Namyangju(남양주) is a city in the northeast part of Gyeonggi province, South Korea.

Namyangju's best-known son, and one of Korea's greatest writers, was Jeong Yak-yong. Both his birthplace and his tomb are in the town, plus Jeong Yak-yong Ecological Park.

Understand

Symbol of Namyangju

Jeong Yak-yong's birthplace, exterior

Jeong Yak-yong's birthplace, interior

The city's flag represents a better Namyangju connecting nature, people, and culture, leading to positive changes. The symbol expresses the values of connection and openness by linking three Korean characters: ㄴ, ㅇ, and ㅈ.

Green and blue symbolize the clean nature and open future of Namyangju, and contain the vision of Namyangju, a state-of-the-art future city where diversity continues and connects nature, technology, present and the future.

History

The current city of Namyangju was originally separated from Yangju in 1980. However, the current Jinjeop and Jingeon areas were called ‘Goluino (骨衣奴)’ during the Goguryeo period. This place name was changed to Hwangyang (荒壤) during the Unified Silla period, and it was changed again to Pungyang (豊壤) during the Goryeo period. In this way, the current Jinjeop and Jingeon areas of Namyangju City had a separate place name from Yangju.

The name Yangju first appears in 936 (the 19th year of King Taejo's reign) during the Goryeo Dynasty, and the first record in 『Goryeo History』 is that “Yangju was given to King Gyeon Hwon of Later Baekje as a food settlement.” Afterwards, during the Goryeo Dynasty, the name Yangju continued to be used as the name of a local administrative district.

Then, on April 1, 1980, according to Law No. 3169, the history of Namyangju City begins as Namyangju-gun is newly established by dividing administrative district.

Because of its proximity to Seoul, Namyangju was not only a military point in the outskirts of the capital's defense, but also a gateway to the capital Seoul, northwestern Gyeonggi Province, Gangwon Province, and south of Gyeonggi Province, where transportation and commerce developed.

Climate

Namyangju
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D       16     3 −10       26     6 −7       30     12 −2       65     19 4       92     25 10       134     28 16       415     30 21       334     30 21       132     26 15       53     21 7       46     12 0       18     5 −17 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation+Snow totals in mm Korea Meteorological Administration
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D       0.6     37 14       1     43 20       1.2     54 29       2.5     66 40       3.6     76 51       5.3     83 61       16     85 70       13     87 70       5.2     80 59       2.1     69 44       1.8     54 31       0.7     40 1 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation+Snow totals in inches

In Namyangju, the summers are long, warm, humid, wet, and partly cloudy and the winters are short, freezing, snowy, and mostly clear.

Get in

Namyangju red bus

Namyangju Trolley Bus

Namyangju city bus

By subway

• 1 Donong Station (도농역). (updated Sep 2023)
• 2 Yangjeong Station (양정역). (updated Oct 2023)
• 3 Deokso Station (덕소역). (updated Oct 2023)
• 4 Dosim Station (도심역). (updated Oct 2023)
• 5 Paldang Station (팔당역). (updated Oct 2023)
• 6 Ungilsan Station (운길산역). (updated Oct 2023)
• 7 Byeollae Station (별내역). (updated Oct 2023)
• 8 Toegyewon Station (퇴계원역). (updated Oct 2023)
• 9 Sareung Station (사릉역). (updated Oct 2023)
• 10 Geumgok Station (금곡역). (updated Oct 2023)
• 11 Pyeongnae–Hopyeong Station (평내호평역). (updated Sep 2023)
• 12 Cheonmasan Station (천마산역). (updated Oct 2023)
• 13 Maseok Station (마석역). (updated Oct 2023)
• 14 Byeollae-Byeolgalam Station (별내별가람역). (updated Oct 2023)
• 15 Onam Station (오남역). (updated Oct 2023)
• 16 Jinjeop Station (진접역). (updated Oct 2023)

