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Gwangalli Beach

Gwangalli Beach

Beach in Busan, South Korea

The Gwangalli Beach (Korean: 광안리 해수욕장) or Gwangan Beach is a beach in Busan, South Korea. It is located at Gwangan 2(i)-dong (formerly in Gwangan-ri), Suyeong-gu, Busan Metropolitan City, west of Haeundae Beach. It sits inside a cove spanned by the Gwangan Bridge and covers 82,000 square meters over a length of 1.4 km and a width of 25 to 110 metres, in a curved in a half-moon shape with fine sand. Adjacent are alleys with restaurants, coffee shops and nightclubs. Because of its popularity, city officials are pushing for improving water quality around the beaches.[1]

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The beach is near the Busan Yachting Center used for the sailing events of the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2]

For the 2018 film Black Panther, a car chase scene which required over 150 cars and 700 people was filmed in the Gwangalli Beach area.[3]

Events

  • The bridge from the beach, illuminated at night (2018)
  • The Busan International Fireworks Festival held annually at the beach (2018)
  • A sculpture of the beach's name and bridge in background (2020)

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Busan City Tour" Archived 2013-02-24 at the Wayback Machine Korean Tourism Organization. Retrieved 2011-11-11
  2. [2]
    "Easy escape to beaches". South China Morning Post. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Black Panther: South Korea tops international box office". BBC News. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  4. [4]
    부산 해양스포츠 메카로 거듭난다 , 경향신문, 2008-01-17
  5. [5]
    Park So-Jung "Ha Ji-won, Kim Hyun-joong to host upcoming K-pop concert" 10 Asia. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-11
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