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Ilwol Arboretum

일월수목원

A municipal arboretum that opened beside Ilwol reservoir in 2023. A glasshouse and the path around the water are what a visit is.

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Inside the glass greenhouse at Ilwol Arboretum: palms and shrubs planted on a gravel bed beneath a steel space-frame roof hung with plant-name banners.

Place information

Korean name
일월수목원
Address
61 Ilwol-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do

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The central hall of Starfield Library Suwon, ringed by bookshelves several storeys high

Starfield Library Suwon

Same name as the COEX one, a different building in a different city. The open stacks sit at the centre of Starfield Suwon, visible from anywhere on floors 4 through 7, and a separate children's library — Starfield Kids — keeps the same hours. Admission is free to anyone, and the first six hours of parking are free, which is long enough that arriving by car does not put you on a clock.

Janganmun, the north gate of Hwaseong Fortress, its two-storey pavilion above the stone arch with the wall running to either side.

Suwon Hwaseong Fortress

"Suwon Hwaseong admission" is a question with no answer, because the fortress does not charge one. The 2,000 won everybody quotes is the ticket for Haenggung, the palace inside the wall — a different place with a gate, a closing time and a last entry.

Geolleung’s burial ground seen at an angle from the front: a balustrade around the mound and no screen of stone panels, with the stone lantern, civil and military figures and stone horses on the terraces below

Yungneung and Geolleung Royal Tombs

Prince Sado’s Yungneung and Jeongjo’s Geolleung share one precinct. Yungneung’s mound carries a screen of stone panels and no balustrade, and the stones that pin that screen are carved as flower buds.

A traditional performance staged in front of a hanok building at the Korean Folk Village

Korean Folk Village

A reconstructed late-Joseon village. Opening hours may vary with the season and weather. Check the operating information and the ticket's entry time and valid days separately for your visit date.

Stories about this place

  • Suwon Drama Filming Locations: Hwaseong, Ilwol, Wolhwawon, Hallim

    From Namporu on the Hwaseong wall in Twenty-Five Twenty-One to Hwahongmun in Lovely Runner, here is what is actually there at the four filming locations Suwon City points visitors to. Hwaseong holds three of the spots along one wall; the other three places sit in separate districts.

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A bowl of so-meori ttaro-gukbap: milky beef-head soup heaped with sliced spring onion in a stone bowl, the rice in its own steel bowl to the left, and dishes of cabbage kimchi and cubed radish kimchi above.
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