Geumseong Market
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Getting there · Parking
On market days, lots near the market fill up quickly. Fees are the registered base rates and may have changed. Parking data: Public Data Portal, National Parking Lot Standard Data.
Upcoming market days
Market days from public data (as of 2025-11-10). Dates are calculated, so please double-check before you go.
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About the market
- History
- Opened in 1961.
- Type
- A permanent market open every day, with an extra open-air market on dates ending in 1·6.
- Shops
- About 70 permanent shops (not counting market-day stalls)
- What's sold
- Agricultural products, Livestock products, Seafood, Processed foods, Shoes, Household goods, Restaurants
- Facilities
- Parking: yes · Public restroom: yes
Source: Public Data Portal, National Traditional Market Standard Data
🌾 Uiseong-gun specialties
These are local specialties. It doesn't mean this market sells them right now. (Registered Geographical Indications)
Source: Geographical Indications of the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs) and the National Fishery Products Quality Management Service (Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries)
🍶 Local makgeolli from Uiseong-gun
1 breweries
These drinks are brewed in this area. It doesn't mean this market sells them. Sources: Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation traditional liquor data, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs brewery tour program (Public Data Portal), checked by the site operator (picks).
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🗺️ Market and sightseeing · Suggested route
Markets are busiest in the morning. This is a rough route based on straight-line distance, starting at the market and moving farther out. Check real roads and times with the directions for each leg.
- 🧺Geumseong MarketMorning · Browse the market, have lunch at the food stalls
- 🚗 7.8km straight-line · about 15 min by car (estimate) Get directions1Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan Love and Sharing Park
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2018, it carries on Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan's spirit of love and sharing.
- 👀 HighlightsLook around the memorial hall, chapel, the Cardinal's birthplace, the Way of the Cross and the Forest of Peace.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 20 cars, with a central plaza, lawn and memorial garden.
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김수환 추기경의 사랑과 나눔 정신의 계승, 확산을 위한 정신문화 공간
- Designated a tourist site in 2018
- Parking for 20 cars
- Facilities: Park, Memorial hall
- Contact 054-380-6065
- 🚗 2.9km straight-line · about 5 min by car (estimate) Get directions2Saraon Story Village
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2015.
- 👀 HighlightsIt recreates the history and culture of ancestors under three themes: Jeokrachon, Jeokracheong and Jeokragol.
- 💡 Good to knowUp to 70 cars can park, and there is an outdoor rest area and ticket office.
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선조들이 살아온 역사와 문화를 적라촌, 적라청, 적라골 3가지 테마로 나누어 재현
- Designated a tourist site in 2015
- Parking for 70 cars
- Facilities: Management office, Parking, Ticket office
- Contact 054-380-7216
- 🚗 7.8km straight-line · about 15 min by car (estimate) Get directions3Tapsan Mineral Spring Hot Spring
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 1997.
- 👀 HighlightsA hot spring containing organic germanium.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 200 cars, with a management office and restrooms.
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몸에 기를 넣어 건강을 증진시키는 유기 게르마늄 성분이 들어있는 세계 최고 게르마늄 함유 온천
- Designated a tourist site in 1997
- Parking for 200 cars
- Facilities: Management office, Restrooms, Parking
- Contact 054-833-5001
Source: National Tourist Attraction Standard Data
Summaries were written by AI from public data and may contain mistakes. Please confirm important details in the original or on site.
📍 Nearby sights
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2018, it carries on Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan's spirit of love and sharing.
- 👀 HighlightsLook around the memorial hall, chapel, the Cardinal's birthplace, the Way of the Cross and the Forest of Peace.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 20 cars, with a central plaza, lawn and memorial garden.
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김수환 추기경의 사랑과 나눔 정신의 계승, 확산을 위한 정신문화 공간
- Designated a tourist site in 2018
- Parking for 20 cars
- Facilities: Park, Memorial hall
- Contact 054-380-6065
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 1997.
- 👀 HighlightsA hot spring containing organic germanium.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 200 cars, with a management office and restrooms.
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몸에 기를 넣어 건강을 증진시키는 유기 게르마늄 성분이 들어있는 세계 최고 게르마늄 함유 온천
- Designated a tourist site in 1997
- Parking for 200 cars
- Facilities: Management office, Restrooms, Parking
- Contact 054-833-5001
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2015.
- 👀 HighlightsIt recreates the history and culture of ancestors under three themes: Jeokrachon, Jeokracheong and Jeokragol.
- 💡 Good to knowUp to 70 cars can park, and there is an outdoor rest area and ticket office.
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선조들이 살아온 역사와 문화를 적라촌, 적라청, 적라골 3가지 테마로 나누어 재현
- Designated a tourist site in 2015
- Parking for 70 cars
- Facilities: Management office, Parking, Ticket office
- Contact 054-380-7216
- 📜 HistoryDesignated a tourist site in 1990.
- 👀 HighlightsThe main attraction is Chisan Valley with its clear flowing water.
- 💡 Good to knowIt gets crowded in summer; there is a 281-car parking lot, a campground and lodging.
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수려하고 맑은물이 흐르는 치산계곡이 있어 여름철 30,000명 이상이 찾는 관광명소임
- Designated a tourist site in 1990
- Parking for 281 cars
- Facilities: Public parking, Foot volleyball court, On-site lodging
- Contact 054-330-6582
Source: National Tourist Attraction Standard Data
Summaries were written by AI from public data and may contain mistakes. Please confirm important details in the original or on site.
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