Gwangalli Beach
Gwangalli Beach | |
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| Gwangalli Beach in 2011 Gwangalli Beach in 2011 | |
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| Location | Busan, South Korea |
| Offshore water bodies | Sea of Japan |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 광안리 해수욕장 |
| Hanja | 廣安里 海水浴場 |
| RR | Gwangalli haesuyokjang |
| MR | Kwangalli haesuyokchang |
The Gwangalli Beach (Korean: 광안리 해수욕장) or Gwangan Beach is a beach in Gwangan 2(i)-dong, Suyeong District, Busan, South Korea. It is 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
[edit | edit source]- Busan Marine Sports 2008: with beach volleyball, 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]
- Gwangalli Marvelous Drone Light Show (광안리 M(Marvelous) 드론 라이트쇼)
Gallery
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The bridge from the beach, illuminated at night (2018)
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The Busan International Fireworks Festival held annually at the beach (2018)
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A sculpture of the beach's name and bridge in background (2020)
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See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ "Busan City Tour" Archived 2013-02-24 at the Wayback Machine Korean Tourism Organization. Retrieved 2011-11-11
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- ^ 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
[edit | edit source]- (in English) Gwangalli Beach (City of Busan)