Open space is to be prized in a city as crowded as HongKong, hence the popularity of Kowloon Park, which, though hemmed in by buildings and threatened by developers, offers a welcome respite from the crowds of Tsim Sha Tsui. Once it was the site of the Whitfield Barracks, home to British and Indian troops. Today it's a somewhat artificial creation, at least by the standards of most city parks, located above street level and entered via steps from Nathan Road and other street entrances. Open space jostles for attention with a sculpture garden, chess garden, children's playground, Chinese Garden (with fountains and lotus pond), an aviary of rare birds, sports hall and indoor swimming pool. 

The park is also home to the Hong Kong Museum of History and close to the city's largest mosque, though the latter is closed to the non-Muslim general public.