BIFF Square & Gukje Market
BIFF광장 / 국제시장
Seed-hotteok in hand, from film-star handprints to market lanes
- Hours
- Square always open; Gukje Market shops roughly morning to evening (Wikivoyage lists 07:00–22:00; varies by shop)
- Tickets
- Free
- Address
- BIFF Square-ro, Nampo-dong, Jung-gu; Gukje Market starts just north of the square
This old cinema strip is where the Busan International Film Festival began, and directors' and actors' handprints are set into the pavement. These days it's better known for street food: the queue at the seed-hotteok stalls catches your eye before the handprints do. Cross north and you're into Gukje Market, the setting of the film Ode to My Father, where clothing, kitchenware and import shops are broken up by alleys selling bibim-dangmyeon glass noodles and fishcakes. Graze your way through and you've had lunch.