Amsa-dong
Amsa-dong (Korean: 암사동) is a dong (neighbourhood) of Gangdong District, Seoul, South Korea.
Amsa-dong (Korean: 암사동) is a dong (neighbourhood) of Gangdong District, Seoul, South Korea. The dong is well known for the Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site, in which Neolithic remains were excavated after a large amount of diagonal-line patterned earthenware(빗살무늬토기) was exposed by a flood in 1925. It is thought to be a Jomonic settlement which existed prior to the spread of Songgukri-cultural sphere in Korean peninsula during the Korean bronze age. In Amsa Sam-dong, a festival named Amsa sunsa cultural festival is hold annually and parade is performed. It has a subway station of Seoul metropolitan subway 8th line, which functions as the last station of the line. There is only one high school in Amsa-dong named Sunsa highschool. The neighborhood is also known for its large traditional market. Amsa dong is divided in three, Amsa il-dong, Amsa I-dong, Amsa Sam-dong, and community centre is present in every one of these divisions.
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Worth seeing in and around Amsa-dong
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.
- 01Olympic Bridge
The Olympic Bridge, also known as the Grand Olympic Bridge, is a bridge over the Han River in Seoul, South Korea. The bridge connects the Gwangjin and Songpa districts.
3.8 km · bridge · Wikipedia - 02Buramsan
Buramsan is a mountain in South Korea. It sits on the boundary between Nowon District, Seoul and Namyangju in Gyeonggi Province.
2.5 km · mountain in South Korea · Wikipedia - 03Gangdong Bridge
The Gangdong Bridge is a bridge in over the Han River, South Korea, and connects the city of Guri and the Gangdong District of Seoul. This bridge is in Gyeonggi Province and opened in 1991.
3.4 km · bridge · Wikipedia - 04Cheonho Bridge
The Cheonho Bridge crosses the Han River in Seoul, South Korea. It connects Gangdong District and Gwangjin District.
2.5 km · bridge · Wikipedia - 05Amsa-dong Prehistoric Site
The Amsa-dong Prehistoric Site, also called Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site, is an archaeological site and open-air museum in Amsa-dong, Gangdong District, Seoul, South Korea. The site contains evidence of human habitation from at 3,000 to 4,000 years before the present.
0 m · archaeological site in Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia - 06Myungsung Presbyterian Church
Myung Sung Presbyterian Church is the largest Presbyterian church in the world. It is located in Myung-il-dong, Seoul, South Korea, with its Prayer Sanctuary in Wonju.
2.1 km · church in Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia - 07Pungnaptoseong
Pungnaptoseong is a flat earthen wall built at the edge of the Han River in modern-day Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It has a circumference of 3.5 km.
3.6 km · remains (wall) of a fortress in Seoul · Wikipedia - 08Gwangjin Bridge
The Gwangjin Bridge crosses the Han River in South Korea and connects the districts of Gwangjin-gu and Gangdong-gu. The original bridge was completed in 1936, but because of deteriorating conditions, it was rebuilt and reopened in November 2003.
2.3 km · bridge · Wikipedia - 09Guri–Amsa Bridge
The Guri–Amsa Bridge crosses the Han River in South Korea and connects the city of Guri and Gangdong-gu in Seoul. Construction on the bridge began in September 2006, and there was controversy regarding the naming of the bridge.
1 km · bridge in South Korea · Wikipedia - 10Achasanseong
Achasanseong is a Three Kingdoms-era earthen Korean fortress on the mountain Achasan, in Seoul, South Korea. Originally built by Baekje, it was occupied in turn by each of the Three Kingdoms.
2.3 km · a fortress of the Korean Three Kingdoms period · Wikipedia
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Getting to Amsa-dong
- Airports
- Seoul Gimpo (GMP), 30 km · Incheon (ICN), 61 km · Cheongju/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) (CJJ), 100 km
- Stations
- Achasan station, 3.7 km · Cheonho Station, 2.5 km · Gwangnaru Station, 2.9 km · Sangil-dong Station, 3.2 km · Gil-dong Station, 2.7 km
- Seoul → Amsa-dong13 km · quickest by road, 31 min · ₩1,900–2,530
- Cheongju → Amsa-dong107 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · ₩13,850–18,500
- Gonghang-ro → Amsa-dong310 km · quickest by air, 4h 49m · ₩135,900–210,880
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Amsa-dong
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 Amsa-dong. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are ferry services to various points in China from the neighboring port city of Incheon.
- Get inNo services run from Japan to Seoul; many Koreans take the coach, KTX or SRT trains to Busan, where several ferry and hydrofoil options are available.
- Go nextMany tour companies offer DMZ tours which is a day trip from Seoul, the highlight of which is a village lying in the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.
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Next door to Amsa-dong
Amsa-dong is 13 km from Seoul, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Guricity in South Korea4 km
- Wiryeseonghuman settlement3.5 km
- Gangil-dongneighborhood in South Korea3.8 km
- Sangil-dongneighborhood in Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea3.3 km
- Gil-dongneighborhood in Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea2.9 km
- Cheonho-dongneighborhood in Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea1.8 km