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Summer in Bundand Nature Park

Do you want to enjoy your summer vacation in nature? Are you under stress due to examinations or work? If so, go to Yul-dong Nature Park. The Gazette recommends Yul-dong Nature Park, which has a lake, green fields and other beautiful scenery.



♣Yul-dong Nature Park

●Address: 412 Yul-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do
●Transportation
-Bus: 1500, 1500-2, 1005-5, 119, 17, 17-1, 33, 230, 3, 3-1
-Subway: exit 2 of Seohyeon Station, Bundang Line, and then take a bus

Yul-dong Park opened on September 1, 1999. It has been a resting place for citizens and it has lots of entertainment facilities. It has a bungee jumping site (45m), a large fountain that shoots water 103 meters into the air, a Book Theme Park, a badminton court, a park for children, a foot acupressure road, an open sculpture exhibition, and many places to walk.


♣Bungee Jumping

●Opening hours
-weekdays: 10:00 ~ 18:00 (maximum 40 - 50 people a day)
-weekends and holidays: 10:00 ~ 20:00 (maximum 150 - 200 people a day)
●Height: 45m
●Fee: 25,000 won
You can get a group discount. If there are more than 10 people you can get a 10% discount, and more than 20 people can get a 20% discount.
●Tel: 031-704-6266


♣Book Theme Park

●Opening hours: 10:00 ~ 18:00 (closed every Monday)
●Tel: 031-708-3588, 9088
●Web-site: http://www.snart.or.kr/sn/bookpop/book_open.html

The Book Theme Park is the first place to design books according to themes. The park is designed to get rid of the image of a library as the only place for reading books. You can see many images and themes about books and enjoy reading books in a different setting. Many events related to books are held every month. There are eight themes. First, the Book of Water place is a book-shaped pond. Natural things like trees, the sky and birds are reflected in the pond. Second, the Book of Sky is an open-air stage. Cheonsang Yeolcha Bunyajido (an astronomical chart from the Joseon dynasty) is carved on the floor. Third, the Book of Wind consists of many structures expressing various languages from many countries. For example, there are structures meaning ‘book’ in English and ‘libro’ in Spanish. Fourth, the Book of Space is a place where anyone can read many kinds of books. In addition, there is the Book of Music, the Book of Korean, the Book of Time, and the Book of the Thousand-Character Classic places.



♣Open Sculpture Exhibition

An Open Sculpture Exhibition opened on January 13, 2008 and is located in the lawn square in Yul-dong Park. Various sculptures from many artists are displayed including eight permanent exhibition sculptures.