Tourist Attractions | When in Busan

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Daesin Park is a resting place in the city packed with old trees that are illuminated with brilliant lights and colors. As a natural shelter of healing with a thick forest and clean water, the park has a forest that won the online award in the beautiful forest contest in Korea. Walk while observing the visitors who splash their feet in the cold water in the valley. The dense cypress forest not too far wary from the entrance exudes a healthy vibe. You’ll feel refreshed at the park. Sit on a cozy bench under the tree along the Gudeok Reservoir, where the landscape reflected in the reservoir becomes a work of art in and of itself.

Busan Seo-gu

Patriot Park Chajeong, the name we must remember

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The Birth House of Patriot Park Chajeong can be easily found if you follow the directional sign posted at the Nangmin Station in Dongnae-gu. This simple house sits in an alley of a housing area with the Korean national flag flying at the gate.

Busan Dongnae-gu

Baeksan Memorial Hall

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By selling his land in his hometown, Baeksan Ahn Hui-je opened Baeksan Shop and financially supported the Independence Movement with profits from the shop. Since Baeksan Shop’s expansion into the Baeksan Trade in 1919, it had played a significant role as a base for the local independence movement until 1928. Arrested in 1942, Ahn Hui-je was brutally tortured and passed away in 1943 without witnessing the country’s independence. Baeksan Memorial Hall was built on the site of Baeksan Shop to honor Baeksan Ahn Hui-je’s spirit of independence.

Busan Jung-gu

Listen to Confucius’ and Mencius’ teachings at Dongnaehyanggyo and Gijanghyanggyo Local Confucian Schools

Teaching that adds value

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The hyanggyo (local Confucian school) was a local educational institution in the Joseon Dynasty, which taught local students Confucianism and kept tablets of China’s and the Joseon Dynasty’s Confucian scholars. At that time, each local Confucian schools played a pivotal role as an educational institution in nurturing talented people throughout the Joseon period.

Busan Dongnae-gu

Fun all-around at the Busan National Gugak Center

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The Busan National Gugak Center showcases traditional performances that embody the spirit of the Yeongnam Region in Busan, as well as other music from the eight national provinces to represent the face of new gugak to audiences. It’s a place where a high spirited feast of gugak performances is conducted to the beautiful traditional melody all year round. The center is an open space for Busan citizens to enjoy the essence of Gugak in their daily lives through the performance of indoor regular shows, outdoor pungmul shows, and gugak experience programs for all to participate.

Busan Busanjin-gu

Busan Meteorological Observatory, a UNESCO World Heritage site in meteorology

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Head to Busan Meteorological Observatory for a pleasant stroll on a breezy day. In 1934, the observatory was relocated to the foot of the highest region—Bokbyeongsan Mountain. Resembling a ship sailing toward the vast sea, the observatory preserves the characteristics of modern structures during the Japanese rule. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) selected it as a “100-year-old observatory.” Don’t miss the view overlooking Yongdusan Park, Busan Tower, and the Namhangdaegyo Bridge.

Busan Jung-gu

Learn all laws with ease at Busan Solomon Law Park

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Say goodbye to boring laws. Visit Busan Solomon Law Park, where you can learn and experience laws with ease and excitement. As a law education theme park, Busan Solomon Law Park offers various hands-on events and training programs by dividing them into a playground and an experience center, where children can familiarize and learn laws through experience. Play at Solomon Law Park, a space for laws and justice.

Busan Buk-gu

Follow your dreams at Busan Community Media Center.

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Regular members of the Busan Community Media Center can avail of their services, some of which are free of charge, such as education on producing broadcasting programs, video equipment rental, and the use of editing and recording room. Customized studio experience programs are always available as well. Put your imagination to the test in this media playground, Busan Community Media Center.

Busan Haeundae-gu

Explore fishing villages in Busan Fishing Village Folk Museum

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Busan is now a large marine tourism capital; however, it used to be nothing but a small fishing village. In Busan Fishing Village Folk Museum, visitors can catch a glimpse of the ancestors’ lives who blossomed the fishing village’s culture by using the Nakdonggang River and the sea. The museum vividly reproduced the stories of the people by the Nakdonggang River over thousands of years and the folk culture that melted into their lives. Visit and experience the culture of Busan’s fishing village, where the river flows to the sea.

Busan Buk-gu

Busan Coffee Museum: All about coffee

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In 2018, the first coffee museum in Busan opened near Jeonpo Café Street. Let’s go inside the simple building, and climb up to the second floor to find the Busan Coffee Museum at the end. The museum’s director opened up his personal collection of old coffee products to the public for free to spread coffee’s history and culture. Busan Coffee Museum introduces the long journey of coffee, loved by people worldwide, along with the developments in coffee machines and cups throughout history.

Busan Busanjin-gu

Busan Marine Natural History Museum

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Busan Marine Natural History Museum is a repository of living marine organisms, where visitors experience the ocean’s mysteries. The museum showcasing a collection of 25,000 internationally rare natural history materials is the perfect place for curious children.

Busan Dongnae-gu

Sasang Museum of Everyday Life: A place for interactions

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Sasang Museum of Everyday Life introduces Sasang, the former hub of Busan’s modern economy, and its life history, as well as helps residents continue active communication. With the Sasang area’s long, joint history with the Nakdonggang River, the museum’s permanent exhibition hall reveals not only Sasang’s past and its dark period but also the improvement of environmental pollution in the industrial complex. Munhwa Madangteo (Culture Zone) and Damsobang (Communication Zone) offer special lectures and cultural events, along with old Korean games like the slap-match game and the “flying rubber shoes” game.

Busan Sasang-gu

Experience the underwater world in the Fisheries Science Museum!

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Visit Fisheries Science Museum, which surprises visitors with a right whale’s real skeleton right at the exhibition hall’s entrance.

Busan Gijang-gun

Suyeong Historical Park, perfect for a stroll in the shade.

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Suyeong Historical Park is located in the site that accommodated the Headquarters of the Gyeongsangjwa-do Naval Force Commander, which guarded the southern coast in the Joseon period. “Suyeong” comes from the abbreviation of the Naval Force Commander in the Korean alphabet and has been the name of the place since then.

Busan Suyeong-gu

Live like a human being - Yosan Literary Museum

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As an open space for local citizens, Yosan Literary Museum was built as a tribute to the literary works of Yosan Kim Jeonghan, a novelist who revealed the lives of those who are isolated, residing at the edge of Busan.

Busan Geumjeong-gu

Dr. U Jang-chun, a contributor to Korea’s staple crops

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Born and raised in Japan, Dr. U Jang-chun devoted himself to the improvement of vegetable seeds, which had been dependent on the country, for full domestic self-sufficiency after he was invited to Korea by the Korean government.

Busan Dongnae-gu