Bongcheon-dong
Bongcheon-dong (Korean: 봉천동) is a statutory division of Gwanak District, Seoul, South Korea.
Bongcheon-dong (Korean: 봉천동) is a statutory division of Gwanak District, Seoul, South Korea. Its name means "enshrining heaven" which was derived from its location, northern skirt of Mt. Gwanak, stretching to the mountain ridge. It consists of 9 administrative neighborhoods. The district office of Gwanak is located in Bongcheon.
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Worth seeing in and around Bongcheon-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.
2.1 km · national research university in Seoul, Republic of Korea · Wikipedia - 02Chung-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.
2.9 km · South Korean University · Wikipedia - 03Soongsil 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.
1.9 km · private Christian university in Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia - 04Seoul 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.
2.7 km · South Korean cemetery · Wikipedia - 05Gwanaksan
Gwanaksan is a mountain in southern Seoul, South Korea. Portions lie in the Gwanak District and Geumcheon District of Seoul; other portions lie in the neighboring cities of Anyang, Gyeonggi and Gwacheon.
3.8 km · mountain in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea · Wikipedia - 06Kyujanggak
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.
1.9 km · Korean library · Wikipedia - 07Horim Museum
Horim Museum is a museum in Seoul, South Korea. The museum was founded by Yun Jang-seob who after setting up the Sungbo Cultural Foundation in July 1981 to purchase antiquities, established the Horim Museum in October 1982 at Daechi-dong, Gangnam District by leasing one floor of a building.
3.1 km · art museum · Wikipedia - 08Nakseongdae
Nakseongdae is a park located in Gwanak, Seoul. It is the birthplace of Goryeo general, Kang Kam-ch'an.
1 km · Park in Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia - 09Chongshin 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.
1.5 km · private Christian university in Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia - 10Boramae Park
Boramae Park is a large public park in Sindaebang-dong, Dongjak District, Seoul, South Korea.
3.3 km · park in South Korea · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bongcheon-dong
- Airports
- Seoul Gimpo (GMP), 17 km · Incheon (ICN), 44 km · Cheongju/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) (CJJ), 98 km
- Stations
- Isu Station, 2.7 km · Dongjak Station, 3.5 km · Sadang Station, 2.5 km · Namtaeryeong Station, 3.5 km · Nakseongdae Station, 900 m
- Seoul → Bongcheon-dong9 km · quickest by road, 18 min · ₩1,120–1,490
- Cheongju → Bongcheon-dong104 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · ₩15,300–20,400
- Gonghang-ro → Bongcheon-dong14 km · quickest by road, 35 min · ₩1,900–2,530
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bongcheon-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 Bongcheon-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 Bongcheon-dong
Bongcheon-dong is 8 km from Gwangmyeong, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Daebang-dongneighborhood in Dongjak-gu, Seoul, South Korea3.7 km
- Bangbae-dongneighborhood in Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea2.6 km
- Heukseok-dongneighborhood in South Korea2.2 km
- Namhyeon-dongneighborhood in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, South Korea2.9 km
- Bon-donglegal-status neighborhood in Dongjak District, Seoul3.7 km
- Inhun High Schoolhigh school in Gwanak District, Seoul, South Korea1.6 km