Hobbies and Interest Groups

DIY pottery studio in Gulou. Workshops available are pottery painting or making your own pottery creations.

Make Me offers workshops to make beautiful, practical, custom items. Working mainly with leather, felt and fabric, they offer workshops to make sneakers, espadrilles (a type of shoe), card holders, pouches and more.

All workshops are aimed at beginners and have an element of customisation with plenty of options. Their aim is to help you make something you will use and treasure for years to come, whilst also taking some time to tune out of your normal daily grind.

Pengcier DIY Handcraft Pottery Workshop is located in the Wudaoying Hutong area. Get to do several DIY projects even if you are new to handcrafting. Their teachers have a lot of patience for beginners. DIY your own painting, lipstick, soap, scarf, etc.

The venue is also available to throw parties and team building activities.

One day advanced reservation required.

This haunted house-style escape room on the second floor of Shimao Gongsan Mall is surprisingly vast, offering over 20 fright-filled experiences. A warning, however: this is not for the faint of heart.

This music training school, founded by the heads of long beloved livehouse School Bar, has classes on guitar, drum, bass and studio production.  

For more information click here or you can call 15010377717 and ask for Mr. Xu to book classes.

Offices for the German-run architecture firm Crossboundaries that also function as an events space for talks and occasional exhibits.

Space above Destination that hosts gay-friendly events, art exhibitions, and talks.

Exhibition space in Wudaokou that has occasional art-related talks and seminars.

The Bulk House is China's first zero-waste store and aims to make the zero-waste lifestyle as convenient as possible for Beijing and the rest of China with a huge selection of reusable, biodegradable, natural, vegan and unpackaged products.