Originally Posted by sinoflyer

Qingdao has an unmistakably Bavarian feel, but it isn't something worthy of going out of your way for. But since you will be there, just walk around the older parts of the city where the short presence of the Germans left a permanent impression. Much of them are newly restored and not original, however, because the proletarian cultural revolution of the last century didn't take kindly to those relics of imperialism. I would definitely tour the Tsingtao Beer brewery.