Busan keeps adding walking trails faster than most visitors can keep track of, and Haenuri-gil — a roughly 50-kilometer network specifically covering Haeundae district’s coast, forest, and downtown areas — is one of the newer ones. My friend Hana and I tried Course 2 not long after it launched, curious what a brand-new trail feels like before the crowds and the well-worn paths that come with an established route.
We met at the old Songjeong Station, a graceful early-1900s building that’s been preserved even after train service moved to a newer station nearby, its wide outdoor waiting hall now more of a public gathering space than an actual platform.
The old Songjeong Station’s historic outdoor waiting hall, the meeting point for Course 2.
Route waypoints
Songjeong’s old road overlook
From the station, the trail climbs briefly to Songjeong Old Road Overlook, a viewpoint looking back over Songjeong Beach — the water a deep, clean blue that morning, high-rises and low hills framing the curve of sand in a way that made for one of the better opening views we’d had on any Busan trail so far. It’s a short detour but worth every step.
Songjeong Beach seen from the old road overlook, early in the walk.
Through the forest to Jungdong Station
The trail then turns inland, running through a wooded stretch before reaching Jungdong Station on Busan’s Donghae Line — the section that gives Haenuri-gil its “sea, forest, and city all in one” tagline, since within a single hour you go from ocean overlook to quiet trees to an active train platform.
Haeri-dan-gil’s café street
Past Jungdong, the route enters Haeri-dan-gil, a newer café and boutique district that’s taken clear inspiration from Seoul’s “-dan-gil” neighborhoods — small independent coffee shops, design stores, and a generally younger, more curated feel than the traditional markets we’d walked through on other courses. It made for a natural lunch stop, and honestly a pleasant change of pace from the historic or industrial themes most Gamnaetgil sections lean into.
Finishing near Woo2-dong
The trail wraps up at a small park in front of the Woo2-dong community welfare center — a low-key, residential ending after a walk that had packed in coastline, forest, transit history, and a trendy café district all inside about ten kilometers.
Trail info at a glance
- Distance: approx. 10 km
- Walking time: 3 hours
- Difficulty: Easy, with one short climb to the Songjeong overlook
- Start: Old Songjeong Station
- Finish: Woo2-dong community welfare center park
- Highlights: Songjeong Old Road Overlook, Haeri-dan-gil café street
Map of the route
The route at a glance
A few practical notes
Haenuri-gil is newer and less internationally known than Gamnaetgil or Haeparang, so trail markers can be sparser in places — a downloaded map or a guided walking group is genuinely useful here. Haeri-dan-gil gets busy on weekends, so a weekday visit means more breathing room at the cafés. Old Songjeong Station and Jungdong Station both sit on Busan’s Donghae Line, making this an easy course to reach without a car.
For more on Busan’s Donghae Line and getting to Songjeong, see our guide to getting around Busan.
Walked in mid-October, clear skies, not long after this section of Haenuri-gil officially opened.
More walks nearby
Other walks in Gijang and the east coast on this site: