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The 63 Building is a 249.6 m skyscraper on the Han River at Yeouido, Seoul. When it opened in 1985 it was the tallest building in the world outside North America, and for years it was the image of modern Seoul. In June 2026 its 60th-floor…
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인천광역시
The Gyeongin Ara Waterway is a canal dug across the land from near Haengju Bridge on the lower Han River to the Yellow Sea at Incheon. It is 18 km long and 80 m wide. It was built to control floods and carry ships, but the cycle paths and…
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Namsan Seoul Tower (officially YTN Seoul Tower, widely known as N Seoul Tower or Namsan Tower) is a broadcasting and observation tower near the summit of Namsan in the middle of Seoul. The structure is 236.7 m tall and reaches about 480 m…
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양평군
Dumulmeori means "where two waters meet head to head". Here in Yangseo-myeon, Yangpyeong, the Bukhangang (North Han), which flows down from the Geumgangsan mountains, joins the Namhangang (South Han), which rises at Geomnyongso spring belo…
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Lotte World Tower rises 555 metres over 123 floors, making it the tallest building in South Korea and the first in the country to pass 100 storeys. It opened on 3 April 2017. For visitors, the point is Seoul Sky, the observatory on the top…
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On the Han River in Seongdong-gu, Eungbongsan is a rocky hill under 100 m high, yet from the pavilion on top you see the meeting of the Han and Jungnangcheon streams, Seoul Forest and Gangnam across the river at a glance. In spring the who…
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On a cliff above the Han River in Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Hyosajeong takes its name from a pavilion built by No Han, a minister under King Sejong, in memory of his mother. The current building dates from 1993, but the spot was long prai…
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Seoullo 7017 is a sky garden built on an old overpass that once carried cars across the tracks at Seoul Station. On a road 17 m above the ground, hundreds of round planters now line the walkway, with the railway and the old Seoul Station b…
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여수시
This cable car swings across Yeosu's harbour, linking the mainland with Dolsando island. The Yeosu Maritime Cable Car connects Jasan Park, by the entrance to Odongdo, with Dolsan Park, and it was the first cable car in Korea to cross the s…
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영월군
Stand on the lookout in Yeongwol, Gangwon Province, and the wooded hill wrapped by the river really does look like the Korean Peninsula. The Korean Peninsula-shaped landform was carved by the Seogang (Pyeongchang River) as it loops sharply…
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통영시
Eight-seat gondolas carry you up Mireuksan in Tongyeong in about nine minutes. The official name, the Hallyeo Waterway Observation Cable Car, says what it is for: looking down over the Hallyeo Waterway, the chain of islands scattered acros…
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해남군
This is where the Korean mainland runs out of land: Ttangkkeut, literally "the end of the land", also known as Tomal. A monument marks the southernmost point, an observatory crowns the hill above the village, and on clear days you are said…