Want to play Quidditch? You can, in a former Hong Kong factory
Industrial plants have become fun palaces where you can play Harry Potter's favourite game, or try bubble soccer, indoor skiing, archery tag and other serious indoor fun
With big trucks offloading goods at the front and back entrances, and laundries and (smelly) food factories taking up some of the floors, ageing factory buildings hardly seem like cool hangouts for hipsters and fun seekers. But with the exodus of the city's manufacturing industry to mainland China in recent decades came an influx of artists and chefs who have been making use of these industrial venues, staging edgy exhibitions and offering cooking classes.
Now, professional athletes are moving in on the trend, turning once drab warehouse spaces into gleaming ski slopes, verdant baseball lanes, sprawling soccer pitches and even a sandy beach complete with bouncy beds. Outdoor sports are so yesteryear. Inside these new well-equipped activity "hubs" visitors can really work up a sweat and have some serious fun - come rain or shine.
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Said to be the largest venue for indoor skiing in the city, the two-floor venue in Kwun Tong has three artificial skiing slopes imported from Holland. Built for skiing and snowboarding, the HK$1.5 million platform resembles a gigantic treadmill with varying gradients and speeds to simulate gliding down a snowy slope.