Heyri & Paju Book City

Getting here

From Seoul

Drive, or take the train. A car is the simplest way to see both the art village and Book City in one day, and VisitKorea lists free parking at Heyri Art Valley. By rail, Heyri's own 2022 guide sends visitors to Geumchon Station on the Gyeongui Line, with a local bus for the last stretch. Bus directions written before 29 November 2025 describe the old route: Paju City split the direct bus route from Seoul into two routes that day.

From Incheon Airport

Incheon Airport's night bus N5700 runs to Geumchon Station, where Heyri's own 2022 guide starts its local bus to the village. It leaves Terminal 1 at 00:30 and 04:10 and reaches Geumchon in 90 minutes; from Terminal 2 it leaves at 00:10 and 03:50 and takes about 20 minutes longer. Going back, the N5700 leaves Geumchon Station for the airport at 21:30 and 00:10.

By car

Set the navigation for Heyri Art Valley at 70-21 Heyrimaeul-gil, Tanhyeon-myeon, where VisitKorea lists free parking and free entry to the village. For Paju Book City, the Forest of Wisdom at 145 Hoedong-gil is the place to start; VisitKorea's 2025 guide places the book town around Munbal-dong.

On your doorstep

• Heyri Art Valley In VisitKorea's words, a neighbourhood of inspiration, creative workshops, exhibitions, festivals and education in the creative arts, at 70-21 Heyrimaeul-gil, Tanhyeon-myeon. Entry to the village is free, and each gallery and shop sets its own hours and closing days.
• Heyri Museum of Modern History of Korea A theme museum in Heyri founded in 2015, which Paju City describes as the first museum of modern history of Korea.
• Paju Book City A cultural complex home to Korea's leading publishers, printing houses, cafés, museums and bookstores, around Munbal-dong, according to VisitKorea's 2025 guide, which also notes its Hangeul sculptures and benches.
• Forest of Wisdom The book space at 145 Hoedong-gil, with a large bookshelf shaped like Hangeul consonants. Paju City describes it as a museum open to all people, collecting, preserving, protecting, managing and sharing valuable books.
• Letterpress Museum Listed in VisitKorea's 2025 Paju Book City guide alongside the Forest of Wisdom: a fitting stop in a town of publishers and printing houses.
• Imjingak Pyeonghwa-Nuri Park Paju's DMZ gateway in Munsan-eup, about 7 km from the DMZ by VisitKorea's figure, with the Hill of Wind and its pinwheels. The DMZ Peace Tour sells its tickets here and nowhere else; see our Imjingak & the DMZ page.

One easy day from here

1. Morning Start in Paju Book City: walk among the publishers' and printers' buildings and the Hangeul sculptures, then spend time at the Forest of Wisdom and its Hangeul-shaped shelves.
2. Late morning The Letterpress Museum, then lunch at one of Book City's cafés.
3. Afternoon Drive on to Heyri Art Valley, park free and wander the galleries and workshops, then visit the Heyri Museum of Modern History of Korea.
4. Evening Stay in Paju for the night. If the DMZ is next, move on to Munsan: the Imjingak DMZ ticket office opens at 09:00, and you need your original passport there.

Before you book

• Bring a car if you can. VisitKorea lists free parking at Heyri Art Valley, and a car joins the art village and Book City into one easy day.
• Bus directions written before 29 November 2025 describe the old route. Paju City split the direct bus route from Seoul into two routes that day.
• Galleries and shops in Heyri each set their own hours and closing days, VisitKorea says. Plan the day around the two or three places you most want to see.
• Doing the DMZ as well? DMZ Peace Tour tickets are sold only at Imjingak, from 09:00 to 14:30, and never on Mondays. Spend the night before the tour in Munsan and the night after it here.
• Landing late at Incheon Airport, the night bus N5700 takes you to Geumchon Station, where Heyri's own 2022 guide starts its local bus to the village.