Olympic Park 올림픽공원
- +82-2-410-1600
- www.olympicpark.co.kr
Olympic Park is an impressive leisure facility in which historic remains from the Baekje Era share space with modern, state-of-the-art sports stadiums, an eco-friendly forest, and spacious grassy fields. The legacy of the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the park not only houses the country’s largest sports arena, but has also become a place where Seoul residents come to relax and unwind.
Spread across 430,000 pyeong (approximately 1.45 million ㎡), Olympic Park encompasses the land that was once Mongchontoseong Fortress and Mongchonhaeja (manmade lake) from the early Baekje period. The park is divided into several zones, including a leisure sports park, a cultural art park, an eco-park, and the History Experience Park dedicated to the area’s rich historic heritage.
Because Olympic Park is so large and takes over three hours to explore, visitors are advised to familiarize themselves with entrances and exits and travel routes before they start. To further save time, visitors can ride the Road Train (“Hodori Train”) located next to Peace Square.
* Cultural Art Park
The Cultural Art Park is a place where visitors can enjoy diverse cultural experiences and performances. The park also features Olympic Museum, Seoul Olympics Museum of Art (SOMA)—one of the world’s top five sculpture museums—and Music Fountain.
* Leisure Sports Park
This area is comprised of Sports Square (walking/jogging paths, an acupressure path, inline skating area, etc.) and Peace Square (a pleasant area with a wide variety of activities and sports lessons).
* Environmental Eco-Park Persistent efforts have succeeded in restoring natural splendor to this place where a equally splendid civilization once blossomed. People and nature co-exist comfortably within Environmental Eco-Park, which has become home to families of spot-billed ducks, white herons, cuckoos, pheasants, Korean squirrels, chipmunks, and frogs. More recent efforts to rejuvenate the local ecosystem have resulted in the appearance of woodpeckers and raccoons, both of which are rarely spotted in cities. The croaking of small round frogs can now be heard within the park as well.
* History Experience Park Visitors to the park can experience Korean history firsthand at Mongchontoseong Fortress and Baekje Museum, while hearkening back to the more recent, grand spirit of the Olympics in the "Holy Land of Peace."
Utilization information
・Information : • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-2-410-1600
(Korean only)
・Parking Facilities : Olympic Gymnasium No. 1 (181 spaces), Olympic Gymnasium No. 2 (203 spaces), Olympic Gymnasium No. 3 (99 spaces), Olympic Hall (336 spaces)
・Closed : N/A (Open all year round)
・Operating Hours : Pedestrian and bicycle access: 05:00–22:00 (Plaza area until 24:00)
Available Facilities
- Mongchonhaeja, Peace Square, World Peace Gate, picnic areas
- Eco Park, Music Fountain
- Olympic Parktel
- Gym: Swimming pool, tennis court, fencing, weightlifting, gymnastics, etc.
Facilities for the Handicapped
Restrooms
Access
[Subway]
Olympic Park Station (Seoul Subway Line 5), Exit 3
Mongchontoseong Station (Seoul Subway Line 8), Exit 1
[Airport limousine bus]
Take Airport Bus NO. 6006 bound for ‘Sangil-dong.’
Get off at Olympic Park Bus Stop.
424, Olympic-ro, Songpa-gu, Seoul
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