By bus

• Red bus 11. Sohag1li ↔ Gangbyeon Station. (updated Oct 2023)
• Red bus 100. Jinbeolli Garage ↔ Gangbyeon Station. (updated Oct 2023)
• Red bus 105. Jinbeoli Garage ↔ Danggogae Station. (updated Oct 2023)
• Red bus 105-1. Gwangneungnae Garage ↔ Danggogae Station. (updated Oct 2023)
• Red bus 1000, 1000-1. Hopyeongdong Garage ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center. (updated Oct 2023)
• Red bus 1001. Cheonghak-ri ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center. (updated Oct 2023)
• Red bus 1003. Dasan Garage ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center. (updated Oct 2023)
• Red bus 1006. Dasan Garage ↔ Gangbyeon Station. (updated Oct 2023)
• Red bus 1100. Chasan-ri Garage ↔ Sinsa Station. (updated Oct 2023)
• Red bus 1200. Chasan-ri Garage ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center. (updated Oct 2023)
• Red bus 1660. Dogok-ri Garage ↔ Gangbyeon Station. (updated Oct 2023)
• Red bus 1670. Dogok-ri Garage ↔ Jamsil Station. (updated Oct 2023)
• Red bus 1700. Dogok-ri Garage ↔ Gangnam Station. (updated Oct 2023)
• Red bus 2000, 2000-1. Jinberley Garage ↔ Gangnam Station. (updated Oct 2023)
• Red bus 7007. Gwangneungnae Garage ↔ Shinnonhyeon Station. (updated Oct 2023)
• Red bus 8001. Daeseong-ri Station ↔ Sinsa Station. (updated Oct 2023)
• Red bus 8002. Daeseong-ri Station ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center. (updated Oct 2023)
• Red bus 8012. Gwangneungnae Garage ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center. (updated Oct 2023)
• M2316. Namyangju (Chasan-ri, Hwado-eup) ↔ Jamsil Station. (updated Oct 2023)
• M2323. Namyangju City (Pyeongnae Hopyeong) ↔ Jamsil Station. (updated Oct 2023)
• M2341. Wolsan District ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center. (updated Oct 2023)
• M2344. Byeolnae House Story ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center. (updated Oct 2023)
• M2352. Pyeongnae Nonghyup ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center. (updated Oct 2023)
• M2353. Dasan Garage ↔ Jamsil Metropolitan Transfer Center.

Get around

By bus

• Trolley bus (트롤리버스). Namyangju City is the first city bus to operate a trolleybus, a modified version of Zyle Daewoo Commercial Vehicle's BS090, starting from June 24, 2020. The routes used are Thank You 11 and Thank You 50, which are semi-public routes of Namyangju City. (updated Oct 2023)
• City bus (마을버스). You can take city bus 2, 2-2, thank you 20, 33, 33-1, 60, thank you 61, 63, 64, 80, 82A, 82B, 84, 85, 85-1, 88, thank you 88-1, 88-2, 88-3, thank you 99, 99-1, 99-1(A), 99-2, 99-3 when moving within Namyangju city. (updated Oct 2023)

By bicycle

There's a lot of bike road in Namyangju. You can use public bicycle, named 'Elecle'.

By taxi

You can take taxi anywhere with a fee starting from ₩4,800.

See

• 

  Jeong Yak-yong

  1 Jeong Yak-yong's Historic site (정약용유적지), 11, Dasan-ro 747-beongil, Joan-myeon, ☏ +82 31-590-2481. 09:00-18:00. A birthplace where Jeong Yak-yong's life is well-preserved. There is a memorial hall where the achievements and traces of pioneers ahead of his time are displayed, and a cultural center that re-examines Jeong Yak-yong from a modern perspective. (updated Sep 2023)
• 2 Remember 1910, Lee Seok-Young Plaza (Remember 1910, 이석영광장), 946, Gyeongchun-ro, ☏ +82 31-950-7326. It is a historical place to praise Lee Seok-Young, who sold all his belongings and went into exile in Manchuria to devoted himself to the independence movement, and established the Shinheung Military Academy. (updated Oct 2023)
• 3 Dasan Ecological Park (다산생태공원), 56-15 Neungnae-ri, Joan-myeon, ☏ +82 31-590-8634. 24 hours daily. Dasan Ecological Park is a water environment ecological space that combines ecology, history, and culture. It is a waterside park where various plants are created. There is also an ecological interpreter who provides information about the various plants living in the park and tells the life story of Jeong Yak-yong, who loved the Han River. (updated Oct 2023)
• 4 Namyangju Museum (남양주시립미술관), 121, Paldang-ro, Wabu-eup, ☏ +82 31-590-8600. 10:00-18:00. Place where you can see Namyangju's history and traditional culture and the permanent exhibition room displays Paleolithic artifacts excavated from Namyangju, as well as Joseon and modern folk relics. In the special exhibition room, various exhibitions with new themes every year are displayed. Educational programs for infants, school organizations, and families are also in operation. (updated Sep 2023)

Silhak Museum's logo.

