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Gwangalli Beach

Beach in Busan, South Korea

Field	Value
name	Gwangalli Beach
type	Beach
photo	Gwangalli Beach.jpg
photo_caption	Gwangalli Beach in 2011
map	South Korea Busan#South Korea
coordinates
location	Busan, South Korea
water_bodies	Sea of Japan
area
length	1.4 km
width
depth
drop
elevation
highest_coords
embedded	{{Infobox Korean name/auto
hangul	^광안리 해수욕장
hanja	廣安里海水浴場
child	yes

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The Gwangalli Beach () or Gwangan Beach is a beach in Gwangan 2(i)-dong, Suyeong District, Busan, South Korea. It is west of Haeundae Beach. It sits inside a cove spanned by the Gwangan Bridge and covers 82,000 square meters over a length of 1.4 km and a width of 25 to 110 metres, in a curved in a half-moon shape with fine sand. Adjacent are alleys with restaurants, coffee shops and nightclubs. Because of its popularity, city officials are pushing for improving water quality around the beaches.

The beach is near the Busan Yachting Center used for the sailing events of the 1988 Summer Olympics.

For the 2018 film Black Panther, a car chase scene which required over 150 cars and 700 people was filmed in the Gwangalli Beach area.

Events

Busan Marine Sports 2008: with beach volleyball, canoe and boating.
2011 K-Pop Super Concert on 28 October 2011: emcee by Ha Ji-won and Kim Hyung Jun of SS501 and broadcast on SBS on 6 November.
Gwangalli Marvelous Drone Light Show (광안리 M(Marvelous) 드론 라이트쇼)

Gallery

|Gwangandaegyo Diamond Bridge Gwangalli Beach Busan (31877281478).jpg |The bridge from the beach, illuminated at night (2018) |The Busan International Fireworks Festival.jpg |The Busan International Fireworks Festival held annually at the beach (2018) |Gwangalli Beach and bridge.jpg |A sculpture of the beach's name and bridge in background (2020)

References

[http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/TR/TR_EN_5_5_2.jsp "Busan City Tour"] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-02-24 ''Korean Tourism Organization''. Retrieved 2011-11-11)
(31 March 2015). "Easy escape to beaches". South China Morning Post.
(19 February 2018). "Black Panther: South Korea tops international box office". BBC News.
부산 해양스포츠 메카로 거듭난다, 경향신문, 2008-01-17
Park So-Jung [http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011102117181571434 "Ha Ji-won, Kim Hyun-joong to host upcoming K-pop concert"] ''10 Asia''. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-11

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