Monday, August 17, 2009

Haneul Park (Sky Park)

One Sunday morning, “EYES” gathered at Haneul Park at 9:30 in the morning.
Since it was quite early for people to visit here, only few people were there.
We could feel a refreshing mountain atmosphere.


As we waited for the other members to arrive, the sun came up and dried up all the morning dew.

Back in the history, Haneul Park used to be a beautiful island with orchids and it was called Nanjido. But, it was converted into a landfill in the middle of the rapid urbanization of Seoul in 1978. We could not hand down Nanjido, the mountain of garbage, to our descendents. Therefore, our efforts to regenerate Nanjido as an environment-friendly park have started. Haneul Park is one of the fruits from those efforts.



From here, the stairs to the sky starts. If you climb up all those stairs....

you will arrive at here!!! Just under the sky.


Haneul Park is located in the hightest place within World Cup Park.





There are many boards of this kind. It has questions and answers that regards information about this park.
There is view point where you can look down Seoul’s great scenery such as Mt.Bukhan, Mt.Namsan and Han river.

(extraction and recycling of landfill gas) Methane gas generated from here is recycled as fuels for Seoul World Cup stadium and an apartment complex nearby Nanjido. Recycling of methane gas, the primary cause of the stench, has accomplished both the environmental improvement of Nanjido area and the substitution effect of energy source, and the recyled gas will be supplied for Sangam area and Digital Media City as well.



A vast grassland for a habitat of animals and plants was created by placing eulalia and cogongrass in its northern part and sunflowers and buckwheat in its southern part, and the, a natural ecosystem was finally established by setting over 30 thousand butterflies at large.

_________________________Information from: a brochure of World Cup Park.
Photos taken by: Lee Jae kyung
Editor: Park Soo jin

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