We had a great time at World Park when we went a couple of years ago, though it is showing its age and a bit quiet (it was midwinter). Some kids who caught the same bus as us were really looking forward to it. Most of the modelling is pretty good. Our interest was due to seeing it in Jia Zhang Ke's "Shi4Jie4" (monorail and Eiffel tower aren't there). You can hire cute electric carts, be photographed in front of the building of your choice (the twin towers are very popular), pay to feed pigeons in Venice, travel the world without leaving Beijing, just like the ad says. Its probably better not to drive the cart over the Golden Gate Bridge, though we avoided being the "在世界公园国外的游客把小车开去悬岩“ story on the night's news. For a first trip to Beijing, depends on how much time you've got. We had fun.

If you are interested in Bauhaus, definitely go to 798. The former factory buildings used as galleries were built in conjunction with East German architects(strangely Prouve did something similar in France on a smaller scale). Though not pure Bauhaus, if you wander around the back lanes of Dongcheng inside the second ring road there are some small apartment blocks and old factories of similar interest.