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Hamhung
Municipal City in South Hamgyong Province, North Korea

Hamhung

Hamhŭng is North Korea's second-largest city, and a major port city and industrial hub.

Hamhung is the capital of South Hamgyŏng Province and the 16th largest city in the Korean Peninsula. Located in the southern part of the South Hamgyong Province, Hamhung is the main and most populous metropolitan area in the province. Hamhung was centrally planned and built by the North Korean Government.

Get in

Getting to Hamhung

As with anywhere else in North Korea, getting into the city will be only possible as part of an official organised tour. Apparently some tours do include Hamhung on their itinerary.

See

Worth seeing

Hamhung Grand Theatre. The largest theatre in North Korea

Do

Things to do

Hamhung Water Park (On the bank of the River Songchon). Apparently covering tens of thousands of square meters, this water park comes equipped with several slides, indoor swimming pool and indoor wading pool. Price unknown.

Eat

Where to eat

Throughout Korea (both North and South), Hamhung is famous for the special tangy version of cold noodles known as raengmyeon (랭면).

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.