• 5 Silhak Museum (실학박물관), 16 Dasan-ro 747beon-gil, Joan-myeon, ☏ +82 31-579-6000. 10:00-18:00. It is the first and only museum with the them of 'Practical Learning'. Since Gyeonggi-do is the place with the largest amount of cultural heritage related to practical learning, Silhak museum collects, preserves, researches, exchanges, and exhibits tangible and intangible materials and information related to practical learning and provides knowledge and information to visitors through various programs. (updated Sep 2023)
• 6 Moran Museum (모란미술관), 246-1 Wolsan-ri, Hwado-eup, ☏ +82 31-5948-0010. 10:00-18:00. An art museum where visitors can enjoy contemporary Korean and foreign art. Works by famous Korean sculptors are on permanent display at the outdoor sculpture park, and several three-dimensional works centered on flat works are displayed in the indoor exhibition room. There are about 350 items, and in addition to the exhibition facilities, a spacious outdoor stage and sufficient rest areas are provided. Also, the curriculum research lab has domestic and international art-related books and slides, providing a venue for research on art history. (updated Oct 2023)
• 7 Praum the Musical Instrument Museum (프라움악기박물관), 756 Gyeonggang-ro, Wabu-eup, ☏ +82 31-521-6043. 10:00-23:00. It is the first Western musical instrument museum in Korea, a cultural space designed for listening, touching, feeling, and communicating with music. The museum has various special exhibitions, educational programs, and experience programs so that visitors can directly experience instruments. (updated Oct 2023)
• 8 Miho Museum (미호박물관), 15-2, Gosan-ro 126beon-gil, ☏ +82 31-566-7377. M, Tu, Th, F 10:00-18:00, Sa,Su 10:00-19:00 (closed W). Based on the content of natural history, Miho Museum performs the functions of a museum such as collection, conservation, education, exhibition, and research of authentic fossils, traces of past life forms, minerals, rocks, stuffed animals, and insect specimens. Furthermore, it has a space for rest and leisure activities. (updated Oct 2023)

Bongseonsa

• 9 National Gwangneung Arboretum (국립수목원), 354, Gwang-neung Arboretum-ro, Jinjeop-eup, ☏ +82 31-540-2000. Apr-Oct 09:00-18:00, Nov-Mar 09:00-17:00. A representative natural space where you can meet fresh air and green trees. It has 6,251 different kinds of plants, and visitors can see a specialized exhibition center, two greenhouses, and a forest museum. (updated Sep 2023)
• 10 Neungnae Station (능내역), 566-5 Dasan-ro, Joan-myeon. Train station which was closed in December 2008, and Ungilsan Station was newly established in place of this station. It is now a closed station where trains do not travel, but it has been remodeled and is used as an exhibition hall. The waiting room and railroad tracks are well-preserved, and vintage props such as wooden chairs, ticket offices, and art photographs make it a popular photo spot. (updated Sep 2023)
• 11 Bongseonsa (봉선사), 32 Bongseonsa-gil, Jinjeop-eup, ☏ +82 31-527-1951. It is a temple and visitors can smell lotus everywhere in Bongseonsa. (updated Oct 2023)
• 12 Garden of Water (물의정원), 398 Bukhangang-ro, Joan-myeon, ☏ +82 31-590-8634. 24 hours daily. Garden of Water is an eco-friendly relaxation space. When you cross a sea Bridge, the symbolic bridge of the Water Garden, a large flower complex has been created along the riverside promenade, where visitors can enjoy poppies in May and yellow cosmos in September. Bukhan River and Chohwa Complex come together. (updated Sep 2023)

Do

• 1 DreamWave Water Lesiure (드림웨이브수상레저), 68 Bukhangang-ro 1570beon-gil, Hwado-eup. The most popular sport in summer such as water skiing, wakeboards, motorboats, surfing can be enjoyed by visitors. (updated Oct 2023)

Farm Experience

• 2 Ahtti strawberry farm experience (아띠딸기체험농장), 285-3 Songchon-ri, Joan-myeon, ☏ +82 507 1899-1683. The main purpose is for families with young children to experience strawberry picking, and visitors can also experience making strawberry jam and strawberry pizza with strawberries they pick themselves. (updated Oct 2023)
• 3 Sosori Farm (소소리농장), 973 Songchon-ri, Joan-myeon, ☏ +82 31-576-4816. The activities vary depending on the season. The natural ecology experience takes place between April and June. Activities include collecting wild flowers, interacting with animals in Sosori Farm, observing and collecting tadpoles, planting rice, observing freshwater fish, making tofu with organic beans grown at Sosori Farm, experiencing vegetable garden, and searching for fertilized eggs. In addition, blueberry picking experience is available in July, the mini apple picking experience is available from September, and the apple and jujube picking experience is available from October. (updated Oct 2023)
• 4 Anna Farm (안나농원), 40-20 Dasanjigeum-ro 146beon-gil, ☏ +82 507-1335-6133. Visitors can experience pear picking. (updated Oct 2023)
• 5 Andersen Garden (안데르센정원), 169-1 Janghyeon-ri, Jinjeop-eup, ☏ +82 31-574-7806. Visitors can experience different activities for each month. From March to April, making edible flower Korean pancake and strawberry jam are available, from April to May, planting plants in pots, and making cucumber pickles, from May to June cherry and plum picking, in July, harvest and take edible flowers and assorted vegetables, from August to October, grape and apple picking, from October to November, picking jujubes and chestnuts, and December to February, flying a kite, snow sledding, roasting sweet potato chestnuts, making various wooden works are available. (updated Oct 2023)
• 6 Eco Green Farmer's School (초록향기농부의학교), 59-11 Bukhangang-ro 383beon-gil, Joan-myeon, ☏ +82 10-2925-8702. It is an ecological experience farm that provides crop harvesting experience, traditional culture experience, curriculum-related learning program, and farmhouse service. It is an eco-friendly rural experience farm that provides a variety of rural tourism services. (updated Oct 2023)

