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강릉시
Gangneung Solhyang Arboretum follows the Yongsogol Valley at the foot of Chilseongsan, just south of Gangneung. As its name ("pine scent") suggests, it is built around a forest of Geumgang pines, with paths along a mountain stream and a hi…
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거제시
The heart of Geoje Botanic Garden is the Jungle Dome, a glass dome 30 m high covering 4,468 m². Often described as the largest single greenhouse in Korea, it packs in more than 300 species and around 10,000 tropical plants, with a waterfal…
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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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고창군
In autumn, a farm at the foot of Seonunsan Mountain in Gochang looks as if it has been covered in pink mist. Flower Guest Project (Kkotgaek Project) is a farm-style garden described as the first registered private garden in Jeonbuk Provinc…
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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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광주
On a hill south of central Gwangju, facing the Yangnim-dong neighbourhood, an old altar, a cherry-tree forest and a city lookout share one park. Sajik Park occupies the site of the Sajikdan, the altar to the gods of land and grain, and has…
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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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대구
Covering Duryusan and Geumbongsan hills on the west side of Daegu, Duryu Park is the city's largest urban park at about 1.65 square kilometres. The lotus pond Seongdangmot, the 202 m tall 83 Tower and the memorial to the February 28 democr…
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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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서울특별시
Step out of the ticket gates at Jayang (Ttukseom Hangang Park) Station on Seoul Subway Line 7 and you are already on the banks of the Han River. This stretch was once a hunting ground for Joseon kings and later a riverside resort where ord…
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수원시
Manseok Park in Songjuk-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon, is a neighbourhood park around a broad lake called Manseokgeo. The lake, though, is a reservoir that King Jeongjo had built in 1795, while Suwon Hwaseong Fortress was going up. Nearly 230 yea…
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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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공주시
Mireuseom is a long river island in the Geumgang River at Singwan-dong, Gongju, turned into flower beds and walking paths. In autumn it is covered in cosmos, pink muhly, kochia and pearl millet, and across the water you see Gongsanseong, t…
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부산
In Millak-dong, Suyeong-gu, where Gwangalli Beach ends to the east, Millak Waterfront Park is a 543 m seafront park right on the water. Sit on its stepped plaza and Gwangandaegyo Bridge fills the view ahead, with the towers of Haeundae's M…
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세종특별자치시
What began as a bank clerk's hobby, growing orchids with his wife in a small greenhouse after work, has grown over more than half a century into an arboretum of some 330,000 m². At Beartree Park in Jeondong-myeon, Sejong, around 100 Asiati…
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파주시
Byukchoji Gardens in Gwangtan-myeon, Paju, is a private arboretum that brings Eastern and Western garden styles together in one place. Byukchoji Pond, fringed with weeping willows and a pavilion, gives way to a Versailles-style French gard…
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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…