Pyongchon-guyok
P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk is one of the 19 guyok which constitute the city of Pyongyang, North Korea.
P'yŏngch'ŏn-guyŏk is one of the 19 guyok which constitute the city of Pyongyang, North Korea. It is bordered by the Taedong River in the south and the Pothonggang Canal in the north and Potong River in the west, and to the east by Chung-guyŏk, from which it is separated by the yard area of Pyongyang railway station.
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Worth seeing in and around Pyongchon-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.
- 01Kim 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.
3.5 km · square in Pyongyang, North Korea · Wikipedia - 02Arch of Reunification
The Arch of Reunification, officially the Monument to the Three-Point Charter for National Reunification, was a sculptural arch located south of Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. It was opened in August 2001 to commemorate Korean reunification proposals put forward by Kim Il Sung.
4 km · Pyongyang Monument · 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.
3.4 km · library in Pyongyang, North Korea · Wikipedia - 04Yanggakdo Stadium
Yanggakdo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located on Yanggak Island in Pyongyang, North Korea, that was used mainly for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 people and was opened on 18 May 1989.
2.2 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 05Kim 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.
2.3 km · university in Pyongyang, North Korea · Wikipedia - 06Korean 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.
3.7 km · museum in Pyongyang · Wikipedia - 07Church of the Life-Giving Trinity
The Church of the Life-Giving Trinity is a Russian Orthodox church in Jongbaek-dong, Rangrang District in Pyongyang, North Korea. It is the only Orthodox church in the country, serving the small Eastern Orthodox community in North Korea, and one of only a handful of Christian churches there overall.
3 km · Russian Orthodox church in Pyongyang, North Korea · Wikipedia - 08Party Foundation Museum
The Party Founding Museum is a museum located in the Central District of Pyongyang, North Korea, on the south side of Mt. Haebang.
2.4 km · museum in Pyongyang · Wikipedia - 09Korean Art Gallery
The Korean Art Gallery is an art museum situated on the south side of Kim Il-sung Square in Chung-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea, which opened in 1948. The building is 4 stories tall with 22 display rooms, an exhibition hall, a room for preservation of works and an artworks study room that exhibits a wide range of art, including oil painting, print, sculpture and industrial arts.
3.6 km · art museum in Pyongyang, North Korea · Wikipedia - 10Pyongyang Grand Theatre
The Pyongyang Grand Theatre is a theatre located in North Korea. It was opened in 1960.
2.8 km · theatre in Pyongyang, North Korea · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pyongchon-guyok
- Airports
- Pyongyang Sunan (FNJ), 25 km · Incheon (ICN), 182 km · Seoul Gimpo (GMP), 186 km
- Stations
- Pyongyang Station, 1.5 km · Puhŭng Station, 1 km · Ponghwa station, 2.5 km · Yŏnggwang Station, 1.5 km · Konsol Station, 4 km
- Seoul → Pyongchon-guyokTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Gonghang-ro → Pyongchon-guyokTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Cheongju → Pyongchon-guyokTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Pyongchon-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 Pyongchon-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.
From Wikivoyage: Pyongyang, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Pyongchon-guyok
Pyongchon-guyok is 5 km from Pyongyang, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Pyongyangcapital city of North Korea3 km
- Mangyongdae Districtdistrict of Pyongyang4 km
- Chung-guyokdistrict of Pyongyang3.4 km
- Potonggang-guyokdistrict of Pyongyang3.3 km