Andong

Woryeonggyo Bridge at Sunset — Korea’s Longest Wooden Bridge, a 16th-Century Love Story, and Dining on a “Fake Ritual Feast” in Andong

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Entrance to Woryeonggyo Bridge in Andong, a wooden pedestrian bridge over the Nakdong River reservoir

I had no plans to visit Woryeonggyo Bridge in Andong. After a full morning at Dosan Seowon, I wandered into downtown looking for coffee and a way to kill time before my bus back to Busan. A local at the café overheard me asking about things nearby and told me, without hesitation, that this bridge … Read more

The Place on Korea’s ₩1,000 Bill — Walking Through Dosan Seowon in Autumn

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Autumn foliage framing the traditional wooden buildings inside Dosan Seowon, Andong

Take a look at the back of South Korea’s ₩1,000 banknote. Past the portrait of Confucian scholar Yi Hwang, there’s a painting of a man sitting in a wooden study, surrounded by trees and a river drifting by. That place is real — it’s called Dosan Seowon, a 16th-century Confucian academy built into the mountains … Read more