Hong Kong is so densely populated that you can stumble upon countless stacked residential buildings while exploring this city, but none of them compares to the Monster Building. It’s one of Hong Kong’s most unusual and colorful apartment complexes, and that’s exactly where it gets its charm.
Originally known as the Yick Cheong Building, this complex is located in the residential area of Quarry Bay, only a couple minutes away from the Quarry Bay Metro Station. Despite what its name might suggest, this is not actually a single building but an E-shaped complex composed of five structures.
The Monster Building is one of many apartment complexes built in Hong Kong during the population boom in the 1960s. It now has more than 2,000 apartments and can house over 10,000 people. Its aesthetically striking architecture and picture-perfect symmetry transformed it into one of the city’s top tourist spots, and it even served as inspiration for filming locations in Transformers and Ghost in the Shell.
Monster Building is one of Hong Kong’s most Instagrammable attractions, even though locals placed signs warning visitors to stop taking photos without their permission. You should keep this in mind if you ever get to see it in person, and it’s definitely worth the trip even if you don’t get the perfect shot.
