Baoshan district (1) Baoshan Riverside Park

Changning district (5) Yanhong Greenland, Hongqiao Park, Huashan Greenland, Haisu Greenland, Zhongshan Park

Huangpu district (4) Huangpu Park, Guangchang Park, Yanfu Park, Nanyuan Binjiang

Songjiang district (4) Sixian Park, Xinqiao Park, Shihu Dang Green Square, Maogang Garden

Jiading district (9) Anting Park, Youth Activity Centre, Xincheng Park, Fuhua Park, Chenjiashan Lotus Park, Jiading Wisteria Garden, Ginkgo Garden, Nanyuan Park, South City Wall Park

Qingpu district (2) South Chung Garden, North Green Garden

Chongming district (2) Xincheng Park, Fort Town Citizen Park

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