Gamcheon Culture Village

감천문화마을

A refugee hillside turned into a pastel maze of stairs

Hours

Lanes always open; shops and exhibits keep daytime hours (varies, check on site)

Tickets

Free to enter (some exhibits and activities charge)

Address

203 Gamnae 2-ro, Saha-gu (visitor centre at the top of the village)

Refugees from the Korean War stacked their homes up this slope, and the layout survives: one house's roof is the next one's yard. Murals and installations started arriving around 2009, and now the pastel rooftops seem to tumble down the hill toward the harbour. Pick up a map at the visitor centre and work your way down the lanes past tiny galleries, a preserved old house and rooftop lookouts. The longest queue is always for the Little Prince and his fox, sitting on a ledge staring out over the village.