Pier-2 Art CenterPhoto: Jonashtand / CC BY-SA 4.0
Pier-2 occupies the warehouses of the third basin of Kaohsiung harbour.
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
Harbour warehouses on the third basin turned into an art district, with the old harbour railway as a cycle trail. The outdoor areas are free. Ticketed venues open Monday to Thursday 10:00–18:00 and Friday to Sunday and holidays 10:00–20:00; the Pier-2 Tower is a NT$10 coin entry.
- Short enough to be certain of: 2 hr door to door.
- 2 hr door to door needs a 4-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Pier-2 Art Center and your ship
Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.
Routes that already include it
Finished days timed from official timetables and our estimates, with this stop in them.
The Music Center and Pier-2 by light railNeeds a 5-hour call · ~3h door to doorCalls of 5 hours or more, the afternoon Norwegian Jade call (11:00–18:00) among them. No taxi needed
The Dome of Light and Pier-2’s warehousesA wet day · ~4h door to doorA wet day on any callWhat to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
3 hr for bothKaohsiung Music Center
The hexagon towers on Love River Bay, 1.6 km from the cruise terminal: the Wave Towers, the Coral Zone and the Whale Bridge with a lookout over the harbour.
See the detail
3 hr 30 min for bothThe Dome of Light
A glass dome by the Italian artist Narcissus Quagliata over the concourse of Formosa Boulevard station, where the Red and Orange lines cross.
See the detail