Pyeongchang County

Population 43,100 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in South Korea

Visas and entry What your passport needs for South Korea
Daylight 9 h 35 in Dec, dark by 17:08 · 14 h 44 in Jun
  1. January: 9 h 50 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 48 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 54 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 08 of daylight
  5. May: 14 h 10 of daylight
  6. June: 14 h 44 of daylight
  7. July: 14 h 31 of daylight
  8. August: 13 h 39 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 28 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 17 of daylight
  11. November: 10 h 11 of daylight
  12. December: 9 h 35 of daylight

Getting there

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Through the year

  1. Fun Ski Festival

    January, February, March, December

    A ski festival for foreign visitors in Yongpyeong Resort, the heart of Korean skiing. For three nights and four days, participants enjoy ski lessons, dinners and various events.

  2. Pyeongchang Trout Festival

    January, December

    Every year, Pyeongchang hosts the trout festival from the end of December to the end of January. Trout are considered to be a speciality of PyeongChang because they are the first fish to be farmed.

    Official site

  3. Daegwalryeong Snow Festival

    February

    This celebrates the region's snow with fireworks, an ice art contest, ice-fishing, and an international marathon

  4. Pyeongchang Hyoseok Culture Festival

    August – September

    Lee Hyoseok, one of the greatest authors of modern Korean literature, holds the festival at Pyeongchang, the actual stage of the story, When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom.

  5. Odaesan Buddhist Culture Festival

    October

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