Sunday, April 22, 2012

The Big Chill Bar - Suwon

Yesterday, a few friends took me to a place that felt a LOT like Wisconsin.  The Big Chill bar in Suwon is a great place to meet and hang out in a western atmosphere with foreigners in Korea, like me!

They treated my Korean friends very well and had a lot of the little extras that make a place stand out.

8:30 on a Saturday night during mid-terms week.
It picks up around 11pm and stays open well past the usual 2am.
  


Where else can you find poutine?

... or hookah?

They have a Ladies Night, Quiz Night, and the Acoustic Garden series.  For full band performances, look no further than upstairs to their sister bar "Indie Suwon".

The Big Chill website   (010) 9168-8974 (yes, they speak English! ^^)


Taking the bus is the cheapest and fastest way to get there, at least until they finish building the Suin line.  

The 707 goes between Suwon and Ansan.  Here are the stops that I use.


Get on 707 at 18-272 stop Take the 707 bus to 03-015 - 수원역 AK 프라자 .
The nice thing about this route is that Suwon Station - AK Plaza is the first and last stop on the route; no chance of missing the stop.


Transfer to any one of these buses (double check with shelter schedules) 
10     10-2     10-5
11-1  37        46-1
66     66-4     88
720   720-2   730

An example of route 10-2:


Get off at the 03-137 stop: 녹산문고앞 경기도빅치유센
This stop is after the first hard right turn on the route. 


To go back: 

Get on at 03-142 stop 녹산문고앞 경기도빅치유센터 
(across the street from where you arrived)

Take a bus to Suwon Station - AK Plaza (last stop) (03-017)
10     10-2     10-5 
11-1  37        46-1 
66     66-4     88 
720   720-2   730 

transfer to 707 and get off at 18-273 (안산문화예술의전당) - (my place, just  an example)

Taking a taxi is also easy.  The rates are cheaper after 4am.  Be strong.  A ride from Suwon to Ansan during that time is about 20,000W.

1 comments:

woo you are doing a pretty helpful job for the foreingers working as the similar position with you

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