Millak Waterfront Park and Gwangalli Guide

If you only have one evening in Busan’s Suyeong District, the stretch of coast between Millak Waterfront Park and Gwangalli Beach is an easy way to spend it. You can walk by the sea, eat fresh raw fish or a bowl of pork soup, and watch Gwangandaegyo Bridge light up. This guide puts those stops in one order and tells you what we could and could not confirm.

Every fact below comes from a named source, and we give the date we checked it. Where two sources disagree, we say so instead of picking one quietly.

Where to Go: Millak Waterfront Park (민락수변공원)

A seaside promenade with tetrapod breakwater blocks, a sign reading Millak and Gwangandaegyo Bridge across the water — Photo: Korea Tourism Organization (KOGL Type 1)

Millak Waterfront Park is a free seaside promenade in Suyeong-gu. The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) says it is 543 meters long and 60 meters wide, and can hold up to 40,000 people. It has gardens, shaded rest areas and benches, and KTO says it sits between Haeundae Beach and Gwangalli Beach. It was built between August 1992 and May 1997.

One feature is worth a look. KTO describes a 3,040-square-meter platform from which you can look out over the beach. When the tide is high, visitors can dip their feet in the sea there. We did not test this, so check the tide before you plan around it.

Visit Busan, the city’s official tourism site, adds practical details. The park is free and open every day. It has a bike path, and Visit Busan says the Suyeong Riverside Trail runs from the park as far as Haeundae. Bike rental is one bike per person for two hours a day, free of charge, with operating hours that change by season. Pets are not allowed, and you are asked to take your trash with you.

A wide walkway beside the sea with high-rise apartment buildings and Gwangandaegyo Bridge in the distance — Photo: Korea Tourism Organization (KOGL Type 1)

Names. KTO calls it “Millak Waterfront Park”. Visit Busan calls it “Millak Waterside Park”. Both appear to mean the same park, so look for either spelling.

Hours. KTO lists the park as open 24 hours. Visit Busan lists “every day” and does not give a time range. We use “open every day”.

What to Eat: Raw Fish or Pork Soup

Millak Hoe Center (민락어민활어직판장)

A busy market floor with fish tanks, yellow crates and vendors in aprons at Millak Hoe Center — Photo: Korea Tourism Organization (KOGL Type 3)

Hoe (회) means sliced raw fish. Visit Busan says you can buy raw fish at the live fish market on the first floor of Millak Hoe Town, and then eat on the upper floors with a view of Gwangandaegyo Bridge. KTO adds that the restaurants on the upper levels overlook Gwangalli Beach and serve sliced raw fish such as sea bream, flat fish, rockfish and flounder, plus spicy fish stews. Visit Busan also notes that a course meal is available on the second and third floors.

Visit Busan lists the hours as every day 09:00 to 02:00, and says this differs by store. Service fees also differ by store. We could not find a standard fee, so ask before you sit down. To order, you can say 회 주세요 (hoe juseyo), which means “raw fish, please”.

Names. KTO calls the place “Millak Hoe Center”, Visit Busan calls it “Millak Hoe Town”, and KTO’s page for the nearby theme street calls the area “Millak Raw Fish Town”. We think these refer to the same market area, but we have not seen a source that says so in one sentence.

Subyeon Choego Dwaeji Gukbap (수변최고돼지국밥 민락본점)

If you do not want raw fish, KTO lists a pork soup shop in the same part of Suyeong-gu. Dwaeji gukbap is pork and rice soup. This shop’s signature is hangjeong gukbap, made with pork neck in a broth simmered from pork bones. The menu also lists gogi gukbap (pork meat) and naejang gukbap (pork offal). KTO gives 66 seats, open 24 hours all year, no on-site parking, and a phone number: +82-51-754-9222.

How far apart are they?

We calculated straight-line distances from the listing coordinates, which are estimates and not walking routes. From the park, the Hoe Center is about 500 meters away and the soup shop about 300 meters. The two food stops are about 650 meters from each other. Check a map app before you walk.

If you have a food allergy or a diet rule, ask the staff about ingredients and broth. We could not find allergy or halal information for either place.

Plan Your Visit: A Gwangalli Evening

The route in three stops

Millak Waterfront Park (민락수변공원). Start here in the late afternoon.
Gwangalli Beach Theme Street (광안리해변 테마거리). KTO says it runs 1,250 meters along the beach and has three sections: Romantic Street, Sunrise Square and Youth Street. It is about 1 kilometer from the park in a straight line (our estimate).
Gwangalli Beach (광안리해수욕장). Watch Gwangandaegyo Bridge (광안대교) light up.

