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Busan Rock Festival 2026 tickets: Samnak Eco Park + getting there
Busan International Rock Festival runs 2–4 October 2026 at Samnak Eco Park. Paid, mobile tickets only: 266,000 won for three days, 120,000 for one, via YES24 Global or Klook/KKday. Passport at the wristband desk, one wristband for the whole weekend, camping next door. Checked on the official site, 25 September 2026.
25 Sep 2026 · 7 min
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Jjimjilbang for the First Time: What Happens at the Door, in the Bath, and on the Floor at 2 a.m.
A jjimjilbang is a public bath with a living room attached. You are naked in the bath, dressed in the house pyjamas everywhere else, and the 24-hour ones let you sleep on the floor. Prices, hours and house rules from Spa Land in Busan, Aquafield in the Starfield malls and Sparex in Dongdaemun, and the two famous Seoul names that have closed. Checked 17 September 2026.
17 Sep 2026 · 6 min
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Busan International Film Festival Tickets From Abroad: Two On-Sale Days, an Email Account, and the Subtitle Codes That Matter
The 31st Busan International Film Festival runs 6 to 15 October 2026. Tickets sell online in two rounds, 17 and 21 September at 14:00 Korean time, through a separate non-resident booking site that needs only an email. General screenings are 10,000 won, two per screening code, refundable up to an hour before. Checked on the festival's own pages, 16 September 2026.
16 Sep 2026 · 6 min
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Getting Around Outside Seoul: Your Card Works Everywhere, the Rules Reset in Every City
The T-money card from Seoul works on the Busan subway, the Jeju buses and the Daegu metro. What changes is the fare table and the transfer clock, which every city sets for itself. Busan, Jeju, Daegu, Daejeon and Gwangju, with fares from each operator, checked 16 September 2026.
16 Sep 2026 · 6 min
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Busan Fireworks 2026: in your seat by 18:00 or lose it
7 November 2026, show 19:00–20:00. Paid seats forfeit entry and refund after 18:00. Free beach viewing is crowded. Checked 14 September 2026.
14 Sep 2026 · 4 min
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Did You Know There Is Still a Boat From Fukuoka to Busan?
Japan and Korea are close enough to sail between, and one ferry still does it daily. The three-hour hydrofoil everyone remembers is gone for good, and the reason it went is worse than a timetable change.
14 Sep 2026 · 5 min
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Busan From Seoul: Two Days, One Train, and an October Worth Planning Around
The KTX now runs Seoul to Busan for 54,400 won after the September 2026 fare cut. Two days covers both faces of the city — the hillside village and cliffs in the west, the beaches and towers in the east — and this October stacks a film festival, a rock festival and fireworks.
6 Sep 2026 · 4 min