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S'poreans notice Shanghai's new plant dome looks like what we have at Gardens by the Bay

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January 09, 2025, 07:06 PM

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Does this place look familiar to you?

Photo from Smart Shanghai

Photo from Shanghai Expo Culture Park

If you guessed the Cloud Forest at Gardens by the Bay, nice try.

It's actually the Shanghai Greenhouse Garden in China.

For comparison, here's the actual Cloud Forest:

Photo from Gardens by the Bay

Kinda uncanny

TikTok user @noteggtan pointed out the uncanny similarities in a Jan. 8 video.

"Bro let me refer to your work, I promise I won't copy," he quipped in the video's caption.

@noteggtan “Bro let me refer to your work, I promise I won’t copy” 📍 上海市浦东新区世博文化公园内 #gardensbythebay #shanghai #theoffice #sgfyp ♬ Hinoki Wood - Gia Margaret

In the video, he highlighted several familiar features: a central mountain-esque feature surrounded by aerial walkways, an indoor waterfall, and geometric structures that faintly resemble the iconic Supertrees.

Photo from noteggtan/TikTok

One part of it even had a similar name.

Photo from noteggtan/TikTok

Meanwhile, other parts of it appeared to resemble the other main attraction at the Gardens by the Bay — the Flower Dome.

Here's the Shanghai Greenhouse Garden:

Photo from Weixin

And the Flower Dome:

Photo from Tom Allen/Google Maps

Again, the Shanghai Greenhouse Garden:

Photo from noteggtan/TikTok

And the Flower Dome:

Photo from Gardens by the Bay

Confused? So are we.

Recently opened

The Shanghai Greenhouse Garden is actually a fairly new addition to the larger landmark, the Shanghai Expo Culture Park in Pudong.

It opened on Sep. 20, 2024.

In the comments section of its WeChat page, users could be seen complaining about the cost of the tickets: between RMB98 (S$18.30) and RMB128 (S$23.90).

"Tickets are too expensive. Not worth it," one person said.

Top image from Smart Shanghai and Gardens by the Bay

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