8 attractions in Daejeon, including Daejeon National Cemetery, National Science Museum and Yuseong Hot Spring Foot Spa.
Historic sites & memorials
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Daejeon National Cemetery is the resting place of people who gave their lives for, or served, the nation: around 150,000 are interred on grounds of about 3.3 km² (one million pyeong, a traditional Korean unit). Independence activists, fall…
Museums
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In Daejeon, the science city that grew up around the Daedeok research district, one of the biggest draws is the National Science Museum. Dinosaur skeletons, an engine from Korea's Nuri rocket and the history of Korean science share one lar…
Other
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Office workers on their way home, local pensioners and travellers sit side by side, trousers rolled up and feet in the water. The Yuseong Hot Spring Foot Spa is an open-air foot bath in a park at the heart of Daejeon's Yuseong spa district…
Gardens & parks
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In the heart of Daejeon, between the Government Complex and the Gapcheon River, Hanbat Arboretum spreads out in woods and ponds and is described as Korea's largest man-made urban arboretum. It was planted on land used as car parks for the…
Historic sites & memorials
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In the middle of an apartment district in Songchon-dong, Daejeon, a graceful scholar's pavilion sits in a lawn-covered park. Dongchundang was the study hall of Song Jun-gil, a scholar who served King Hyojong as inspector-general and minist…
Nature
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Spanning the Geum River between Daejeon and Cheongju, Daecheong Dam supplies water to much of central Korea and created Daecheong Lake, where wooded hilltops float like islands. A look from the dam crest, the Water Culture Center and the o…
Mountains & peaks
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Rising along the southern edge of downtown Daejeon, Bomunsan is a 457.6 m city mountain and one of the Eight Views of Daejeon. Climb to the old Baekje fortress near the top and the whole city spreads out below you. Its biggest advantage is…
Museums
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Inside Daedeok Science Town in Daejeon, the Currency Museum of Korea was opened in 1988 by the Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation (KOMSCO), the company that actually makes the country's money. It was Korea's first museum devot…