Gwangalli Beach

{{short description|Beach in Busan, South Korea}}

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| photo_caption = Gwangalli Beach in 2011

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| hangul = 광안리 해수욕장

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The Gwangalli Beach ({{korean|hangul=광안리 해수욕장}}) or Gwangan Beach is a beach in Gwangan 2(i)-dong, Suyeong District, Busan, South Korea. It is west of Haeundae Beach. It sits inside a cove spanned by the Gwangan Bridge and covers 82,000 square meters over a length of 1.4 km and a width of 25 to 110 metres, in a curved in a half-moon shape with fine sand. Adjacent are alleys with restaurants, coffee shops and nightclubs.

Because of its popularity, city officials are pushing for improving water quality around the beaches.[http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/TR/TR_EN_5_5_2.jsp "Busan City Tour"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224075232/http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/TR/TR_EN_5_5_2.jsp |date=2013-02-24 }} Korean Tourism Organization. Retrieved 2011-11-11

The beach is near the Busan Yachting Center used for the sailing events of the 1988 Summer Olympics.{{cite news |title=Easy escape to beaches |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/1752543/easy-escape-beaches |accessdate=16 December 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=31 March 2015}}

For the 2018 film Black Panther, a car chase scene which required over 150 cars and 700 people was filmed in the Gwangalli Beach area.{{cite news |title=Black Panther: South Korea tops international box office |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-43108557 |accessdate=10 November 2019 |work=BBC News |date=19 February 2018}}