Bangbae-dong
Bangbae-dong (Korean: 방배동) is a dong (neighborhood) of the greater Gangnam area Seocho District of the South Korean city of Seoul.
Bangbae-dong (Korean: 방배동) is a dong (neighborhood) of the greater Gangnam area Seocho District of the South Korean city of Seoul. Bangbae-dong is divided into 5 different dongs which are Bangbaebon-dong, Bangbae 1-dong, 2-dong, 3-dong and 4-dong. The origin of Bangbae-dong is derived from the name Bangbae, meaning "dong-ri with my back to Mt. Myeon-ri," which rises on the border between Gwanak District and Seocho District. Bangbae-dong was Bangbae-ri, Sangbuk-myeon, Gwacheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do until the end of the Joseon Dynasty, but became Bangbae-ri, Sindong-myeon, Siheung-gun, Gyeonggi-do in 1914 when the area was confirmed during the Japanese colonial period. It was incorporated into the Seoul Metropolitan Government following the expansion of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's zone in 1963, and became Bangbae-dong to this day. The location is Dong at the western end of Seocho District, and it is an area from the intersection of the road from Seoul to Gwacheon and the southern circulation road to Umyeon Mountain.
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Worth seeing in and around Bangbae-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.
- 01Seoul National University
Seoul National University is a public research university in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946 by the merger of ten institutions in the Seoul area, it is one of the SKY universities and a part of the Flagship Korean National Universities.
3.8 km · national research university in Seoul, Republic of Korea · Wikipedia - 02National Library of Korea
The National Library of Korea is located in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea. It was established in 1945.
2.4 km · the national library of South Korea · Wikipedia - 03Chung-Ang University
Chung-Ang University is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea. The university operates two campuses: its main Seoul city campus located in the Dongjak District; and a second campus in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province.
3.5 km · South Korean University · Wikipedia - 04Banpo Bridge
The Banpo Bridge is a major bridge for vehicular traffic over the Han River in central Seoul, South Korea. It is a double-decked bridge, and is above the pedestrian Jamsu Bridge.
3.8 km · girder bridge · Wikipedia - 05Soongsil University
Soongsil University is the first modern university in Korea, dating its history back to 1897. It was founded under the Christian missionary William M. Baird.
2.8 km · private Christian university in Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia - 06Seoul National Cemetery
Seoul National Cemetery is a cemetery in Dongjak-dong, Dongjak District, Seoul, South Korea. It is reserved for Korean veterans, including those who died in the Korean independence movement, Korean War, and Vietnam War.
2 km · South Korean cemetery · Wikipedia - 07Kyujanggak
Kyujanggak was the royal library of the Joseon dynasty. It was founded in 1776 by order of King Jeongjo of Joseon, at which time it was located on the grounds of Changdeokgung.
3.7 km · Korean library · Wikipedia - 08Nakseongdae
Nakseongdae is a park located in Gwanak, Seoul. It is the birthplace of Goryeo general, Kang Kam-ch'an.
2.5 km · Park in Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia - 09Seoul National University of Education
The Seoul National University of Education is a public university in Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea, which provides specialized training for future public elementary school teachers in South Korea. Founded in May 1946 under the name of Kyunggi Public Normal School, the university is the first national university that specializes in elementary school teacher training.
3 km · South Korean university for elementary education, located in Seocho, Seoul · Wikipedia - 10Chongshin University
Chongshin University is a Christian university in Seoul, South Korea. It has deep historical ties to conservative Presbyterianism, reformed theology, and belongs to the Presbyterian Church in Korea.
1.6 km · private Christian university in Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bangbae-dong
- Airports
- Seoul Gimpo (GMP), 19 km · Incheon (ICN), 47 km · Cheongju/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) (CJJ), 97 km
- Stations
- Isu Station, 500 m · Dongjak Station, 2.2 km · Sadang Station, 800 m · Seonbawi Station, 3.9 km · Namtaeryeong Station, 2.2 km
- Seoul → Bangbae-dong10 km · quickest by road, 25 min · ₩1,340–1,790
- Cheongju → Bangbae-dong103 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · ₩14,850–19,800
- Gonghang-ro → Bangbae-dong311 km · quickest by air, 4h 21m · ₩120,630–186,280
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bangbae-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 Bangbae-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 Bangbae-dong
Bangbae-dong is 9 km from Seoul, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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