Chongqing's Baffling Ground Floor: Where Streets Defy Levels

Welcome to Chongqing, China’s mountain megacity where streets and buildings defy logic. Explore Jiefangbei Pedestrian Street, one of the busiest squares—or is it the 6th floor of a skyscraper? Chongqing’s architecture lets you enter a building on one street and exit five floors down on another. From bustling shops at Jiefangbei to layered streets and malls like Escher illusions, see optical tricks, unexpected elevators, and disorienting levels. Filmed at Jiefangbei Pedestrian Street, Hongyadong (brief glimpse), and nearby layered plazas and streets.