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Gwangmyeong

Gwangmyeong is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

Gwangmyeong
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The place

Gwangmyeong is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It borders Seoul to the east, north and northeast, Anyang to the southeast, Siheung to the southwest, and Bucheon to the northwest. It is home to one of the world's largest IKEA stores at 59,000 square meters, along with a large Costco store and a Lotte Premium Outlet.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Gwangmyeong

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Seoul National University

    National research university in Seoul, Republic of Korea

    7.8 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Chung-Ang University

    South Korean University

    8.5 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Yoido Full Gospel Church

    Pentecostal church

    7.9 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    63 Building

    Skyscraper in South Korea

    8.1 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Gocheok Sky Dome

    Domed baseball stadium located in Gocheok-dong, Seoul, South Korea.

    2.5 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Soongsil University

    Private Christian university in Seoul, South Korea

    8.3 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Gwanaksan

    Mountain in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

    9.3 km · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Seoul National Cemetery

    South Korean cemetery

    9.7 km · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Mapo Bridge

    Bridge in Seoul

    8.9 km · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Hongik University

    Private university in Seoul, South Korea

    9.8 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Ki Hyeong-do Literature Museum

    A museum dedicated to the poet Ki Hyeong-do.

  2. 02
    Ante Ecological Park
  3. 03
    Chunghyeon Museum

    Chunghyun Museum preserves the ruins and relics of Lee Won-ik and his immediate descendants.

  4. 04
    Lee Won-ik House and Gwangamdang

    This is the closing price of Lee Won-ik, a duck who served as a royal family member during the Joseon Dynasty (1567-1608) and King Injo (1623-1649) and was known as Cheongbaek-ri.

  5. 05
    Gureim-san

    Hayan 1-dong (on the border between Soha-dong and Noonsa-dong),.

  6. 06
    Dodeok Mountain

From Wikivoyage: Gwangmyeong, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

Gwangmyeong City Volunteer Festival. This event is held every year to comfort volunteers and promote harmony among volunteers, supporters and beneficiaries. Gureum-san Art Festival. Gureum-san Mountain appears in Gwangmyeong weather and regularity in the Citizen's Charter and the Song of the Citizens.

  1. 01
    Gwangmyeong Wine Festival
  2. 02
    Gwangmyeong Traditional Market
  3. 03
    Gwangmyeong Speedom

    It is a large-scale racetrack with a total floor area of 74,000444㎡ on the 1st basement and 5th floors, and can accommodate up to 30,000 people.

  4. 04
    Lotte Cinema Gwangmyeong
  5. 05
    Lotte Cinema Gwangmyeong Outlet

    There is a place where you can watch movies and do shopping downstairs.

  6. 06
    Parks

    A Hyeonchung Neighborhood Park is 34,586 m².

From Wikivoyage: Gwangmyeong, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Gwangmyeong Hanjeongsik Gyeongbok Palace

    The restaurant offers the best ingredients and limited food.

  2. 02
    Soha Gotaek

    The menu of the cafe composed of hanok is also unique.

  3. 03
    Papadcujin

    Bamilan-ro 1 (Bamil Village Jisun Bus 5630/two minutes' walk),.

  4. 04
    Dwae Ji Jip

    The company also sells its products with a wide range of tools.

  5. 05
    Tteokppokttang

    Also, you will feel really satisfied when you eat tteokbokki and sundae chicken on the menu.

From Wikivoyage: Gwangmyeong, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Gwangmyeong

Airports
Seoul Gimpo (GMP), 11 km · Incheon (ICN), 37 km · Cheongju/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) (CJJ), 102 km
Stations
Daebang Station, 6.8 km · Sindorim Station, 4.3 km · Noryangjin Station, 7.9 km · Gaebong Station, 2.2 km · Singil Station, 6.4 km
  • Cheongju → Gwangmyeong
    109 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · ₩15,550–20,700
  • Gonghang-ro → Gwangmyeong
    318 km · quickest by air, 3h 57m · ₩108,030–167,200
  • Daegu → Gwangmyeong
    236 km · quickest by road, 4h 30m · ₩31,500–42,050
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Gwangmyeong

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Gwangmyeong. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    41 km
  2. 02
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,252 km
  3. 03
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    1,413 km
  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,486 km
  5. 05
    Kinmen (Quemoy)TW

    10 ways of moving, 12 sources

    1,658 km

If you know how people move in Gwangmyeong – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Gwangmyeong

Gwangmyeong is 8 km from Bucheon-si, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.