Shopping
Gyeongsangbuk-do has 326 specialties, including agricultural and marine products, traditional wine, and handicraft items, and 156 kinds of souvenirs available for purchase. Moreover, the traditional markets, which have the advantage of carrying relatively cheaper products, are open at different times, such as 1-6, 2-7, 3-8, 4-9, and 5-10, per si, gun, and town.
You can check specific products at the Gyeongbuk Nadri Website (http://gbtour.net/JSPROOT/eng/04_purchase/local01.jsp).
Local Specialties
| Local | Specialties |
|---|---|
| Pohang-si | Pidegi cuttlefish, chives, spinach, guamegi (wind-dried mackerel or saury) |
| Gyeongju-si | Hwangnam-bbang (red-bean pasted filled bread), glutinous barley bread, Hwarangju (wine), Chal tomato, Gyodong beopju (wine) |
| Gimcheon-si | Gwahaju (wine), grapes, plum, oriental melon, potato, jing (gong), kkwaenggwari (small gong) |
| Andong-si | Hanwoo, salted mackerel, soju, Andongpo (hemp cloth), hanji (traditional paper), hahoe mask, powdered medicine |
| Gumi-si | Flower, cherry tomato, melon, sweet potato, shitake mushroom |
| Yeongju-si | Punggi ginseng, apple, hanwoo, Punggi artificial silk |
| Yeongcheon-si | Grapes, peach, pear, apple |
| Sangju-si | Dried persimmon, rice, silk |
| Mungyeong-si | Ceramics, apple, Hosanchun (traditional wine), shitake mushroom, schizandra, Mungyeong Hanwoo |
| Gyeongsan-si | Plum, jujube, grapes |
| Gunwi-gun | Apple, Golden pear, cucumber, garlic, pine mushroom |
| Uisung-gun | Red clay rice, garlic, pepper, plum and Jade apple |
| Cheongsong-gun | Apple, Peper, flower-stone, earthenware, Yak jujube |
| Yeongyang-gun | Pepper, Chohwaju (wine), honey, gastrodia |
| Yeongdeok-gun | Snow crab, peach, stone seaweed, Ohshipcheon sweetfish, taurine crab roe |
| Cheongdo-gun | Hanjae water parsley, enoki mushroom, persimmon, peach |
| Goryeong-gun | Strawberry, Ugok watermelon, Seongsan melon, Gaejin potato |
| Seongju-gun | Oriental melon, honey, doenjang (fermented soybean paste), gochujang (red pepper paste), fermented soybean block |
| Chilgok-gun | Honey, rice, oriental melon, water parsley |
| Yecheon-gun | Hanwoo, sesame oil, Geumdang honey |
| Bonghwa-gun | Pine mushroom, Oriental herb hanwoo, Bok watermelon, brassware, Daksil Korean traditional crackers |
| Ulgin-gun | Cuttlefish, snow crab, Sangtomi (herbicide-, peciticide- and chemical fertilizer-free rice), pine mushroom, Gopo seaweed |
| Ulleung-gun | Cuttlefish, pumpkin yeot (taffy), wild edible greens, deodeok (mountain roots), stone seaweed |
