Daejeon Balloon Festival

Once a year around October, this is not the international balloon festival you are likely thinking of. The 2010 edition of this annual event only had two hot-air balloons, both tethered tightly to the ground. However, as the sun sets, they let off an amazingly large quantity of small disposable lantern balloons that float off in the south-westerly breeze of the neon Smart Towers housing complex and into the mountains. Both Daejeon city and the DICC have a tendency to try to book in other festivals at the same time as this nearby to attract more out-of-town visitors, so keep an eye on local schedules.

Getting there

opposite Expo Park, by the river