Cheonggyecheon
청계천
A stream running east across the middle of the city. The work that lifted the road deck off it began in July 2003 and finished in September 2005, and the water has been walkable alongside ever since. Cheonggye Plaza, at the western end, is where most people start.
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Place information
- Korean name
- 청계천
- Address
- 1 Taepyeong-ro 1-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul (Cheonggye Plaza)
- Nearest station
- Gwanghwamun Station (광화문역, Line 5) (Exit 5), City Hall Station (시청역, Lines 1 and 2) (Exit 4)
- Opening hours
- open at all hours
- Admission
- Free
- Length
- 8.12 km · The total length; 5.84km of it is the restored stretch.
- Opened
- 2005 · The year the restoration was completed. Work ran from 1 July 2003 to 30 September 2005.
- Operated by
- Seoul Facilities Corporation
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Where these facts come from
- Seoul Facilities Corporation, Cheonggyecheon — overview: 8.12km total (5.84km restored), works from 1 Jul 2003 to 30 Sep 2005 ·
- Seoul Facilities Corporation, Cheonggyecheon — getting to Cheonggye Plaza (Gwanghwamun exit 5, City Hall exit 4) ·
- OpenStreetMap — the 청계광장 square. 🔴 This pin is the plaza the record gives as its address, not the stream as a whole: OSM holds 청계천 only as lines, which have no representative point, so the record's own address decides. ·