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Gunsan

Gunsan (군산시) is a city in North Jeolla in the south of South Korea. Wikivoyage

Population 275,155 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in South Korea

Visas and entry What your passport needs for South Korea

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Gunsan. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Saemangeum New Year Festival

    January

    The Gunsan sea wall is the world's longest, and every January 1st there is a festival to celebrate the new year here

  2. Ggongdang Barley Festival

    May

    This festival is held every May to promote regional specialty 'white rice barley'.

    Official site

  3. Gunsan TimeTravelFestival

    October

    This festival is held every October in Gunsan-si, using modern architectural heritage.

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Gunsan); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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