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Bujeon Market
The city's largest downtown traditional open-air emporium and best place to buy low-cost in-season fruit and vegetables. The market is accessible from Bujeon-dong station (Exit 5).
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Gukje Market
West of Nampodong; has hundreds of small booths with a staggering selection of items, from leather goods to Korean drums.
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Gupo Market
A large selection of clothing, pungent Korean food and butcher shops specialising in fowl and dog meat. Whatever one's take on the ancient practice of using man's best friend for human nourishment, images of an eviscerated canine carcass are bound to produce lasting memories. Line 3 to Deokcheon station, Exit 3. Turn right at the first street and then left at the first street.
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Home Plus department store
Has a multiscreen movie theatre, 10-pin bowling lanes, health club (you only need to bring running shoes) and a decent supermarket. Line 3 to Sports Complex station, Exit 11. At street level follow the sidewalk and turn left at the first lane.
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Hyundai department store
Experience the country's department-store culture of saturating the floor with sales assistants and free food samples. All stores have ready-to-eat food and some Western goods. Hyundai department store is slightly down-market compared to Lotte, which usually means lower prices.
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Jagalchi Fish Market
Anyone with a love of seafood, and a tolerance for powerful fish odours, could easily spend a couple of hours exploring the country's largest fish market. Waterfront warehouses, tiny shops and elderly women perched on street corners process and sell an incredible variety of seafood, which unfortunately includes whale meat.
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Leather Industrial Arts
Handcrafted leather goods are made at this small shop with an impressive selection of bags, belts and wallets. It's around the corner from the Busan Modern History Museum.
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Lotte department store
Experience the country's department-store culture of saturating the floor with sales assistants and free food samples. All stores have ready-to-eat food and some Western goods. Lotte department store is the biggest; there's also a smaller version outside Myeongnyun-dong station, Exit 1, on Line 1.
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