Contents 1 Overview 2 Transportation 2.1 Getting there 2.1.1 By air 2.1.2 By rail 2.1.3 By bus 2.1.4 By car 2.2 Municipal transit 2.2.1 Bus 3 Shopping 3.1 Public markets 3.2 Department Stores/Supermarkets 3.3 Book Stores 4 Dining and Entertainment 4.1 Korean food in Gumi 4.2 Snack style bar- 4.3 Pub-style bars 4.4 Fast Food and Noodles 5 Accomodations 6 Tourist bureaus 7 Public baths 8 Services 8.1 Auto Service 8.2 Hair Styling 8.3 Tailoring and Dry Cleaning 8.4 Veterinary Services 8.5 Travel Agencies 9 Utilities 9.1 Electrical Service 9.2 Communications 9.2.1 Internet Coverage 9.2.2 Mobile Phone Coverage 9.3 Natural Gas Service 9.4 Fuel Oil Service 9.5 Liquid Propane Service 10 Sanitation 10.1 Waste Separation Rules 10.2 Waste Pickup Schedule 11 Local Attractions 11.1 Specialty Products and Festivals 11.2 Museums 11.3 Temples 11.4 Points of interest 12 Recreation 12.1 Fitness 12.2 Outdoor Activities 12.3 Parks 13 Related Articles 14 External links

OverviewEdit

A bustling city of over 200,000 people, it consists of a huge primarily industrial district to the Southeast and a smaller residential and commercial district to the Northwest. The two areas are separated by the expressway.

TransportationEdit

Getting thereEdit

By airEdit

Nearest airport is in Daegu

By railEdit

Train runs right through here. A huge new train station being built (as of 2005) downtown.

By busEdit

A transportation hub for the region. Buses often stop here rather than in Daegu. From here you can get buses to several of the Daegu bus terminals.

By carEdit

Right along the main expressway between Seoul and Pusan.

Municipal transitEdit

BusEdit

ShoppingEdit

Public marketsEdit

Go out of the train station and turn left. The shijang is across the main street a couple blocks on. It's big and with quite a few restaurants.

Department Stores/SupermarketsEdit

E-Mart is down across the freeway in the industrial side of town. Seems to be a new Lotte Mart being installed in the same area.

Book StoresEdit

Dining and EntertainmentEdit

Korean food in GumiEdit

Snack style bar-Edit

Purette is same floor where you buy train ticket opposite side of passage way, they have waffle sandwich , bagle sandwich and croissant sandwich with coffee, teas, gelato. I recommend you waffel sadwich. Before I take train I alway have one and it is tasty.

Pub-style barsEdit

Fast Food and NoodlesEdit

You can get "Potato Avenue" candied sweet potatos on the street where everyone hangs out, a block north of the main street. Another brand of the same is sold in the train station.

AccomodationsEdit

Tourist bureausEdit

Public bathsEdit

Nokwon Motel on the main street has a women's-only sauna.

Gumi Tourist Hotel has a men's-only sauna.

Hwangguk Oncheon has baths a bit fancier than usual - Cost is 4500 for bathing or 7000 for jjimjilbang (stay overnight). There's also a gym adjacent to it which costs 80,000 won monthly for men, 70,000 won monthly for women.

Hanyang mokyoktang is near the Hwangguk Oncheon.

ServicesEdit

Auto ServiceEdit

Hair StylingEdit

Tailoring and Dry CleaningEdit

Veterinary ServicesEdit

Travel AgenciesEdit

UtilitiesEdit

Electrical ServiceEdit

CommunicationsEdit

Internet CoverageEdit

Mobile Phone CoverageEdit

Natural Gas ServiceEdit

Fuel Oil ServiceEdit

Liquid Propane ServiceEdit

SanitationEdit

Waste Separation RulesEdit

Waste Pickup ScheduleEdit

Local AttractionsEdit

Specialty Products and FestivalsEdit

MuseumsEdit

TemplesEdit

Points of interestEdit

Park Chung Hee's birthplace is nearby.

RecreationEdit

FitnessEdit

In Hwangguk Oncheon there's a gym which is 80,000 won monthly for men, 70,000 for women.

Outdoor ActivitiesEdit

ParksEdit

Geumo-san Provincial Park - on west side of town. Cable car, temple, hiking trails, lake (rent duck boats) picnic grounds, tourist village.

Admission is 600 won per adult.

Cable car is 4500 won round-trip for adults, 3000 won one-way. (There's a trail leading back down.)

--Skookum 17:32, 16 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Related ArticlesEdit

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External linksEdit

Here you can find some more information on this town.