Explore Pyeongchang City - the venue for the 2018 Winter Olympics
(Baonghean.vn) - Today (February 9) officially opens the 2018 Winter Olympics. Let's explore what's special about Pyeongchang city?
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| Pyeongchang City is located in Gangwon Province, in the Taebaek Mountain Range. Covering an area of nearly 1,500 square kilometers with mountains and valleys, Pyeongchang has a population of 43,000 people who live mainly on agriculture. |
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| Located at an altitude of 700 m above sea level, Pyeongchang city is known as the "Alps of Korea" with 80% of the territory being mountainous. |
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| Pyeongchang is also one of the coldest places in Korea. In winter, cold air blows down from Russia, causing temperatures to drop by about 1°C or even lower. Therefore, this place is also known as the “winter paradise city”. |
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| Coming to Pyeongchang, there is a poetic natural landscape, white snow, the world-class Alpenisia ski resort with six slopes of all levels. Yongpyong ski resort is associated with a long history of developing the sport and is the setting of the movie Winter Sonata; or Phoenix ski resort owns the largest ski station in Asia with international standard facilities and 17 attractive ski slopes, ... |
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| Pyeongchang attracts tourists thanks to its excellent skiing conditions. Alpensia is the largest resort here, with six ski and snowboard runs. |
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| Visitors will have no trouble finding Korean BBQ in Pyeongchang. However, the specialty here is dried fish stew, served with steamed rice and wild vegetables. |
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| People in Pyeongchang usually travel by bicycle, bus and car. The high-speed train line for the Winter Olympics was completed at the end of 2017, shortening the travel time from Seoul to Pyeongchang to just over an hour. |
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| Woljeongsa Temple is an interesting historical destination for visitors to Pyeongchang. Built in 643, this ancient Buddhist temple complex is also one of Korea's 10 national parks. |
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| In the mountainous town of Daegwallyeong, visitors can tour a sheep farm, learn horseback riding or take a cheese-making class. This is the land that appears in many Korean dramas. |
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| Daegwallyeong in Pyeongchang is the roof of Korea, a vast plateau of vast green grass and dense forests. In winter, the endless snow fields here feel like they touch the sky. |
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| The 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics took place from February 9 to 25, 2018, with an estimated participation of about 6,000 athletes from nearly 100 countries around the world, competing for 102 sets of medals in 15 winter sports. |
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| This is the second time the Winter Olympics have returned to Asia, exactly 20 years after the Nagano Olympics in Japan. In 2011, Pyeongchang won the right to host the 2018 Winter Olympics after beating out Annecy, France, and Munich, Germany. |
