Gwangalli Beach
Gwangalli Beach | |
![]() Gwangalli Beach in 2011 | |
Korean name | |
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Hangul | 광안리 해수욕장 |
Hanja | 廣安里 海水浴場 |
Revised Romanization | Gwang-alli Haesuyokjang |
McCune–Reischauer | Kwang.alli Haesuyokchang |
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The Gwangalli Beach (Korean: 광안리 해수욕장) or Gwangan Beach (Korean: 광안 해수욕장) 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]
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
- Busan Marine Sports 2008: with beach volley ball, canoe and boating.[4]
- 2011 K-Pop Super Concert on 28 October 2011: emcee by Ha Ji-won and Kim Hyung Jun of SS501 and broadcast on SBS on 6 November.[5]
See also
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Gwangalli_Beach_and_bridge.jpg/261px-Gwangalli_Beach_and_bridge.jpg)
References
- ^ "Busan City Tour" Korean Tourism Organization. Retrieved 2011-11-11
- ^ "Easy escape to beaches". South China Morning Post. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ "Black Panther: South Korea tops international box office". BBC News. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ 부산 해양스포츠 메카로 거듭난다 , 경향신문, 2008-01-17
- ^ Park So-Jung "Ha Ji-won, Kim Hyun-joong to host upcoming K-pop concert" 10 Asia. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-11
External links
- (in Korean) Gwangalli Beach official homepage
- Gwangalli Beach- City of Busan (in English)