Places to visit in Gyeonggi, South Korea
9 places to visit in Gyeonggi, South Korea, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Hwaseong Fortress, Namhansanseong, Bridge of No Return and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Gyeonggi volume.
2 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 3 Famous places to visit · 4 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Gyeonggi (2)
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Hwaseong Fortress
A fortress wall that surrounds the centre of Suwon, built from 1794 to 1796 under King Jeongjo. It runs for about 5.7 kilometres with gates, watchtowers and a palace, and it is listed by UNESCO.
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Namhansanseong
A fortress city on the mountain Namhansan, in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, south of Seoul. Its walls date largely from the 17th century, and it served as an emergency capital in times of war. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Famous places to visit in Gyeonggi (3)
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Bridge of No Return
A bridge in the Joint Security Area that crosses the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea. Prisoners of war were allowed to choose a side here at the end of the Korean War in 1953.
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Everland
The largest theme park in Korea, part of the Everland Resort in Yongin. It combines roller coasters and gardens with a zoo that has a drive through safari, and in 2018 it received about 5.85 million visitors.
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Joint Security Area
The only part of the Demilitarized Zone where North and South Korean soldiers stand face to face. It is at the truce village of Panmunjom, and guided tours cross the blue conference huts that straddle the border.
Hidden gems in Gyeonggi (4)
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Dorasan Station
A railway station on the Gyeongui line near the border at Paju, the northernmost station in South Korea. Built to link the two Koreas by rail, it stands as a symbol of hopes for unification.
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Korean Folk Village
A living museum in Yongin, south of Seoul, with hundreds of traditional houses brought together from across Korea. Visitors can watch craft demonstrations, farmers' music and folk performances, and many Korean dramas have filmed here.
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National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
A contemporary art museum with four branches, the main one set in parkland at Gwacheon south of Seoul. The others are in Deoksugung, central Seoul and Cheongju. It was established in 1969 and shows Korean and international modern art.
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Seoul Land
An amusement park in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, inside the Seoul Grand Park complex. It opened in 1988, just before the Summer Olympics in Seoul, and has about 40 rides including several roller coasters.
Collecting in Gyeonggi
What are the best places to visit in Gyeonggi?
LOQAH lists 9 places in Gyeonggi. The best known include Hwaseong Fortress, Namhansanseong, Bridge of No Return, Everland and Joint Security Area. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Gyeonggi?
9, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Gyeonggi?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Gyeonggi before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Gyeonggi and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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