House of Missionary Switze (선교사스윗즈주택)

4.9Km 2024-08-05

2029 Dalgubeol-daero, Jung-gu, Daegu

The House of Missionary Switze served as home for a host of American missionaries. Built between 1906 and 1910, the home is a Western-style structure with two above-ground floors and one basement level. In 1981, the house was used as company housing for doctors at the nearby Dongsan Hospital, at which point changes were made to the interior and exterior of the house. It was later changed into a missionary museum, displaying items used by the missionaries who lived in.

Modern History Experience Hall Gyesanyega (근대문화체험관 계산예가)

4.9Km 2021-04-27

6-1, Seoseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu
+82-53-661-3323

Modern History Experience Hall Gyesanyega opened in 2012 is a public space designed for rest and education. Visitors can enjoy a moment of relaxation while touring Daegu Modern Culture Alley, as well as learn more about the history of the area through the video hall and about the houses featured along the way, such as House of Yi Sang-hwa and House of Seo Sang-don, at the hanok exhibition hall.

House of Yi Sang-hwa (이상화 고택)

4.9Km 2023-01-06

6-1, Seoseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu
+82-53-256-3762

Yi Sang-hwa was a nationalist poet, who resisted the Japanese colonialism. This was his house from 1939 until his death in 1943. His house was neglected after he died, until a citizens' movement in 1999 to preserve the house urged the Military Mutual Aid Association to purchase it, and donate it to the City of Daegu on October 27, 2005. It has been restored and opened to the public, serving as the center for education of the poet's brave spirit and work.

House of Seo Sang-don (서상돈 고택)

4.9Km 2021-07-01

6-1, Seoseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu
+82-53-256-3762

The house of entrepreneur and activist Seo Sang-don is located in the heart of Daegu. In 1907, in an effort to repay national debt and to gain independence from Japan, Seo launched the National Debt Repayment Movement as well as a nationwide campaign calling for people to quit smoking.

In celebration of Seo's leadership, the City of Daegu restored Seo's old house and opened it to the public. The City also built the National Debt Repayment Park and erected a statue of Seo in his honor.

8 Seconds - Dongseong-ro 2(i)-ga Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (에잇세컨즈 동성로2가점)

4.9Km 2024-04-23

34, Dongseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu

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BL plastic syrgery clinic (비엘성형외과의원)

4.9Km 2025-07-29

(1st-3rd and 11th-13th Floors), 95 Dongseong-ro 2-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu

BL Plastic Surgery Clinic offers a comprehensive range of treatments and surgeries led by a team of highly skilled specialists in plastic surgery, dermatology, and anesthesiology, each with years of experience and numerous successful cases.

We offer one-on-one consultations to balance the patient's preferences with the medical team’s professional recommendations. To assess surgical eligibility, we use diagnostic equipment with the lowest radiation exposure. Additionally, our facility is equipped with advanced cosmetic skin treatment devices and employs a clean room system to minimize infection risks.

We have dedicated coordinators fluent in English, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Vietnamese, Thai, and Khmer for our international patients. Our overseas medical center offers detailed and secure care through personalized consultations with coordinators from their home countries.

Eldis Regent Hotel (엘디스 리젠트 호텔)

4.9Km 2021-02-11

2033, Dalgubeol-daero, Jung-gu, Daegu
+82-53-253-7711

Situated in the heart of the city of Daegu, Eldis Regent Hotel is in close proximity to domestic financial institutions, government offices, Daegu World Cup Stadium, and Daegu Stadium. The European-style business hotel has up-to-date central heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems and each of the eight different types of guestrooms are equipped with soundproof windows. Hotel facilities include a jazz bar (“Blue Chicago”), and a fitness club outfitted with modern weight and workout equipment.

The hotel is located near a transfer subway station, making it easy to reach many shopping districts of Daegu. Lotte Department Store, Hyundai Department Store, and Daegu Department Store, as well as traditional Seomun Market are all within walking distance of the hotel, making Eldis Regent Hotel a favorite accommodation among shoppers. Various medical clinics are located nearby with Yangnyeongsi, a tourist site known for its 350 years of history in traditional Korean medicine, a mere 3-minute walk from the hotel.

Daegu Korean Chinese Association (대구화교협회)

4.9Km 2023-02-03

34, Jong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu
+82-53-661-2624

Daegu Korean Chinese Association building is a red brick two-story Western-style house built in 1929. Seo Byeong-guk, a rich man in Daegu, entrusted the design and construction to Mo Mungeum, a Chinese architect. It is a flat rectangular structure, and the protruding granite porch balances left and right symmetry. There is a theory that the bricks were brought from Pyeongyang and the woods from Geumgangsan Mountain. It was also used as an HID (Headquarters of Intelligence Detachment) building. There is one building, a playground, a statue of Chiang Kai-shek, and a mural of a Chinese figure painted at the entrance. It is a representative modern building in the Daegu area that boasts a beautiful appearance and is currently used as the office of the Daegu Korean Chinese Association. It was designated as a National Registered Cultural Heritage on June 19, 2006, as it shows the style of modern architecture in the 1930s, not many examples of which are left. This is the last stop of Daegu Modern Alley Tour Course 2.

Gyonam YMCA (교남YMCA)

4.9Km 2023-01-20

22, Namseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu

Established in December 1921, the Gyonam YMCA Hall served as a gateway to the modern movement in Daegu. During the Japanese colonial period, it was a meeting place and a base for Christian national movements such as the Product Promotion Movement, the Christian Rural Movement, and the Singanhoe Movement. This hall is a two-story red brick building built by the American missionary Blair in 1914. It retains the characteristics of the 1910s and '20s masonry construction, such as decorating the first and second floors with cornices and securing a square window with arches. In the early days, it was used as a place for students' education, evening classes, and lectures.

Petite Joongang Family Museum (작은 중앙가족박물관(한방개인박물관))

4.9Km 2021-12-20

50-5, Jungang-daero 77-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu
+82-53-252-6606

Petite Joongang Family Museum is a family-owned museum that showcases the antiquities of Oriental medicine, as practiced by a local family for three generations over 90 years in the city of Daegu, a city known for its 350-year-old medicinal herb market. The tools used by the family including scales, medicine bowls, prescriptions and manuscripts of traditional medicine tell the history of Oriental medicine in Korea as well as the family's dedication to treatment using the traditional herbal medicine practice. The museum serves its visitors with healthy Oriental medicine tea, while the living family members offer free medical consultation.

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