Best for tricks Behind Wanda Plaza
This place is really smooth, and it has lots of things to play on that would look totally useless to the non-skater. There are loads of curbs, benches, stairs and banks.
Wanda Plaza 93 Jianguo Lu, Chaoyang district. 万达广场, 朝阳区建国路93号
And if you're feeling dangerous Jinrongjie
Jingrongjie (Financial Street) is a good place to skate, especially on and around Fuchengmenwai Dajie, because there are loads of ledges and small obstacles such as bumps to grind on. If you're serious, there's a steep 13-stair that no one has pulled off yet. Everyone who's tried has crashed – I've hurt myself the last couple of times. But I'm hoping to master it soon.
Jinrongjie (near Fuchengmenwai Dajie), Xicheng district. 西城区阜成门
By Clara Sun (Time Out Beijing)
Editor: Hao Di