Dangjin Waemok Village Sunrise Festival
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Overview
The Dangjin Waemok Village Sunrise Festival takes place in Waemok Village located in Dangjin-si, Chungcheongnam-do. The place itself is regarded as one of the top three sunrise viewing spots in Korea. Around 100,000 people visit the festival every year to see the simple and poetic sunrise.
Starting in the afternoon of December 31, various sunrise events will begin, including tourist singing contests, celebrity guest performances, a New Year’s countdown, and burning daljip (brushwood) to make a wish. When the new year begins, visitors can take in the sunrise and warm up with some tteokguk (sliced rice cake soup) at the end of the festival.
Utilization information
Opening hours, closed days and other practical details.
- Start date
- 2015.12.31
- End date
- 2016.01.01
- Age limit
- No age limit
- Venue
- Waemok Village
- Venue info
- From Seoul Nambu Terminal, take an intercity bus bound for Dangjin Bus Terminal.
(First bus 06:40, last bus 19:30/ Travel time: 1 hr and 30 min)
Transfer to Bus 104 at the terminal and get off at the Gyoro 2-ri Waemok Village Entrance Bus Stop.
From the bus stop, walk toward the port for about 270m (4 min).
Or, take a taxi to the village from the bus terminal.
(About 40 km away / The taxi fare will cost around 21,000 won.) - Admission
- Free
Updated 2017.04.03
Introduction
Starting in the afternoon of December 31, various sunrise events will begin, including tourist singing contests, celebrity guest performances, a New Year’s countdown, and burning daljip (brushwood) to make a wish. When the new year begins, visitors can take in the sunrise and warm up with some tteokguk (sliced rice cake soup) at the end of the festival.
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Waemok-gil, Seongmun-myeon, Dangjin-si, Chungcheongnam-do
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