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Sometimes called 'the Underground Great Wall', the Beijing Underground City is a relic from the Sino-Soviet border conflict in 1969, and was built to withstand a nuclear attack. A warren of tunnels and living quarters to house some 300,000 people is spread over an area of 85 sq km, it includes stores, restaurants, clinics, schools, theatres, reading rooms, factories and a roller skating rink. The tunnels link all areas of central Beijing, from Xidan and Xuanwumen to Qianmen and Chongwen districts, to as far as the Western Hills.
The city was thankfully never needed and a small section is open to the public as a subterranean museum, the cool temperatures inside the tunnels are worth the admission alone if you are visiting the during the humidity of summer.
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