Waegwan 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.
📞 Market contact 054-971-7660
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 1981.
- Type
- A permanent market open every day, with an extra open-air market on dates ending in 1·6.
- Shops
- About 134 permanent shops (not counting market-day stalls)
- What's sold
- Restaurants
- Facilities
- Parking: yes · Public restroom: yes
Source: Public Data Portal, National Traditional Market Standard Data
🍶 Local makgeolli from Chilgok-gun
2 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.
- 🧺Waegwan MarketMorning · Browse the market, have lunch at the food stalls
- 🚗 1.3km straight-line · about 5 min by car (estimate) Get directions1Ku Sang Literature Museum
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2012.
- 👀 HighlightsExperience the literary museum of poet Ku Sang, named one of the world's top 200 writers.
- 💡 Good to knowThe parking lot holds 10 cars, with restrooms and an office.
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프랑스 문인협회 선정 세계 200대 문인중인 구상 시인의 문학관을 느낄 수 있는 곳
- Designated a tourist site in 2012
- Parking for 10 cars
- Facilities: Office, Restrooms, Parking
- Contact 054-973-0039
- 🚗 3.9km straight-line · about 10 min by car (estimate) Get directions2Chilgok Patriotism and Peace Memorial Hall
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2017.
- 👀 HighlightsSee exhibitions that shed new light on the 55-day battle along the Nakdonggang River.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for 300 cars, with a restaurant, nursing room and experience hall.
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낙동강 55일간의 전투를 재조명하고 다채로운 체험 통해 호국체험공간
- Designated a tourist site in 2017
- Parking for 300 cars
- Facilities: Restaurant, Restrooms, Nursing room, Office, Seminar room
- Contact 054-979-5502
- 🚗 902m straight-line · about 5 min by car (estimate) Get directions3Chilgok Weir Auto Campground
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2017.
- 👀 HighlightsAn auto campground where mountains and river come together.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 100 cars, with electricity hookups and showers.
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산과 강이 어우러진 오토캠핑장
- Designated a tourist site in 2017
- Parking for 100 cars
- Facilities: Electricity, Water supply, Restrooms, Showers, On-site lodging
- Contact 054-974-7997
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 2012.
- 👀 HighlightsExperience the literary museum of poet Ku Sang, named one of the world's top 200 writers.
- 💡 Good to knowThe parking lot holds 10 cars, with restrooms and an office.
Show original description (Korean)Hide original
프랑스 문인협회 선정 세계 200대 문인중인 구상 시인의 문학관을 느낄 수 있는 곳
- Designated a tourist site in 2012
- Parking for 10 cars
- Facilities: Office, Restrooms, Parking
- Contact 054-973-0039
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2017.
- 👀 HighlightsSee exhibitions that shed new light on the 55-day battle along the Nakdonggang River.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for 300 cars, with a restaurant, nursing room and experience hall.
Show original description (Korean)Hide original
낙동강 55일간의 전투를 재조명하고 다채로운 체험 통해 호국체험공간
- Designated a tourist site in 2017
- Parking for 300 cars
- Facilities: Restaurant, Restrooms, Nursing room, Office, Seminar room
- Contact 054-979-5502
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2017.
- 👀 HighlightsAn auto campground where mountains and river come together.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 100 cars, with electricity hookups and showers.
Show original description (Korean)Hide original
산과 강이 어우러진 오토캠핑장
- Designated a tourist site in 2017
- Parking for 100 cars
- Facilities: Electricity, Water supply, Restrooms, Showers, On-site lodging
- Contact 054-974-7997
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2012.
- 👀 HighlightsClose to the city, it offers a forest experience area and campground.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 100 cars, with lodging, showers and a cooking area.
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자연과 사람이 숨 쉬는 곳 도심에서 가까운 휴양림
- Designated a tourist site in 2012
- Parking for 100 cars
- Facilities: Management office, Restrooms, Parking, Campground, Lodging, Showers, Cooking area, Pension, On-site lodging
- Contact 054-979-6000
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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