[2025 Shanghai Attraction] Travel Guide for Youku Art Park (Updated May)

I predict this check-in spot will be popular🔥 free! Shanghai's new Oil Cool Park Not in Xuhui 👉 In Yangpu Riverside Ruins industrial style beyond the film 📸 - 📍 Shanghai Yangpu Oil Cool Art Park 🚈 Transportation: Metro Line 12 Fuxing Island Station/Aiguo Road Station, 15 minutes walk; or ride a bicycle along the Yangpu Riverside/walkable ⏰ Time: 6:00~22:00 (light show at 6:30pm) 🅿️ Parking: Shanghai International Fashion Center Parking Lot, 10 yuan/hour - 🔎 The predecessor of Oil Cool Art Park was the Asiatic Kerosene Warehouse built in 1930. After the renovation, industrial relics such as oil tanks, steel frames, and valves were retained, and contemporary art elements were integrated. 📸 The rusty oil tanks, giant valves, and Baisha Lighthouse make you feel like you are in an abandoned factory. Just take a picture and you will create a wasteland-style movie! - 📍Special check-in spots 1️⃣ Oil tank ruins area🛢 The rust-red oil tanks, with the Sinopec logo engraved on them, retain the original industrial traces, and the dark-style outfit instantly creates a decadent feel. From 4 to 6 pm, the setting sun casts a golden edge on the oil tanks, and with the big words "Oil Cool Art Park" on the ground, it is very spectacular to take photos. 2️⃣ Baisha Lighthouse💡 The small white building with ins style has yellow windows that stand out. When I went there, there was an old man singing at the bottom of the tower, which was full of life. Climbing up to the second floor of the lighthouse, you can overlook the oil tanks. On the other side, you can also see abandoned ships and Dinghai Bridge by the canal. After crossing the bridge is the quiet secret land of Fuxing Island. 3️⃣ Retro valve mechanism ⚙️ Giant metal valves and mottled pipes are intertwined, giving it a full industrial hardcore vibe. Wide-angle shots are recommended to show the tension of the space. There is also a round white sand beach next to the rest area for children to play. 4️⃣ Riverside cycling trail 🚲 The park is connected to the Yangpu Riverside Greenway. On a sunny day, you can ride a bicycle through the industrial relics and the river breeze to experience the transformation of the "Rust Belt to Show Belt". - 🚲 Recommended cycling routes: Fuxing Island Park ➡ Youku Art Park ➡ International Fashion Center ➡ Huicang Art Park ➡ Yangshupu Power Plant Ruins Park ➡ World Skills Museum ➡ Green Hill ➡ Oriental Fisherman's Wharf (about 5.5 kilometers in total) - 🚶‍♀️Nearby walking recommendations: 1️⃣ Shanghai International Fashion Center: A fashion landmark transformed from an old textile factory. There are outlets and popular restaurants hidden in the red brick factory building. You can sit down and take a rest. 2️⃣ Fuxing Island Park: It is said to be the last secret place in Shanghai. You can take photos of the sunset at Dinghai Road Bridge, and there are Bailu historical buildings and Gongqing Road retro streets, which give it a sense of seclusion. 3️⃣ Yangshupu Power Plant Ruins Park: The century-old power plant chimney and the zero-carbon cafe "One Foot Between", full marks for environmental protection concept. ———————————————————— ✨Follow me to unlock more great places to visit in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai!

✨It's Youku (Oil Cool), not Youku (the video platform)! The new industrial ruin-style park at Yangpu Riverside is a must-see!✨ 📍Location: 3024 Yangshupu Road (east side of the gas station) 🕒Time: 6:00-22:00 (The night light show is stunning!) 🎫Tickets: Free! Free! Free! 🔥Reasons to Visit 1️⃣ The Ultimate Industrial Ruin Style A "hardcore art park" transformed from a century-old oil tank warehouse! Rusty giant oil tanks, crisscrossing steel frames, retro valves and pipes… Every photo you take feels like a scene from *The Wandering Earth*! The preserved rust on the tanks, like annual rings, records the history of industry, fully showcasing the beauty of ruins. 2️⃣ Three Amazing Zones for Perfect Photos Oil Tank Exploration Zone: The interplay of light and shadow resembles a sci-fi movie set, and there's a dazzling oil tank light show at night. Canal Vitality Zone: High-altitude water viewing platform + industrial-style pump house garden. Standing under the "Light of the Canal" lighthouse, you can easily capture magazine cover-worthy shots. Instagrammable Big Tree Plaza: Century-old plane trees + banana plants and monstera deliciosa. Red brick walls paired with green plants allow you to switch between natural and industrial styles effortlessly. 3️⃣ Hidden Citywalk Gems ✔️Check in at the blogger-famous "Zero Carbon Coffee" (converted from a power plant's water purification pool, powered by solar energy, super eco-friendly). ✔️Cycle along the riverside and visit the Yangshupu Power Plant Ruins and the Gray Warehouse Art Space. ✔️A must for families with children: Green Steps Rest Area, fun basketball hoops, and a mortise and tenon workshop. A new spot for kids to play and let off steam. ⚠️Photo Tips ✅Outfit suggestions: Workwear pants + Martin boots (industrial style), hot girl outfits (ruin contrast), Hanfu (red bricks and green plants complement the ancient style). ✅Golden hour: The light is soft after 4pm, and the oil tank light show starts after 7pm. 📣Directions 🚇Subway Line 12 to Aiguo Road Station + 10-minute bike ride 🚌Bus No. 124/577 direct 🅿️Parking is available nearby. Arrive early on weekends!

Transportation: Take bus 135 and get off at Yangshupu Road Liping Road Station (terminal station). Tips: The bus 135 stop is a gate of the park, which is half-open and a bit small. Don't hesitate to go in. The park is free of charge and requires a reservation. The park can be used as the starting point of an ascetic city walk, all the way to the Yangpu Power Plant Ruins Park, and all the way to the pure film, the next article will introduce this line. The predecessor of Yangpu Oil Cool Art Park was the warehouse of the Asia Petroleum Company built in 1930, which became the Dinghai Gas Station of PetroChina after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Compared with the Oil Tank Art Center in Xuhui Binjiang, this place has a stronger industrial flavor, and the mottled rust on the oil tank is more historical, especially the two oil tanks built in 1937 are witnesses of historical imprints. The full view of pipelines and valves is a masculine sense of line. The old abandoned vehicles in the parking lot have a sense of time travel in the 1980s and 1990s. The white clock tower rebuilt from the watchtower seems to be intertwined with the time and space of the morning and evening. Climbing the tower, the whole park and the Fuxing Island Canal outside the wall are in full view. If you want to take a picture of the industrial style, oil tanks, pipelines, and valves are the best backgrounds. If you want to take a picture of the soft ins style, whether it is the arch bottom of the lighthouse or the top of the tower, it is the best scene. If you want to take a very chill feeling, then the bench in the rest area of red brick and green plants is the best choice. The key is that there are not many people here, you can take pictures as you like, and there are many styles, which is not available in the oil tank of Xuhui Binjiang. Are you excited?