Gangneung

The creative city of Gangneung will foster the cultural industry
and advance sustainable development based on
"Gangneung Culture and Food Culture."

The Gangneung Committee for
Joining the UNESCO Creative Cities Network

Gangneung's Process of Joining the UNESCO Creative Cities Network

To join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, the City of Gangneung has gathered opinions from relevant organizations since 2020 and organized the Gangneung Committee for Joining the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, in which local gastronomic experts, restaurant and cafe owners and chefs, sustainable development activists, and figures from the education and media fields participated in. Starting with a lecture by the Secretary-General of the Korean National Commission for UNESCO, the Committee has organized various activities, including Korean food culture forums, international gastronomy forums with Jeonju of Korea, Macau of China, and Tsuruoka of Japan, signing MOUs with the City of Gimhae of Korea in the creative field, and the Korea Creative Cities Advisory Committee's workshops.

2022's

10month~12month

  • Coffee Festival

  • Noodle Festival

  • Wine Festival

  • Gangneung
    Bakery Festival

06month

The Korean National Commission for UNESCO has chosen Gangneung as one of the recommended cities in Korea.

05month

Gangneung International Gastronomy Forum (Gangneung, Jeonju, Macau (China), and Tsuruoka (Japan))

04month

An MOU has been signed between Gangneung and Gimhae (UNESCO Creative Cities of Crafts and Folk Arts).

03month

Gangneung literature & food forums

2021's

12month

Gangneung food culture forums

11month

A special lecture on UNESCO Creative Cities

07month

Organizing the Committee

2020's

12month

Registered as a prospective member of the Korean National Commission for UNESCO