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Highlights include 40 Steps, BIFF Square, Busan Tower, Cheongsapo Daritdol Observatory, Dongbaekseom Island, Dongbaekseom Island Rock Trail.

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  1. 40 Steps: story on the “Nampo: Old Port and Markets of Busan” route

    This point establishes the route's vertical axis: the port below, refugee housing above.

  2. BIFF Square: story on the “Nampo: Old Port and Markets of Busan” route

    Here you will learn why a commercial street in Nampo was chosen for the first film festival.

  3. Busan Tower: story on the “Nampo: Old Port and Markets of Busan” route

    This stop shifts from the history of the refugee-covered slope to the history of the summit, where a colonial shrine disappeared after liberation.

  4. Cheongsapo Daritdol Observatory: story on the “Busan Coast: Haeundae, Dongbaekseom Island, and Cheongsapo” route

    The final stop will connect the fishing reefs with a new walking loop above the water.

  5. Dongbaekseom Island: story on the “Busan Coast: Haeundae, Dongbaekseom Island, and Cheongsapo” route

    This stop explains why Camellia Island had to be replanted with camellias.

  6. Dongbaekseom Island Rock Trail: story on the “Busan Coast: Haeundae, Dongbaekseom Island, and Cheongsapo” route

    This short stretch will show how coastal protection changed an ambitious tourism plan.

  7. Gukje Market: story on the “Nampo: Old Port and Markets of Busan” route

    The market rows explain how people without their former jobs and connections rebuilt their lives in Busan.

  8. Haeundae Beach: story on the “Busan Coast: Haeundae, Dongbaekseom Island, and Cheongsapo” route

    Here you will see why a broad strip of sand requires constant engineering work.

  9. Jagalchi Market: story on the “Nampo: Old Port and Markets of Busan” route

    The finale by the water returns to the people who began trading with a basin of fish on the reclaimed shore.

  10. Jeolyeong Coastal Trail: story on the “Huinnyeoul: a village on the slope and the Yeongdo shore” route

    The island’s old name leads the story from the modern waterfront to the medieval struggle between two rulers.

  11. Nurimaru APEC House: story on the “Busan Coast: Haeundae, Dongbaekseom Island, and Cheongsapo” route

    The preserved hall will show how the agreement made at the round table was tested after the summit.

  12. Yongdusan Park: story on the “Nampo: Old Port and Markets of Busan” route

    Here you will understand why this green hill cannot be seen as a preserved empty corner of the old city.

  13. Gamcheon Culture Village Information Center: story on the “Gamcheon: a postwar village on the hillside” route

    Here it will become clear how residents turned the flow of tourists into a shared village budget.

  14. Haneul Maru Observatory: story on the “Gamcheon: a postwar village on the hillside” route

    A former home will connect vacant buildings with the first alley route.

  15. Princess Hwangok Mermaid Statue: story on the “Busan Coast: Haeundae, Dongbaekseom Island, and Cheongsapo” route

    The statue links an invented fairy tale, family memory, and the trace of a typhoon.

  16. Small Museum: story on the “Gamcheon: a postwar village on the hillside” route

    The collection restores to the bright hillside the memory of its first families and their everyday lives.

  17. The Bay 101 and the Reclaimed City: story on the “Busan Coast: Haeundae, Dongbaekseom Island, and Cheongsapo” route

    The bay will show what stood on the site of the marina and towers before reclamation.

  18. The Little Prince and the Fox: story on the “Gamcheon: a postwar village on the hillside” route

    The sculpture is needed to distinguish the artist’s intention from the familiar photo spot.

  19. Entrance to Huinnyeoul: story on the “Huinnyeoul: a village on the slope and the Yeongdo shore” route

    Here it will become clear how several vacant rooms changed the purpose of an old residential slope.

  20. Gamnae Gol Happy Power Plant: story on the “Gamcheon: a postwar village on the hillside” route

    The final stop will show how jobs appeared here not only in souvenir retail.

  21. Haeundae Carved Stone: story on the “Busan Coast: Haeundae, Dongbaekseom Island, and Cheongsapo” route

    The carving will explain how an official's literary name became the name of the entire coast.

  22. Piano Stairs and Viewing Platform: story on the “Huinnyeoul: a village on the slope and the Yeongdo shore” route

    The stop will link public works after the financial crisis with the passage between the village and the shore.

  23. Sea Tunnel: story on the “Huinnyeoul: a village on the slope and the Yeongdo shore” route

    Here, the former break in the walking path will turn out to be a matter of accessibility and emergency access.

  24. Stairs to See Stars: story on the “Gamcheon: a postwar village on the hillside” route

    The local name restores the tourist staircase's former everyday meaning.

  25. Upper Gamnae-ro Street: story on the “Gamcheon: a postwar village on the hillside” route

    The street shows how the rules of a resettlement community can still be read in the layout of the hillside.

  26. The House from The Attorney: story on the “Huinnyeoul: a village on the slope and the Yeongdo shore” route

    The vacant house becomes the starting point for a story about choosing between a safe career and defending a person.