天津广播电视塔 Tiānjīn Guǎngbōdiànshìtǎ, 天塔 Tiāntǎ; Tianjin Tower
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The eighth tallest freestanding tower in the world. But this one might be one of the most spectacular as it is surrounded by water.
The Tianjin Radio and Television Tower is a 415.2-meter-tall (1,362 ft) tower in Tianjin, China, used primarily for communication. It is the 8th tallest freestanding tower in the world. It was built in 1991 at a cost of $45 million. Approximately two-thirds of the way up the tower is an observation pod with 253 square meters (2,720 sq ft) of floor space. It is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers.
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周恩来邓颖超纪念馆; Zhōu'ēnlái dèngyǐngchāo jìniànguǎn
Dedicated to the late Chinese premier Zhou Enlai (1898-1976) and his wife Deng Yingchao (1904-1992), both of whom are widely celebrated in China for their contribution to the socialist revolution. The memorial hall has an extensive collection of photographs and artefacts pertaining to the lives of the two individuals. Some notable artefacts include the printing press used to print the Tientsin Student newspaper during the May Fourth Movement, an aircraft donated to Zhou Enlai by the Soviet Union, Zhou Enlai's car and the urn that once contained both Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao's ashes. As of 2021, visitors are required to make a booking on WeChat before visiting (see website for QR code).
天津自然博物馆, 天津自然历史博物馆
Since 2020 all visitors have been required to make an appointment before visiting the museum. Visitor numbers are capped at 4500 on ordinary days and 7500 on public holidays. Appointments can be made on the museum's website (which is in Chinese only) and also on the museum's WeChat account (see website for QR code).
天津博物馆
Tianjin Museum has modern exhibition halls with an area of 11,000 square meters as well as cultural and leisure facilities with multiple functions. It looks like a swan spreading its wings to fly from the lake surface. It possesses cultural relics of almost 200,000 items, including calligraphy, painting, bronze, ceramics, jade article, stamp of ruler’s seal, carapace bone, coin, historical document, relics of modern times, folk craftwork and so on. Among them, there are nearly 1000 grade one cultural relics of the state. Appointments to visit the museum can be made on the museum's WeChat account (see website for QR code).
天津美术馆
Visitors are expected to make a booking before visiting the museum. Bookings can be made on WeChat (see here for QQ code).
天津科技馆, 天津科学技术馆
Visitors are advised to make an appointment before visiting the museum, but it's possible to visit without a prior appointment as long as the daily limit on the number of visitors has not been exceeded.
西开教堂, 西开天主教堂; Xīkāitiānzhǔjiàotáng; Xikai Catholic Church, St. Joseph Cathedral
Built in 1916 by French Jesuits.