Places to meet in Gwangju

A three-floor dessert cafe in Sinyong-dong with a rooftop terrace overlooking the Yeongsan River wetlands.

A downtown cafe on Geumnam-ro that serves bagels and coffee.

A calm cafe inside the Asia Culture Center grounds, known for its range of milk teas.

A coffee roastery cafe in Jisan-dong with a coffee factory floor and a private lounge upstairs.

A Nepali and Indian restaurant near Chungjang-ro serving tandoori chicken, curries and naan.

A large cafe in Gwangcheon-dong serving hand-drip coffee, pasta and wine, popular with couples for its night view.

A traditional Korean set-meal restaurant in a hanok-style house between Gwangju Park and Sajik Park.

A ramen restaurant in the Dongmyeong-dong area of Dong-gu.

A noodle restaurant in Maewol-dong known for clam kalguksu, with house-made kimchi sold to take away.

A hanok cafe made of two relocated old houses, serving traditional teas, drinks and desserts.

A public square in front of the former provincial office and the Asia Culture Center, with a fountain.

A city park in the Sangmu district with sculptures and memorial spaces about the 1980 democratic uprising.

A hillside neighbourhood in Seo-gu renewed with murals, small gardens and sculptures.

A lakeside ecological park beside Gwangju Lake with a walking route of several kilometres and wetland plants.

A large central park that contains the Gwangju Museum of Art, the Biennale hall and a folk museum.

A revived traditional market by Songjeong Station with food stalls, small independent shops and craft vendors.

The main downtown shopping street lined with shops, restaurants, cafes and cinemas.

Gwangju's main downtown shopping street, lined with shops, restaurants and cafes.

A traditional market in the city centre with artist studios, murals, cafes and a weekend evening night market.

A neighbourhood lane of small independent cafés and restaurants east of the city centre.

A short pedestrian street of galleries and art studios in Dong-gu, with an art flea market on Saturdays.

A department store in the U-Square complex in Gwangcheon-dong, Seo-gu.

A department store on Dokrip-ro at the edge of the downtown shopping area.

An outlet mall in the Suwan district with a supermarket and a cinema in the same complex.

An outlet mall next to Gwangju World Cup Stadium, run together with a Lotte Mart.

A national arts and culture complex in downtown Dong-gu with exhibition halls, performance spaces, a library and open plazas.

A street of small galleries showing local Korean art, with a flea market on Saturdays.

The exhibition hall of the Gwangju Biennale, an international contemporary art event founded in the 1990s.

A performing arts centre opened in 1991 with several halls and resident music and dance companies.

A folk museum in Jungwoe Park presenting the traditional life and culture of the Namdo region.

A kimchi-themed facility in Nam-gu with exhibitions, kimchi-making experiences and an annual festival.

The municipal art museum inside Jungwoe Park, opened in 1992 as the first public art museum in Korea.

A national science museum in the Cheomdan area with permanent exhibition halls and a children's science hall.

A branch of the Gwangju Museum of Art in Seo-gu, housed in the former residence of the provincial governor.

A multiplex cinema in the Cheomdan district with 4DX screens.

A multiplex cinema in the Sangmu district.

A leisure complex in Chipyeong-dong with a 24-lane bowling alley, screen golf rooms and a cafe and lounge.

A historic single-screen cinema from 1935 in the downtown Chungjang area, now showing art films.

A multiplex cinema in the Suwan area of Gwangsan-gu.

A multiplex cinema in the Sangmu district.

An indoor ice rink in the Yeomju sports complex where visitors buy a ticket and rent skates.

The open-concept home ballpark of the Kia Tigers baseball team in Buk-gu.

A large stadium used for Gwangju FC matches and concerts, within a sports complex that also has an indoor pool and ice rink.

A public indoor swimming pool inside the Yeomju sports complex in Pungam-dong.