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Haeundae Sand Festival (해운대 모래축제), Busan, South Korea

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The main sand sculpture of Haeundae Sand Festival in Busan

Summer is almost here and, in Busan, South Korea, this passionate season starts with Haeundae Sand Festival. This year, the theme of the Haeundae Sand Festival is world travel. The famous landmarks all over the world recreated with sand will amaze you.

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  • Haeundae Sand Festival
  • Flower Exhibitions at Gunam-ro and Haeundae Square
  • Things To Do in Haeundae, Busan

Location

264, Haeundaehaebyeon-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan, South Korea


Direction

  • Subway: Line 2 (Green Line), get off at Haeundae station (해운대/203), Exit 3 or Exit 5
  • Bus: No. 139, 307, or 1003. Get off at Haeundae Beach (해운대 해수욕장) bus station.

Dates

  • Main Festival: May, 20, 2022 – May, 23, 2022
  • Sand Sculpture Exhibition and Flower Exhibition on Gunam-ro Street: May, 20, 2022 – June, 6, 2022

Admission Fee

Free

Contact

Phone: +82-51-749-4062
Website: Haeundae District Office (Korean) or City of Busan (English)


Haeundae Sand Festival

Haeundae Sand Festival Sign

Haeundae Sand Festival is an annual event. It usually takes place between late May and early June. The history of the festival goes way back to 2005 and what makes the festival more valuable is that it is an environment-friendly event. It uses sand and each artwork straightly goes back to the beach once the festival is done.

Photo zone at Haeundae Sand Festival in Busan, Korea
The photo zone is quite popual.
Haeundae Sand Festival 2022 in Busan, South Korea

The sand artists create the artworks based on a theme, and it changes each year. This year the theme is world travel and each sand sculpture is a recreation of world famous landmark. The list includes The Statue of Liberty, The Eiffel Tower, Pyramids, Ankor Wat, and many more. These are created by top Korean artists.

Sand sculpture of King Sejong and Namdaemun of South Korea
King Sejong and Namdaemun of South Korea
Sand sculpture of Eiffel Tower at Haeundae Sand Festival
Paris’ Eiffel Tower
Sand Artwork Ankor Wat at Haeundae Sand Festival in Busan, Korea
Ankor Wat of Cambodia
Sand sculpture of Taj Mahal in India
India’s Taj Mahal
Sand sculpture of Egyptian Pyramids
Egyptian Pyramids
Sand sculpture of Sydney's Opera House
Opera House in Sydney

The main festival is held between May, 20 and May, 23. The festival celebrates the beginning of summer with many events such as amateur sand sculpture competitions, treasure hunts, fireworks, sandboards, children’s sand playgrounds, and more. The sand artworks exhibition lasts until June, 6 even after the main festival ends.

Boogi, Mascot of City of Busan
Boogi (부기), the mascot of the City of Busan

Flower Exhibitions at Gunam-ro and Haeundae Square

Flower Exhibition at Gunam-ro in Haeundae, Busan, South Korea

Along with the sand festival, flower exhibitions on Gunam-ro street welcome visitors as well. The exhibition is held to help flower farmers in Busan and it covers the whole street of Gunam-ro and Haeundae Square with 130,000 flowers of 16 different types.

Flower Exhibition at Haeundae, South Korea
Flower Exhibition in Haeundae, Busan

Things To Do in Haeundae

Haeundae area is one of the most popular destinations in Busan and its fame is not in vain. There are many things you can do in this area and I have several posts about attractions about Haeundae.

Haeundae Beach from X the SKY featured

Haeundae Beach (해운대 해수욕장) & Busan X the SKY (엑스 더 스카이)

Dongbaekseom Island in Busan (featured)

Dongbaekseom Island (동백섬) in Busan, South Korea

Nurimaru APEC House in Haeundae, Busan (featured)

Nurimaru APEC House (누리마루 APEC 하우스) in Busan, South Korea

After you finish your tour of Haeundae Sand Festival and Flower Exhibition (and lots of pictures), you probably would feel hungry. Here are a couple of posts for that.

Paradise Hotel Busan in Haeundae, South Korea

Restaurants at Paradise Hotel Busan

Burger set at Burger in New York, Haeundae, Busan

Burger In New York (Hamburger) near Haeundae Beach


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