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서울특별시
When the railway went underground, a long, narrow park 6.3 km in length appeared on top of it. Gyeongui Line Forest Park is a linear park running from Yeonnam-dong in Mapo to Wonhyo-ro in Yongsan, and the Yeonnam-dong stretch near Hongik U…
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수원시
Gwanggyo Lake Park lies at the heart of Gwanggyo New Town in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, and joins two reservoirs, Woncheon Lake and Sindae Lake, into one urban lake park. The loop path connecting the two lakes is 6.5 km long, with boardwalks ove…
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서천군
Near the mouth of the Geumgang River in Seocheon, the National Institute of Ecology is both a research body and Korea's largest ecology exhibition. Its centrepiece is the Ecorium, a set of glasshouses recreating five of the world's climate…
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세종특별자치시
Sejong National Arboretum sits right next to the Government Complex in the middle of Korea's administrative capital, and was the country's first national arboretum in an urban setting. It opened in October 2020, with themed gardens and gla…
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포천시
Not far from Seoul, on the border of Pocheon and Namyangju, lies a forest that has escaped the axe for more than 500 years. Gwangneung Forest, home of the Korea National Arboretum, survived because the Joseon court strictly protected the w…
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남원시
Gwanghallu Garden in central Namwon is the setting of the classic tale of Chunhyang, where she is said to have first met Yi Mong-ryong. The pond represents the Milky Way, the pavilion the palace on the moon and the islands the mountains of…
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담양군
Tucked into a small valley behind Husan village in Damyang's Goseo-myeon, Myeongokheon is a garden from the Joseon dynasty. Old crape myrtles ring a square pond, so in midsummer pink petals drift onto the water while you look down on the s…
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담양군
Walk through a bamboo grove and you reach a low earth-and-stone wall with a mountain stream flowing right underneath it. On either side of the water stand a small pavilion and a modest house. Soswaewon in Damyang is a garden laid out in th…
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대구
In the heart of Daegu, a few minutes' walk from Seomun Market, an earthen rampart curves around a low hill. Dalseong Park was laid out on top of Dalseong, an ancient earthen fortress whose name shares its roots with "Dalgubeol", the old na…
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대전광역시
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…
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오산시
Mulhyanggi Arboretum is a Gyeonggi provincial garden just a five-minute walk from Osan University Station on Seoul Subway Line 1. As the name ("scent of water") suggests, it specialises in water-loving plants, with paths winding between po…
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완도군
On Bogildo, an island in the sea south of Wando, survives the garden that the Joseon poet Yun Seondo (pen name Gosan) shaped with his own hands over more than a decade. He dammed a stream to make ponds and set pavilions on the natural rock…
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서울특별시
Boramae Park covers about 41 hectares across Dongjak-gu and Gwanak-gu in southwest Seoul, on the former site of the Korea Air Force Academy. Between the wide lawns, ponds and musical fountain stands the "Air Park", a group of retired milit…
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보성군
Rows of tea bushes climb the hillsides of Bongsan-ri in Boseong at Daehan Dawon, the largest tea plantation in Boseong and its best-known tourist estate. Past an avenue of towering cedars, whole slopes open up like green staircases, and fr…
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부산
Ride the escalators up from one side of the Gwangbok-ro shopping street and you suddenly come out on a tree-shaded plaza on top of a hill. Yongdusan Park covers a small hill in the middle of Busan's old town. Its name, "dragon's head mount…
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부산
A short walk from the busy Seomyeon district, a wide green space opens up between the high-rise blocks. For decades, Busan Citizens Park was land that ordinary people could not enter. It passed from racecourse to Japanese army training gro…
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부여군
In the fields south of the town of Buyeo lies a wide pond lined with weeping willows. Gungnamji, literally "the pond south of the palace", was made south of the royal palace when Sabi, today's Buyeo, was the capital of the Baekje kingdom.…
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서울특별시
Olympic Park in Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, covers about 1.45 million m². It was built for the 1986 Asian Games and the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and today it is a public park of stadiums, concert halls, museums and wide lawns. Right in the middle s…
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서울특별시
Seoul Forest is a large park in Seongsu-dong, Seongdong-gu, where the Han River meets the Jungnangcheon stream. It opened on 18 June 2005 and covers about 1.16 million m², making it Seoul's third-largest park after World Cup Park and Olymp…
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서울특별시
Seoul Botanic Park, opened in May 2019 in Magok, Gangseo-gu, combines a botanical garden with a public park. It covers 504,000 m², about the size of 70 football pitches, and most of it is a park you can walk around for free; only the green…
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서울특별시
Seoul Children's Grand Park in Neung-dong, Gwangjin District, opened on Children's Day in 1973. About 530,000 m² of woods and lawns hold a zoo, a botanical garden, an amusement park and an open-air stage, and because entry to the park is f…
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서울특별시
In the heart of Jamsil, beneath the soaring Lotte World Tower, lies a lake lined all the way round with cherry trees. Seokchon Lake Park, officially Songpa Naru Park, turns a lake left behind by an old branch of the Han River into a walkin…
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서울특별시
Seonyudo is a small island in the middle of the Han River, and the whole of it is a park. It covers just 0.11 km², yet it still holds the huge concrete tanks and columns of the plant that once produced Seoul's tap water. Instead of tearing…
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인천광역시
In the middle of Incheon's Songdo International City, a long seawater canal runs between the high-rises. Songdo Central Park covers about 41 hectares and was the first park in Korea with seawater flowing through it. Kayaks and boats glide…