Pohang
Pohang is the largest city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, with a population of 499,363 as of 2022, bordering the East Sea to the east, Yeongcheon to the west, Gyeongju to the south, and Cheongsong and Yeongdeok County to the north.
Pohang is the largest city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, with a population of 499,363 as of 2022, bordering the East Sea to the east, Yeongcheon to the west, Gyeongju to the south, and Cheongsong and Yeongdeok County to the north.
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Worth seeing in and around Pohang
7 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.
- 01Pohang University of Science and Technology
Pohang University of Science and Technology is a private research university in Pohang, South Korea.
4.5 km · private university based in Pohang, South Korea · Wikipedia - 02Pohang Steel Yard
The Pohang Steel Yard is a football stadium in Pohang, South Korea. It is the home stadium of Pohang Steelers.
4.2 km · football stadium in Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea · Wikipedia - 03Handong Global University
Handong Global University is a private evangelical four-year university located in Pohang, North Gyeongsang, South Korea, with a campus of approximately 200 acres.
8.2 km · university in South Korea · Wikipedia - 04Pohang Baseball Stadium
Pohang Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium in Pohang, South Korea. The stadium is currently being used as a second home of the KBO League team Samsung Lions.
2.8 km · baseball stadium in Pohang, South Korea · Wikipedia - 05Pohang Sports Complex
Pohang Sports Complex is a multi-use stadium in Pohang, South Korea. The stadium was used by the Pohang Steelers until the Pohang Steel Yard opened in 1990.
2.6 km · multi-use stadium in Pohang, South Korea · Wikipedia - 06Uiduk University
Uiduk University is a private university located in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
7.7 km · private University in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea · Wikipedia - 07Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology
The Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology is an institute for graduate-level education and research in the field of iron and steel technology at Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea. It has nine specialized laboratories covering all sides of metallurgy.
4.1 km · Pohang University of Science and Technology · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
POSCO at night. At night POSCO turns the multicolored lights on, and the red-and-white-striped smokestacks turns into a show of all of the colors in the fluorescent rainbow. The Hands of Harmony (take bus #200 outside of the Intercity Bus Terminal; transfer buses at 구룡포 (Guryongpo) and head for 호미곶 (Homigot)). Well beyond POSCO lies a small fishing village called Homigot.
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Things to do
Songdo Beach (송도해수욕장) (Bus 130 and get off at "Songdo Beach" stop.). Located in Songdo-dong, Songdo Beach sits directly across a small inlet from POSCO's steel mill. Though not popular for swimming, it often attracts windsurfers. Bukbu Beach (북부해수욕장) (Bus 101, 105, 200, 600 (On 15 February 2012 the route was extended.) 700 and get off at "Bukbu Beach" Stop.).
- 01Yeongildae Beach
It is the largest beach on the east coast.
- 02Chilpo Jazz Festival
It is a symbolic cultural festival in Pohang that started in 2007 and is held every year.
- 03Champions League
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Where to eat
- 01Hwan-yeo Sashimi
- 02Yurim Restaurant
- 03Jukdo Market
It is the largest traditional market in Pohang.
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Getting to Pohang
- Airports
- Daegu (TAE), 66 km · Gimhae (PUS), 102 km · Cheongju/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) (CJJ), 183 km
- Stations
- Pohang Gyeongju Airport, 7 km · Pohang Station, 4.8 km
- Daegu → Pohang72 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · ₩9,400–12,500
- Busan → Pohang107 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · ₩14,100–18,800
- Cheongju → Pohang181 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · ₩23,900–31,900
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No local-transport research exists yet for Pohang
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 Pohang. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Pohang
Pohang is 55 km from Ulsan, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Gangdong-myeontown in Gyeongju, South Korea8.8 km
- Yeoniltown in Nam, Pohang, North Gyeongsang, South Korea5.6 km
- Heunghaetown in North Gyeongsang, South Korea8.6 km
- Kyeongbuk Science High Schoolhigh school in Pohang City, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea2 km