Gwangandaegyo Bridge

KTO says the bridge is 7.4 kilometers long and is the longest bi-level bridge over the ocean in Korea. It runs from Namcheon-dong in Suyeong-gu to Centum City in Haeundae. From the coast you can see Oryukdo Island, Hwangnyeongsan Mountain, Gwangalli Beach, Dongbaekseom Island and Dalmaji Hill. Thousands of LED lights put on a lighting show at night, and the display changes with the seasons. We did not find a published lighting time, so we do not give one.

The Saturday drone show

The Gwangalli M Drone Light Show is run by Suyeong-gu. Its official site says there are two shows every Saturday evening. From October to February they start at 19:00 and 21:00, and from March to September at 20:00 and 22:00. Each show lasts 12 minutes or longer, and it uses 1,100 drones, or up to 3,000 for special shows. The site says you can watch from anywhere along Gwangalli Beach. KTO’s listing says the schedule can change with the weather and shows the event as free. If you are in Busan on a weekday, there is no regular show, so plan the evening around the bridge lights instead.

Note that KTO’s listing gives about 10 minutes in one field and about 12 minutes in the overview. We use the official site’s “12 minutes or longer”.

Getting there

Millak Waterfront Park: Visit Busan says to take Busan Metro Line 2 to Gwangan Station (광안역) Exit 3 and walk 20 minutes, or take bus 41, 83-1 or 210.
Millak Hoe Center: Gwangan Station Exit 3, then an 18-minute walk. Bus 210 stops at Jinro Beach Apartment, and buses 38, 41, 83, 83-1 and 108 stop at Millak Golmok Market, followed by a 7-minute walk.
Gwangalli Beach: Gwangan Station Exit 5, then a 13-minute walk. Buses 42 and 62 stop at the beach. The Busan City Tour Bus Red Line from Busan Station stops at Gwangalli Beach Station.

We did not find last metro or bus times in our sources. If you plan to stay for the 21:00 show, check them before you go.

First-Timer Tips

These are our suggestions, not sourced facts.

Go in the late afternoon so you can see the park in daylight and the bridge after dark.
Eat before or after the walk. The Hoe Center and the soup shop are a short walk from the park.
Bring a light jacket. The coast can be windy after dark. We have no source on the temperature, so this is general advice.
If you do not eat raw fish, the pork soup shop is open 24 hours and is a simple fallback.

FAQ

Is Millak Waterfront Park free? Yes. Visit Busan lists the service fee as free. Parking is separate, and Visit Busan and KTO list nearby paid parking.

Can I see the drone show on a weekday? Our sources describe the show as a Saturday event. We found no regular weekday show.

When is the Busan Fireworks Festival? KTO’s theme street page says fireworks light up Gwangalli Beach in early November each year. KTO’s festival listing is for a 2025 date and says it is a paid event, so it is out of date. Check the official festival site for the 2026 date and ticket rules.

How long should I plan? We have no sourced visiting time for the park. For the evening route in this guide, a few hours is a reasonable guess, but that is our estimate.

What We Could Not Confirm

Last metro and bus times in the evening.
A standard service fee at the Hoe Center, and how fees work when you bring fish upstairs.
The date and ticket rules of the 2026 Busan Fireworks Festival.
A published nightly lighting time for Gwangandaegyo Bridge.
Allergy and halal information for any food stop.

Before You Go

Check the day of the week first. If it is a Saturday between October and February, add the 19:00 or 21:00 drone show. Otherwise, keep the plan simple: walk the park, eat, and watch the bridge lights. We post short first-timer guides on Instagram too: @rolo.koreaguide.

Related guides

Sources

Checked on 1 Oct 2026.

Korea Tourism Organization, TourAPI (English service): Millak Waterfront Park (content ID 1392313), Millak Hoe Center (1436149), Busan Gwangandaegyo Bridge (1064834), Gwangalli Beach Theme Street (3098933), Gwangalli M Drone Light Show (3115770), Busan Fireworks Festival (1385298). Subyeon Choego Dwaeji Gukbap Millak Main Store (3433027), English and Korean listing. Photographs from 1392313 and 1064834 (KOGL Type 1) and from 1436149 (KOGL Type 3), used unaltered.
Visit Busan (official Busan tourism site): Millak Waterside Park, https://visitbusan.net/index.do?lang_cd=en&menuCd=DOM_000000301001001000&uc_seq=285 ; Millak Hoe Town, https://visitbusan.net/en/index.do?menuCd=DOM_000000301003001000&uc_seq=293&lang_cd=en ; Gwangalli Beach, https://www.visitbusan.net/en/index.do?menuCd=DOM_000000301001001000&uc_seq=377&lang_cd=en. Re-read 1 Oct 2026.
Gwangalli M Drone Light Show official site, performance overview: https://www.gwangallimdrone.co.kr/overview (read 1 Oct 2026).
Distances: straight-line calculations from the KTO listing coordinates, not walking routes.