South coast & Busan · Busan
Songdo Beach
송도해수욕장
Korea's first public beach, opened in 1913 — with a cable car over it.
Songdo opened to the public in 1913, which makes it the oldest public beach in the country. It fell out of fashion for years and has been rebuilt since.
A glass-floored skywalk runs out over the water and the Busan Air Cruise cable car crosses the bay above it, some cabins with transparent floors.
Photograph by bryan, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized for this page.
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