Festivals

• 7 Jeong Yak-yong Cultural Festival (정약용문화제), 11, Dasan-ro 747-beongil, Joan-myeon, ☏ +82 31-590-8842. Jeong Yak-yong Cultural Festival is a representative cultural festival in Namyangju, which has modernly inherited the spirit of Jeong Yak-yong, a UNESCO-designated world memorial. It is held at the Jeong Yak-yong Historic Site and Dasan Ecological Park, and you can experience programs such as literary contests, musicals, and many others. It takes place mostly in October. (updated Oct 2023)
• 8 Gwangneung Forest Festival (광릉숲축제), 353, Gwang-neung Arboretum-ro, Jinjeop-eup, ☏ +82 31-540-2000. The Gwangneung Forest Festival is held in Gwangneung Forest, and it is selected as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. It is open only once a year during the festival, so visitors can feel the importance of nature by walking along the forest path where numerous flowers, wild grass and rare trees are breathing in a very special space that they cannot enter normally, and various cultural events such as forest performances and forest experiences are held. It takes place mostly in October. (updated Oct 2023)
• 9 Wangsukcheon Cultural Festival (왕숙천문화제), 323-2 Donong-dong. You can enjoy various experiences such as folklore experience, and walking competition, and you can also enjoy various food, flea market, and performances. It takes place mostly in October. (updated Sep 2023)
• 10 Bongseonsa Lotus Festival (봉선사연꽃축제), 32 Bongseonsa-gil, Jinjeop-eup, ☏ +82 31-527-1951. The Bongseonsa Lotus Festival aims to realize a Buddhist culture that is united through communication and harmony by showing the atmosphere and culture that can be felt in the mountain temple of Bongseonsa, a representative temple in Gyeonggi-do. It takes place mostly in August. (updated Sep 2023)
• 11 Bukhan River Festival (북한강축제), 175-1 Geumnam-ri, Hwado-eup, ☏ +82 31-590-4598. Every visitor to Bukhan River outdoor concert hall can enjoy exciting cultural and artistic performances by popular artists. (updated Oct 2023)

Buy

• 1 Emart Namyangju Branch (이마트 남양주점), 27 Neureul 2-ro, ☏ +82 31-590-1234. 10:00-22:00. (updated Sep 2023)
• 2 Hyundai Premium Outlet Namyangju Branch (남양주현대프리미엄아울렛), 50 Dasansunhwan-ro, ☏ +82 31-8078-2233. (updated Oct 2023)

