About Daegu

Daegu is the 3rd largest city with a 2.5 million population and is located in the Southeastern part of the Korean Peninsular. The name of Daegu, Big Hills, originated from its geographic environment since the city is surrounded by mountains. Daegu has been playing a pivotal role in the areas of education, administration, economy, transportation and culture & arts in Korea for the last 400 years.

Daegu has led the Korea’s economy with its textile industry in the 60s and 70s and has been well known for its metal & machinery, autoparts and IT industries. And based on these traditional industries now the city is trying to transform into a leading city of future cars including EV and autonomous driving, clean energy, medical industry including medical tourism, IoT and smart city, and water industry.

The city also offers you a variety of cultural programs all year round: from Daegu Yangnyeongsi Herbal Medicine Festival in April, Colorful Daegu Festival with parade in May, Lantern Festival in May, Daegu International Musical Festival in June, Daegu Chicken & Beer Festival in July, Daegu International Body Painting Festival in August to Daegu International Opera Festival in October.

Furthermore, during your stay in Daegu, there are many beautiful and exciting places for you to heal your soul and enjoy yourself. If you like to experience Buddha’s culture and monks’ life, visit to Mt. Palgongsan where various Buddha’s cultural assets are housed such as Gatbawi Stone Buddha, Donghwasa temple and peaceful and beautiful nature around them. If you like to enjoy Summer night over cool bear and delicious fried chicken, go to Suseongmot lake where a musical fountain and pedalos await for you.

If you want to explore Daegu’s urban night, go to Dongseongno downtown where you can enjoy numerous eye-catching shops and restaurants. Or if you are curious about Daegu’s history, take one of the five walking modern history alley tour courses. You will understand what history the city went through and how important roles the city played in.

Don’t miss your opportunity to explore the true beauty of Daegu, the host city of the NUFACT 2019!