The Gwangalli Beach (Korean: 광안리 해수욕장) or Gwangan Beach (Korean: 광안 해수욕장) is a beach in Busan, South Korea. It is located at Gwangan 2(i)-dong (formerly in Gwangan-ri), Suyeong-gu, Busan Metropolitan City, 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.[1]
Gwangalli Beach | |
![]() Gwangalli Beach in 2011 | |
Korean name | |
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Hangul | 광안리 해수욕장 |
Hanja | 廣安里 海水浴場 |
Revised Romanization | Gwang-alli Haesuyokjang |
McCune–Reischauer | Kwang.alli Haesuyokchang |
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The beach is near the Busan Yachting Center used for the sailing events of the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2]
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.[3]
Gwangan Bridge