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Busan Christmas Tree Cultural Festival, the feast of Christmas tree lighting

Special lights in winter

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Busan Christmas Tree Cultural Festival is where Gwangbok-ro is embellished with different sizes and shapes of Christmas tree lights. People visit Nampo-dong to enjoy the magnificent festival that warms up the cold winter every night with beautiful songs and spectacular performances.

At the entrance to Gwangbok-ro, tall, cone-shaped Christmas trees decorate with LED lights stand to welcome visitors. Red flower–shaped illuminations are lit up on each top of the blue, red, and silver LED-lit trees. Over time, the bands of red LED lights or the flower-shaped lights in the cone trees turn on alternately. People gathering in front of the cones look like they were warming themselves before a fireplace.

Road trees lined on both sides of Gwangbok-ro are also decorated with lights, which look like pretty flowers blooming on branches. The dazzling deer lighting seems to stare at the lights as if they were fascinated with the beauty. Everything around you is gorgeous that you can’t stop taking photographs. The golden tree and deer lighting against a background of the green main Christmas tree lighting seem to create a fantasy forest. Moreover, the streets teem with the feast of Christmas lights all over.

The feast of lights unfolds in zigzags over the heads of people in the street: silver-winged birds soaring up in the blue sky, white snowflakes glowing in between, and the Christmas tree hanging in the sky. All of these will take your breath away. Anyone in the street will be immersed in the phenomenal scenery, where lights are glittering in contrast with the dark night sky.

The warm yellow lights that cover the night sky will make you stop in your tracks. You have just met the main tree of Busan Christmas Tree Cultural Festival. The golden illuminations are hanging loosely down from the sparkling star, making you feel like you’re wearing a beautiful broad-brimmed hat when standing below them. People who are happily smiling blend in with the tree lighting, further brighten up the street. Camera flashes go off everywhere, and people’s laughter resonates over the night sky of Nampo-dong.

A live concert is being performed on the main stage of the plaza, celebrating Busan Christmas Tree Cultural Festival. With songs of different genres, the street is filled with excitement. The Nampo-dong area teems with a variety of tree lighting and cultural performances. The winter in the downtown streets seems to get warmer and cozier.

Come and join the Busan Christmas Tree Cultural Festival, where you can meet gorgeous lights, smiles on people’s faces, and music, all of which fill the cold winter streets with warmth.

Overview

Address
58-2, Gwangbok-ro, Jung-gu, Busan
Inquiry
+82-51-243-3927
Hours
December to January each year
December 18th, 2022~ January 29th, 2023
Service Fees
Free
Traffic Information
Walk for 4 min from Exit 3 of Nampo Station on Busan Metro Line 1
Get off Bus 5-1, 6, 7, 9, 11, 17, 26, 41, 71, 113, or 1003 (express) at Nampo-dong Cinema Streets and walk for 10 min
Get off Bus 15, 40, 81, 126, 135, 186, or 58-1 at Gukje Market and walk for 10 min