How to Get to This Weekend's Pizza Fest
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the show is about to begin! Tomorrow our two-day, carnival-themed, meaty, cheesy, but easy and breezy pizza extravaganza will commence in the unfamiliar (to some) northern stronghold of Wangjing Soho.
Unfortunately, our early bird tickets (which come with a free picnic blanket on which to rest with your pizza collection tomorrow) are sold out. BUT, you can still reserve your (picnic blanket-less) advance tickets for RMB 20 until 9pm tonight. After that, you'll have to duke it out in line for your RMB 25 on-the-door tickets.
But before you purchase your tickets on the door, you'll have to find that door, won't you?
First off: Wangjing Soho is a huge development covering more than 20,000 square meters – our festival will be happening to the southwest of the main buildings, on a closed-off public road that runs northwest to southeast (just southwest of that is a public park). It's the area marked in red below:
By Subway: Our recommendation is to simply take the subway. Both Line 15's Wangjing (望京) and Line 14's Futong (阜通) stations are closest to the venue (a little less than a kilometer away – that's a 10-12 minute walk).
If you get off at Futong Station, leave via Exit C, then take an immediate right, and head northeast on Fu'an West Road. You will shortly spot the architectural marvel that is Wangjing Soho spiraling in the distance.
If you get off at Wangjing Station, exit via A or C and head northeast on Hengchang Road, then take the first major road on the right (Wangjing Street). Head southeast for about half a kilometer until you hit Fu'an West Road, then take a left and the event entrance will be just up the road.
By Didi/Taxi: Plug in one of the following addresses (or show your cabbie) and you'll be taken to one end or the other of the street fair (we'll have entrance booths on both ends):
利星行广场西门 (Lei Shing Hong Plaza West Gate) will take you to the southwest entrance of the event;
阜安西路公交站 (Fu'an West Road Bus Station) will take you to the northwest entrance of the event.
By car: You can find detailed directions in English here: wangjingsoho.sohochina.com/en/location. There's plenty of underground parking at Soho itself (priced at RMB 6 per hour).
Expected driving times from the following locations to Wangjing Soho:
Lido area (3km) 15 minutes;
WAB area (6km) 30 minutes;
Sanlitun area (9 km), 30 minutes;
Wudaokou area (14 km) 40 minutes.
By Bus: The following bus stations are closest to the event:
Fu'an West Road Station (阜安西路公交站) Service from bus lines 467;
Rongke Ganlan Cheng Station (融科橄榄成公交站) Service from bus lines 8, 536, 538;
Guofeng Beijing Station (国风北京公交站) Service from bus lines 8, 536, 538.
By Bike: The most daring way of getting to our Pizza Fest, however, might just be cycling it. After all, there's no harm in burning some extra calories before getting to the good stuff.
Once you get into the area, the festival will be kind of hard to miss. Just follow your nose once! Or your ears. Or look for our more delicious-looking version of the "wacky waving inflatable arm-flailing tube-man" – this giant 8-meter-tall inflatable pizza will once again be revived to do its thing:
Photos: Courtesy Wangjing SOHO, Scott DeVoy Su
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