• The Walled City of Kowloon has no visible wall around it, but it is as clearly defined as if there were one made of hard, high steel.
  • Credits go to cameraman Hamdani Milas. Christina Wesemann for creation and direction of the film and also to Hugo Portisch for production.
  • Though it may sound like a scene from a dystopian novel, this is the world that the people of Kowloon Walled City experienced every day in the most densely...
  • After its demolition in 1994, Kowloon Walled City is now a public park in Hong Kong, preserving its history as a unique urban enclave.
  • Once dubbed the most densely populated place on Earth, the 2.7-hectare Kowloon Walled City was home to some 50,000 people at its height in 1990.
  • Have you ever imagined living in a city with no laws or rules? Think about Kowloon Walled City – a place that was incredibly crowded and chaotic.
  • Twenty years ago, one of the world’s most unusual and unexpected pieces of architecture was razed to the ground: Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City, the most...
  • The area where the Walled City once stood is now Kowloon Walled City Park (九龍寨城公園), located in today’s Kowloon City District.
  • It was a colony within a colony, a city within a city, a tiny block of territory at once contested and neglected. It was known as Kowloon Walled City.
  • Life Inside Kowloon Walled City. Step into the shoes of the residents of the city, and you’d find a life that was a potent mix of hardship and resilience.