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Fun Weekend Excursions

Lee So-Eun (Anyang, Gyeonggi-do) enjoys weekend excursions. She looks for adventures with friends every weekend. Her favorite destination is a flea market where she can get value prices. She can buy great products at a bargain, and enjoy window shopping. Anyang Public Art Park which is located in downtown Anyang is also one of her favorite destinations. She enjoys the cultural experience of watching artworks in the green setting.

After a walk, she moves to the 1st Avenue of Anyang to take a rest and have snack. While enjoying great meals and shopping, it becomes dark before she knows it.

Written by Jang Na-Rae and Photographed by Lee Jong-Min

Pyeongchon Flea Market
Anyang Public Art Park
1st Avenue of Anyang

Pyeongchon Flea Market
Pyeongchon Flea Market is held at Jungang Park, which is located on the opposite side of Anyang City Hall, from the noon to 6:00 P.M. on Saturdays. Tens of thousands of shoppers visit the Market, but only Anyang citizens can sell products. For a stall, provide the resident registration card at the desk on the day when markets are held, and the location of the stall is determined through the lottery system. Here is a tip for shoppers. For wise shopping, look at the style of sellers. If the style of sellers is similar to shoppers, the chances that shoppers will buy the right goods for them will improve. Here is another tip.

Go to the market before noon. The official opening hour of the market is 2:00 p.m., but the sellers start selling their items from 10:00 a.m. The market is already crowded with shoppers at 11:00 a.m. Bring a big bag. Sellers usually do not give shopping bags.

Anyang Public Art Park
Anyang Public Art Park is a new name of Anyang Amusement Park. APAP (Anyang Public Art Project) has been operated every two years since 2005, and a total of 52 pieces of artworks make a perfect harmony with the nature of the Park. While taking a walk along the valley of Gwanaksan (Mt.) and Samseongsan (Mt.), I can see wild flowers in full bloom. It is a great pleasure to see artworks put on the path to the observation deck. Installation art allows viewers to sit on and touch them, unlike artworks displayed in art galleries. The observation deck allows visitors to take a grand view of Anyang Downtown.

Cake Making
After watching great artworks in the nature, I return to the 1st Avenue of Anyang. Tomorrow is the birthday of my best friend. I will surprise her by making her birthday cake by myself. I am not good at cooking and baking but there is no problem. What I need to do is to select the best cake sheet and cover it with cream. The next step is to design my own cake. Toppings cost between 500 won and 1,000 won. There are diverse fruits such as strawberries, pine apple and cherries, as well as jellies. I can also write birthday messages with a chocolate-filled pen.
Self-Making Cake DAN – Address: 2nd Flr. 674-75 Anyang1-dong, Manan-gu, Anyang Contact: 031-441-0078

1st Avenue of Anyang
It becomes dark, and I feel hungry. What about taking a rest and having a great meal? It would be great to have dinner at a Californian role restaurant with the clean open kitchen. It is fun to select roles out of 35 options and looking out of the window. Fresh salad dishes are great appetizers, and roles with fresh toppings please the eyes. Fresh avocado and smoked salmon makes a perfect harmony. On the way home, flat shoes and stylish hats attract my eyes, and summer outfits displayed at show windows catch my eyes. Summer is just around the corner.


MARIE & MARE- Contact: 031-444-6343, Location: 2nd Flr. the Building between McDonald and Lotteria, the right side of Jungang Market to the direction of Shinhan Bank