Wolmido

월미도

The seaward edge of Incheon beside the working port, and the city's oldest day-out strip. Wolmi Culture Street runs 600 metres along the shore, lined with raw-fish restaurants, cafés, fairground rides and portrait artists, with the Moonlight Music Fountain playing on the waterfront in front of it. Behind that, Wolmisan was shut for fifty years as a military post until the city bought it and opened it as a park in 2001; it now holds an observation deck, a reconstructed Korean traditional garden and the Korean Emigration History Museum.

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Incheon Port seen from the Wolmi observatory: mural-painted grain silos, a red cargo ship and quay cranes, with the city stretching away beyond.

Place information

Korean name: 월미도
Nearest station: Gyeongin and Suin–Bundang lines. Change there to bus 2, 10 or 45 and alight at the Wolmi Park stop. · Incheon Station, Wolmi Sea Train · Wolmi Park Station
Opening hours: Wolmi Park Mar–Oct summer 05:00–23:00 (last entry 22:00) Wolmi Park Jan–Feb, Nov–Dec winter 05:00–22:00 (last entry 21:00)
Hours notes: The timetable belongs to Wolmi Park, laid out on the hill inside the island. Wolmi Culture Street along the shore is outside the park and does not keep these hours.

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History

Incheon Metropolitan City took over management of the park from the Ministry of National Defence on 10 September 2001. The park’s three-storey, 23m-high observatory was built in 2005. The first phase of development was completed in 2007, followed by a second phase from December 2008 to June 2010.

2001
Transfer of management
On 10 September 2001, Incheon Metropolitan City took over management of Wolmi park from the Ministry of National Defence.
2005
Observatory built
Wolmi park’s three-storey, 23m-high observatory was built in 2005.
June 2010
Second phase completed
The second phase of Wolmi park’s development, which began in December 2008, was completed in June 2010.

Incheon parks — Wolmi Park observatory (timeline: management taken over 2001, observatory built 2005, phase one completed 2007, phase two 2008–2010) · Sep 24, 2026

What to see

Wolmi park observatory

Wolmi park observatory looks out over Incheon, the West Sea, the area around Incheon Port and Incheon Bridge. A café inside the observatory offers a place to rest while looking at the view.

Accessibility and facilities

Wolmi Park lists as its principal facilities the Wolmi traditional garden, the observation deck, Wolmiseong, the Korean Emigration History Museum and a multi-purpose ground. Eleven walking paths run through it: the longest is the 2.3 km perimeter path, the climb to the deck is 0.15 km, and a separate 0.4 km step-free route runs from the sports ground to Dondae junction.

Incheon Metropolitan City's parks portal — Wolmi Park (a park made after the city bought the former military site in 2001; closed to the public for fifty years while the army held it; area 588,099.3 m²; principal facilities given as the Wolmi traditional garden, the observation deck, Wolmiseong, the Korean Emigration History Museum and a multi-purpose ground. The park opens at 05:00 all year, with last entry 22:00 and closing 23:00 from March to October and last entry 21:00 and closing 22:00 from November to February. It names eleven paths with their lengths, from the 2.3 km Wolmi Perimeter Path down to the 0.07 km Sup-yeollim Path, including a 0.4 km step-free route. Its own directions are: alight at Incheon Station, take bus 2, 10 or 45 and get off at the Wolmi Park stop; or take the Wolmi Sea Train to Wolmi Park station.) · Sep 6, 2026

Nearby

Incheon Chinatown

The Chinese quarter on the old treaty-port hill, and where jajangmyeon is held to have been invented. The streets themselves never close and each shop keeps its own hours, so aim for lunchtime rather than for an opening time.

National Museum of World Writing Systems

It is free, it is eight minutes from a subway exit, and it holds a leaf of the 42-line Gutenberg Bible. The building was designed to lie flat against the park rather than stand apart from it, which is why it does not look like a museum from outside.

Incheon Urban History Museum

A museum on how Incheon was built and reshaped as a city. It is 300 m from the National Museum of World Writing Systems, but the two keep different Monday closing rules, so check those first if you plan to visit both.

Songdo Central Park

The water is the park. Everything else here — the gardens, the deer, the boathouses — is arranged along 1.8 km of seawater canal, and the walk is decided by which bank you pick and which bridge you cross.

Stories about this place

Incheon's Old Treaty Port and Wolmido in One Day
A one-day route from Incheon Station through Chinatown, Freedom Park, the old treaty-port streets and Sinpo International Market, followed by the Wolmi Sea Train and Wolmido. It also explains Monday closures, museum last admission and the train timetable.

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