Millac the Market at Gwangalli: Go in the Evening for the Bridge Window, Not for the Shops

Whether Millac the Market is worth it from Haeundae depends mostly on the hour. Late in the day, with a coffee or a beer on the stepped seats facing Gwangandaegyo Bridge, I think it earns the short ride. In the morning, or as a pure shopping trip, I'd leave it off the list. The complex is a big indoor collection of food, fashion and small brands in Millak-dong, built on the old ME World site that Visit Busan calls a place of memories for local people. The facts below come from Visit Busan's feature on the place and from Busan Transportation Corporation.

The glass wall at the far end

Walk straight through the shops and you reach Busking Square, which Visit Busan treats as the building's signature space. It's a bank of stadium-style steps where people sit with a drink and rest. In front of them, a wide glass wall looks out over Millak Port toward the bridge.

Visit Busan's writer suggests taking photos from the top or the middle of the steps. The same writer gives the one piece of timing advice I'd follow without argument — the interior runs dark, so afternoon beats morning and evening beats afternoon. That is why I'd plan around the end of the day rather than fit it in whenever you happen to be nearby.

Why the beer matters here

Millak Waterside Park is close by and gives you the sea and the bridge for free, with no glass in the way. It became an alcohol-free zone on 1 July 2023, though, so a can on the waterfront is off the table. More on that stretch of coast is in my Gwangalli after-dark guide.

Busking Square is pitched as a place for exactly that drink, indoors and out of the wind. So the choice is fairly simple on a cold or wet night. Take the steps here if you want a beer with the view, and take the park if you want open air and don't mind going without.

What's in the rest of the hall

The building covers about 2,330 pyeong, roughly 7,700 square metres. It's the third complex of this kind from the operator Kitchen Borie, after The Bay 101 in Haeundae and Old Tree Market in Dadaepo.

Inside you get restaurants, cafes, clothing and jewellery shops. Some brands run as pop-ups for a fixed period, and Visit Busan's writer ran into many unfamiliar names, which is telling from a professional travel writer. Shared rest areas are scattered around the floor as well.

The outside has its own draw. The entrance wall is red brick with graffiti, and it has become the main photo spot. Those stairs look like a climb, but there's an escalator and a lift on either side.

The weak points

The main trouble is that it's still a mall at heart. Nothing in the feature ties the shops to Busan's history, and if you've got two days in the city, the old neighbourhoods will tell you more.

The listing gives no prices. Fees and closing days both read "differs by shop", so I can't tell you what a coffee or a meal costs here.

The feature is also ageing. It mentions units still being fitted out when it was written, and pop-ups come and go by design. If one brand is your reason for going, check the official Instagram account, millac_the_market_official, or call 051-752-5671 before you set off.

Hours are the one firm number: 10:00 to 24:00 every day, as the listing has it. That's a single figure for the whole building, so I can't promise every shop stays open until midnight.

Finally, the last stretch isn't a straight walk from the train, which brings me to the route.

Line 2, then the 210 bus

Ride Line 2 toward Yangsan and get off at Millak. That's four stops from Haeundae Station and one from Centum City. Exit 1 is the one you want, and the station's exit list puts Millak Waterside Park on that side.

At the Suyeong Hyundai Apartment and Millak Station stop, change to bus 210. Get off at Millak Landfill Public Parking Lot, which Visit Busan puts four minutes on foot from the building. The page gives no bus journey time and no walking time from the station, so I won't guess at either one.

For a taxi, show the Korean address: 부산광역시 수영구 민락수변로17번길 56. The spelling can trip you up too, because the complex writes Millac while the station and the neighbourhood write Millak. Searching the Korean name, 밀락더마켓, on a map app should get round that.

Drivers get a car park of the complex's own, though the page doesn't say what it costs.

When I'd skip the taxi

From our front door, a cab normally turns up within five minutes, and I'd happily suggest one on an ordinary evening. Peak season and BEXCO event weeks change that. The roads back up at those times, and I tell guests to take the subway.

Those same BEXCO weeks are also when restaurants around us fill up, and our guests move over to the Shinsegae food floors. Millac is a possible third choice on such a night, one train stop plus a bus away. I'd treat it as a backup and not a promise — I have no figures on how full it gets.

Pairing it with raw fish or a waterfront walk

This neighbourhood works better as an evening than as a single stop. Bus 210 also serves Millak Hoe Town, where you choose live fish downstairs and eat it on an upper floor. It stops at Millak Waterside Park too, and a promenade runs from the park along to Gwangalli's sand.

Serious seafood eaters should go to Hoe Town first and come here for a drink afterwards, because the feature names no fish specialists at Millac. Families and groups who can't agree on dinner may do better the other way round, with everyone picking a different counter.

Mixed appetites are where the hall makes the most sense. That and bad weather are the two cases where I'd choose it over anything on the waterfront.

Evening or not at all

Arrive in the later part of the day, go straight through to Busking Square, and treat the shops as something to browse on the way. If the evening is clear and warm, consider the park instead, because the view is free and the air is better. If you want Busan's character more than a comfortable seat, ride one stop further along Line 2 for Gwangan Market. That half-empty old hall has more story in it — just check its shops' hours first.

Millak Station's own name fits the idea, as it happens. Busan Transportation Corporation traces it to a scenic spot that many people could enjoy together.

Facts checked on 3 November 2026. Line 2 stations, the Millak exit list and the station name: Busan Transportation Corporation (humetro.busan.kr). The complex, the waterside park, Hoe Town, hours, address, phone, buses and parking: Visit Busan (visitbusan.net). Photo: Busan Tourism Archive (visitbusan.net), KOGL Type 1