Sariwon

Worth seeing in and around Sariwon

2 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.

1. 01
   Songbulsa

   Sŏngbul-sa is a Korean Buddhist temple in Sariwŏn, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea. It is located within the castle on Mt.

   8.3 km · Korean Buddhist temple in Sariwŏn · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Chongbang Fortress

   Jŏngbang Castle is a Koguryo-era mountain fortress located outside Sariwŏn, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea. Cresting the ridges of Mt.

   7.7 km · mountain fortress in Sariwŏn, North Korea · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What Wikivoyage says to see

Sariwon Folklore street was built after the war to show what ancient Korea looked like. Available on official government tours.

1. 01
   North Hwanghae Arts Theatre
2. 02
   Songbulsa Temple

From Wikivoyage: Sariwon, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Sariwon

Airports

Pyongyang Sunan (FNJ), 80 km · Incheon (ICN), 130 km · Seoul Gimpo (GMP), 139 km

Stations

Sariwon Chongnyon Station, 500 m · Tongsariwon Station, 4.4 km · Chongbang Station, 6.4 km · Pongsan Station, 9.8 km · Sobongsan Station, 7.8 km

• Pyongyang → Sariwon

  58 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · $5–7
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• Seoul → Sariwon

  150 km · quickest by road, 44h 48m · ₩239,000–318,000
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• Cheongju → Sariwon

  258 km · quickest by air, 10h 12m · ₩153,490–237,920
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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 Sariwon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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