Busan (부산)

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Busan (부산)

October 2009

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Busan is the second largest city in South Korea. Geographically, it is opposite to Seoul in the southeast corner of the country, and it has one of the largest container ports in the world. Local entertainment caters strongly for the needs of sailors, and since Busan happens to be not too far from Vladivostok, Russian sailors in particular, but apart from that it is a typical well-organised Korean city. Perhaps a bit less pretentious than Seoul. The city is squeezed between the mountains and the sea, and therefore it occupies a rather long area of the coastline. Overall, it is a nice place but there is no real reason for tourists to stay in Busan; all you can get here you can also get on a larger and grander scale in Seoul.