Potonggang-guyok
Potonggang-guyok is one of the 19 districts, or guyok, and an artificial island of Pyongyang, North Korea.
Potonggang-guyok is one of the 19 districts, or guyok, and an artificial island of Pyongyang, North Korea. It is best known as the location of the Ryugyong Hotel. It takes its name from the Pothong River, which forms the district's boundary. Potonggang is bordered to the north by Hyongjesan-guyok, to the east by Sosong and Moranbong, to the south by Pyongchon and Chung, and to the west by Mangyongdae-guyok. The district was established by the Pyongyang City People's Committee in October 1960.
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Worth seeing in and around Potonggang-guyok
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.
- 01Ryugyong Hotel
The Ryugyong Hotel, sometimes spelled as Yu-Kyung Hotel, is a 330 m tall unfinished pyramid-shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. Its name (lit.
1.2 km · unfinished pyramid-shaped skyscraper in North Korea · Wikipedia - 02Kim Il-sung Square
Kim Il Sung Square is a large city square in the Central District of Pyongyang, North Korea, and is named after the country's founding leader, Kim Il Sung. The square was constructed in 1954 according to a master plan for reconstructing the capital after the destruction of the Korean War.
3 km · square in Pyongyang, North Korea · Wikipedia - 03Grand People’s Study House
The Grand People's Study House is the national library of North Korea, located in the capital city of Pyongyang. The library was built in 1982 in honour of the Supreme Leader Kim Il Sung's 70th birthday.
2.7 km · library in Pyongyang, North Korea · Wikipedia - 04Kim Il-sung Stadium
Kim Il Sung Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Pyongyang, the capital city of North Korea. The stadium is used primarily for association football matches.
3.6 km · stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea · Wikipedia - 05Chollima Statue
The Chollima Statue is a monument on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea. The monument symbolizes the "Chollima speed" of the Chollima Movement.
2.9 km · monument in Pyongyang, North Korea · Wikipedia - 06Kim Chaek University of Technology
Kim Chaek University of Technology is a university in North Korea, on the banks of the Taedong River in the Kyogu-dong third-level division in Pyongyang. It is named after General Kim Chaek.
3.8 km · university in Pyongyang, North Korea · Wikipedia - 07Korean Revolution Museum
The Korean Revolution Museum, located in Pyongyang, North Korea, was founded on August 1, 1948, and holds a large exhibition of items related to Kim Il Sung and the Korean revolutionary movement. The building's back façade faces the Mansu Hill Grand Monument and it is adjacent to the Mansudae Assembly Hall, seat of the Supreme People's Assembly, the North Korean legislature.
2.8 km · North Korean architectural structure & museum · Wikipedia - 08Korean Central History Museum
The Korean Central History Museum is a museum located in Pyongyang, North Korea. The museum is located at the north end of Kim Il-sung Square.
3.2 km · museum in Pyongyang · Wikipedia - 09Moran Hill
Moranbong or Moran Hill forms a park located in central Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.
3.5 km · hill in North Korea · Wikipedia - 10Liberation Monument
The Liberation Monument is a monument in Pyongyang, North Korea. It was built in 1947 to honour Red Army soldiers who took part in capturing Korea from Imperial Japan during the final stage of the Second World War.
3.4 km · monument in Pyongyang, North Korea · Wikipedia
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Getting to Potonggang-guyok
- Airports
- Pyongyang Sunan (FNJ), 22 km · Incheon (ICN), 185 km · Seoul Gimpo (GMP), 188 km
- Stations
- Pyongyang Station, 3.1 km · Puhŭng Station, 2.4 km · Ponghwa station, 2.9 km · Yŏnggwang Station, 2.5 km · Kwangbok Station, 1.9 km
- Seoul → Potonggang-guyokTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Gonghang-ro → Potonggang-guyokTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Cheongju → Potonggang-guyokTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Potonggang-guyok
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 Potonggang-guyok. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inWestern foreigners will usually be denied entry to North Korea by train (except for those specially chartered by tour companies).
- Get aroundHowever, if on a package tour, your short trip on the metro will be organised in advance.
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Next door to Potonggang-guyok
Potonggang-guyok is 3 km from Pyongyang, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Pyongyangcapital city of North Korea2.8 km
- Mangyongdae Districtdistrict of Pyongyang3.7 km
- Chung-guyokdistrict of Pyongyang2.8 km
- Sosong-guyokdistrict of Pyongyang3.8 km
- Pyongchon-guyokdistrict of Pyongyang3.3 km