Busan, checked honestly.

Korea's largest fish market. Buy live fish on 1F (negotiate hard — first quoted price is 30-40% higher for non-Koreans), then carry it upstairs where 2F restaurants prepare sashimi + banchan + soup for a small service fee (~₩5,000/person). Locals do this every weekend; tourists wander 1F and leave without eating.

Pastel hillside village often called 'Korea's Santorini'. Most tourists stop at the main viewpoint and leave in 30 min — locals know the real charm is the maze of stair-alleys behind the photo zone. Free entry, free views, and dozens of tiny cafés run by retired residents.

Locals prefer Gwangalli over Haeundae because the suspension bridge view at night beats anything on Korea's east coast. Free drone light shows every Saturday 8pm + city-funded fireworks several Saturdays a year. Beach bars (pojangmacha) line the boardwalk with cheap soju.

A 1.5km storytelling trail through Busan's post-war refugee hills. 168-step staircase with a free monorail (₩0 — actually free), tiny museums about local life, and rooftop café views over the port. Almost zero foreign tourists.

Three-floor buildings stuffed with raw-fish restaurants overlooking Gwangalli Bridge. Locals come here for birthdays — set menus include sashimi, grilled seafood, soup, banchan, and soju for ₩30,000/person. The same spread at a Haeundae hotel is ₩90,000.