Gwangbok-dong Cultural & Fashion Street (광복로문화패션거리)

12.0Km 2024-03-06

Gwangbok-ro, Jung-gu, Busan
+82-51-253-8253

Gwangbok-dong Cultural & Fashion Street is about 600 m long from the entrance to Gukje Market. The street has historically featured many clothing shops, and it is quite crowded at night or on weekends. Every December, the area also hosts the Busan Christmas Tree Cultural Festival, which turns the street into a pedestrian-only area. There are plenty of good restaurants in the area, which is a great place to feel the vitality and energy of Busan’s youth.

Wonjo Seoul Samgyetang (원조서울삼계탕)

12.0Km 2024-03-18

36, Nampo-gil, Jung-gu, Busan
+82-51-245-3696

Wonjo Seoul Samgyetang opened in 1960 as a restaurant specializing in samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup). Samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup) is a nutritious soup popular in Korea, featuring a whole chicken boiled in a soup made with medicinal herbs like milk vetch roots and Job's tears, along with sweet rice, dried jujube, and chestnuts. Nearby tourist sites include Jagalchi Market, Gukje Market, and Yongdusan Park.

Samsong Chobap (삼송초밥)

12.0Km 2025-01-23

13 Gwangbok-ro 55beon-gil, Jung-gu, Busan

This is a Japanese restaurant that began in the early 1960s in Nampo-dong. While it is well-known for its Japanese-style gimbap called “gimchobap,” regular patrons consistently order its pufferfish dishes. The bokjiri (malgeuntang) is noted for its rich flavor, achieved by combining seasonal vegetables and pufferfish. The boksashimi (sliced raw pufferfish) menu offers a variety of options, including outer skin, inner skin, and shabu-shabu.

Halmae Gaya Milmyeon (할매가야밀면)

12.0Km 2024-03-20

56-14, Gwangbok-ro, Jung-gu, Busan
+82-51-246-3314

Halmae Gaya Milmyeon is a restaurant near BIFF Square that serves milmyeon (wheat noodles). Milmyeon (wheat noodles), a folk dish of Busan, refers to noodles made with starch and flour. The yellowish noodles are chewy and plain in taste, perfect as accompaniments to the chilled clear soup with a sheet of ice on top. Nearby tourist sites include Gukje Market and Jagalchi Market.

Dolsotbapjip (돌솥밥집)

12.0Km 2024-03-15

7-1, Gwangbok-ro 37beon-gil, Jung-gu, Busan
+82-51-246-3888

Dolsotbapjip is a restaurant near Gukje Market that serves bibimbap. It has served a consistently good bowl of bibimbap to its loyal customers over its long history, and people have to wait in line to eat the restaurant’s bibimbap. Dolsotbapjip has only two menus: sundubu jjigae dolsot bibimbap (soft bean curd jjigae and hot stone pot bibimbap) and doenjang jjigae dolsot bibimbap (soybean paste jjigae and hot stone pot bibimbap). Both feature dolsotbap (hot stone pot rice) and namul (salad) to make the bibimbap, served alongside jjigae.

Milgot Bakery (밀곳)

12.0Km 2024-03-29

49 Bupyeong 1-gil, Jung-gu, Busan

Milgot Bakery is located in Bupyeong Market, which is full of Busan's local food. It is characterized by a trendy taste with Korean ingredients such as rice, mugwort, and black sesame. The best-selling Meossungmeossuk is made with Jeju mugwort, glutinous rice flour, and regular rice flour. Customors can ask to have the bread cut for their convenience upon order. Although the bakery is rather small, there are a lot of desserts, such as cookies including honey cookies and tarts with strawberries, figs, cherries, and shine muscat grapes.

Bupyeong (Kkangtong) Market (부평시장(깡통시장))

12.0Km 2025-10-23

48 Bupyeong 1-gil, Jung-gu, Busan
+82-51-243-1128

Busan's Bupyeong Market is also known as Kkangtong (tin can) Market. It earned that funny name when it had a variety of imported canned goods from the United States for the US forces stationed in Korea during the Korean War. It was also known as "Dottegi (bustling plea) Market." All foreign products found in the country at that time were supplied from this market. Due to its vast property and many rare goods that were hard to find anywhere else during the time, it was also referred as "Gukje (International) Market." Nowadays, the market has reduced in size as many foreign products are freely imported, but the reputation and potential still remain. Some imported goods including liquor, clothes, ornaments, accessories, fashion items and electronic goods are still sold here.

A night market opens from 19:30-23:30 at the public parking lot and at Arcade 2 of the market . Along the 110m-long street market are 11 kiosks selling Korean food, 6 kiosks selling international food such as Japanese and Filipino foods, and 13 vendors selling clothes and accessories. The entrance of the market greets visitors with bright LED lights and fun performances. A magic show and a guitar performance take place twice a day by the entrance of the market and the at the four-way intersection inside the market.

AREA6 (AREA6)

12.0Km 2023-02-03

37-3, Taejong-ro 105beon-gil, Yeongdo-gu, Busan
+82-1644-1593

AREA6 is a multipurpose cultural space made to promote the artisans and artists of Busan as a part of an urban regeneration project. On the first floor, there are a total of nine spaces, including F&B brands, select shops, and information centers. The second floor is a co-working space and lounge, and the third floor consists of a rooftop and seminar room that anyone can freely use. It was designed sensibly by keeping the existing buildng's shape without compromising volume and scale. Each space, such as a small alley that leads from the yard like a maze, is full of individuality and is fun to look around. Busan's local brands, such as Ineoajimae, Busan Drinks, and Samjin Fish Cake are located here, and a flea market is also held irregularly.

Samjin Fish Cake History Museum · History Hall (삼진어묵체험·역사관)

12.0Km 2023-01-10

36, Taejong-ro 99beon-gil, Yeongdo-gu, Busan
+82-51-412-5468

Fish cakes are one of the most popular snacks in Busan. Among many fish cake makers in the city, Samjin Fish Cake is the oldest fish cake producer. Its main store in Yeongdo looks like a bakery shop. Visitors can choose among a variety of fish cakes and there is a separate space in the store where they can eat purchased fish cakes. The experience hall on the second floor provides a chance for visitors to make their own fish cake.

La Valse Hotel Busan (라발스호텔)

12.0Km 2024-12-22

82 , Bongnaenaru-ro, Yeongdo-gu, Busan
+82-51-790-1500

The 29 storey La Valse Hotel in Yeongdo-gu, Busan, offers a variety of rooms, most of which have a fine view of the Sea. The Standard Terrace Ocean Rooms have a terrace as well as a bathtub, and the Corner Double City and Double Ocean Rooms have a window glass wall and an ocean vista. At the 28th floor Sky Cafe and Pub guests can even enjoy their breakfast with a sea view. Nampo Subway Station and Kkanggangi Art Village are 10 minutes away on foot, and Jagalchi Market and the Songdo Marine Cable Car are 10 minutes away by car.

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