Eat

• 1 Naneungi restaurant (나능이버섯백숙), Geumgok 519-1 Ilpae-dong, ☏ +82 31-594-9959. 11:00-21:00. This restaurant specializes in chicken soup. ₩15,000 ~ 70,000. (updated Sep 2023)
• 2 Wondaero Seafood (원대로해물), Geumgok-dong, 700-30, ☏ +82 31-511-6499. This seafood restaurant specializes in seafood stew. ₩8,000 ~ 55,000. (updated Oct 2023)
• 3 RockandPinetree (바위와소나무), 474 Sunhwagung-ro, ☏ +82 31-529-1235. 11:30-22:00. This restaurant specializes in traditional Korean style food and red bean porridge. ₩8,000 ~ 30,000. (updated Oct 2023)
• 4 Baedudug (배두둑), Dasanjigeum-ro 163beon-gil, ☏ +82 31-555-7557. 11:00-21:00 (closed Th). This restaurant specializes in Gondre stone-pot rice meal. ₩9,000 - 23,000. (updated Oct 2023)
• 5 Onam Fire Oven Grilled Fish (오남화덕생선구이), 23-12 Onam-ri, Onam-eup. 11:00-21:00. This restaurant specializes in fire oven grilled fish. ₩12,000 - 50,000. (updated Oct 2023)
• 6 Onam Lake Spicy Stew (오남호수민물매운탕), 194, Onam-ri, Onam-eup, ☏ +82 31-529-7778. 09:30-21:00 (closed M). This restaurant specializes in spicy fish stew. ₩11,000 ~ 70,000. (updated Oct 2023)
• 7 Onamri Jjambbong Restaurant (오남리짬뽕집), 692 Jingeononam-ro, Onam-eup, ☏ +82 31-575-0508. 11:00-21:00. This restaurant specializes in Jjambbong. ₩10,000 ~ 30,000. (updated Oct 2023)
• 8 Yugsili (육시리), 1010-1 Byeollae-dong, ☏ +82 31-528-8695. 12:00-24:00. This restaurant specializes in Korean barbecue. ₩15,000 ~ 45,000. (updated Oct 2023)
• 9 MoghyangWon (목향원), 2334 Byeollae-dong, ☏ +82 31-527-2255. 10:30-22:00 / Last order 21:15. This restaurant specializes in grilled Bulgogi. ₩18,000. (updated Oct 2023)
• 10 IlsimBonga Bean Restaurant (일심본가콩요리), 773 Paldang-ri, Wabu-eup, ☏ +82 507-1429-3733. 10:30-21:30 / Last order 20:30. This restaurant specializes in bean dishes, especially abalone soft tofu soup. ₩12,000 ~ 35,000. (updated Oct 2023)
• 11 Stubborn Octopus Noodle Soup (고집통문어칼국수), 2177 Byeollae-dong, ☏ +82 507-1355-7041. 11:20-22:00 (closed W). This restaurant specializes in noodle soup with seafood such as octopus, squid, and clams. ₩9,000 ~ 72,000. (updated Oct 2023)
• 12 Unagi Restaurant (장어의꿈), 492-6 Sunhwagung-ro, ☏ +82 507-1483-1258. 11:00-22:00. This restaurant specializes in Unagi. ₩8,000 ~. (updated Oct 2023)

Sleep

Hotel

• 1 Aone Hotel (에이원호텔), 21-6 Toegyewon-ro 36beon-gil, Dasanjigeum, ☏ +82 31-569-1016. Check-in: 17:00, check-out: 12:00. ₩60,000 ~. (updated Sep 2023)
• 2 Park Hotel (파크호텔), 666-6 Jigeum-dong, ☏ +82 507-1394-3336. Check-in: 21:00, check-out: 12:00. ₩50,000 ~. (updated Oct 2023)
• 3 Gold Hotel (골드관광호텔), 133 Cheonghak-ro 92beon-gil, Byeollae-myeon, ☏ +82 31-841-2121. Check-in: 22:00, check-out: 12:00. ₩42,000 ~. (updated Oct 2023)
• 4 Reina Hotel (레이나호텔), 85 Palhyeon-ro, Onam-eup, ☏ +82 31-575-5195. Check-in: 21:00, check-out: 11:00. ₩50,000 ~. (updated Oct 2023)

Pension

• 5 A Pension (에이펜션), 178 Mokkoji-ro, Sudong-myeon, ☏ +82 10-6295-7269. Check-in: 14:30, check-out: 11:00. ₩150,000 ~. (updated Oct 2023)
• 6 Sansu Garden Pension (산수정원펜션), 96-1 Susan-ri, Sudong-myeon. Check-in: 14:00, check-out: 11:00. ₩77,000 ~. (updated Oct 2023)
• 7 Clover Pension (클로버풀빌라펜션), 108-8 Cheolmasan-ro, Sudong-myeon, ☏ +82 31-595-2888. Check-in: 15:00, check-out: 11:00. ₩230,000. (updated Oct 2023)
• 8 Healing Camp Pension (힐링캠프팬션), 204 Mokkoji-ro, Sudong-myeon, ☏ +82 10-9000-8908. Check-in: 15:00, check-out: 11:00. ₩150,000 ~. (updated Oct 2023)
• 9 DTWO Pension (디투펜션), 5-21, Songcheon-ri, Sudong-myeon, ☏ +82 10-5309-4367. ₩170,000 ~. (updated Oct 2023)

Connect

• 1 Namyangju Post Office (남양주우체국), 1288 Gyeongchun-ro, ☏ +82 31-590-0700. 09:00-18:00. (updated Sep 2023)

Go next

• 2 Gapyeong (가평). A county in Gyeonggi Province with beautiful scenery and nature view. (updated Sep 2023)