The Piers in Kaohsiung city

Vicky/Grade 8th

Glory Pier Locating towards the river mouth of Kaohsiung’s Love River, the Glory Pier is originally known as Pier 13. The pier once played a very important role in homeland security as it was served as a transport gateway between Kaohsiung and areas of Kinmen and Matsu. In 2005, the Kaohsiung City Government renamed Pier 13 to Glory Pier as to memorize and celebrate its glorious history.

Glory PierWith an iron bridge reaching the opposite side of Love River bank, visitors can walk across the bridge and enjoy the beautiful scenery of Love River and the bay. It is ideal to visit the site during sunset or sunrise period as the sun’s reflection created by the river is something spectacular for visitors to experience. During the day, usually there will be a Fountain plaza for locals and visitors to enjoy. The Glory Pier also hosts numerous cultural and art exhibitions, and sometimes live performances during holidays and weekends. For example, the annual Kaohsiung Maritime Expo and the New Year Party of Kaohsiung are held here at the Glory Pier every year.

Shinko PierShinko Pier is the people in the holiday cycling, listening to the tide, watching the scenery, enjoy a cup of coffee is a good place to climb the ring ceilinged air corridors, but also allows panoramic view of the harbor, the side of the dock station, once the tour toot train stops place. Currently city planning, combined with expected future marina, international travel hub, to develop into the southern region where sea travel blue highways relay station, strung Harbour Ring traffic tourist line, it became important to the world in Kaohsiung doors. The City is also a "Myst" design concept, construction hydrophilic parks, water Wuban water sprayed out fromthe red steel, suddenly makes heat totally disappeared, stunning harbor view is unforgettable.

Shinko PierSunbeam Road, located at the end of “ Sunbeam dock ”, the former Kaohsiung Harbor Pier 22, in response to government policy into a tourist nature, through landscaping, set up a marine park and Sunbeam Park Road, and was called “Ocean Star.” Arc-shaped marine park trails elevated platform, is to enjoy the best harbor locations, regardless of the sunset or enjoy the harbor the ship into the territory, both in the beautiful; beside the pier also established a new fountain plaza, clear water from a huge red steel vent Down , spectacular scenes.

Love Pier

Kaohsiung City Government to actively plan and build the

new face of love, to let more people see the beauty of love,

but Love Pier stands in love with the sea, a unique two-

seater sail shape is known, standing here can enjoy the

Kaohsiung city skyscrapers style, you can also view the

beauty of the ocean and enjoy Kaohsiung sense of shock

into the territory of the ship, for the twelfth Kaohsiung Pier.

Love Pier during the day is a symbol of vitality, coupled

with the golden sun blue sky, can be said to be a vibrant

landscape, in

the evening,a little more quiet beauty

, couple holding hands is the best

place for favorite words complained

of feeling.

Fisherman‘s Wharf

Kaohsiung port for a long time to control

area, Kaohsiung Fisherman‘s Wharf is

located in penglai commercial Harbor Pier 2,

The original is a bulk cargo pier area and

storage area, in the past two to Kaohsiung

stack library with a stack of two libraries,

providing Works boats, ferries and

miscellaneous cargo.