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Busan City Hall’s Deullak Nallak to Evolve into a Cultural Platform Where Books, Art, and Nature Come Together in 2026

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it will expand and operate a wide array of reading and cultural programs throughout 2026, centered on Deullak Nallak, the children’s integrated cultural space at City Hall, to create a cultural platform where books, art, and nature come together.

With the vision of “Busan, a future city where children and parents are happy,” the City plans to strengthen the role of Deullak Nallak as a children- and family-centered cultural platform where play and learning, creativity and rest coexist.

In particular, the City will expand hands-on, family-participation programs that use books as a medium, thereby actively supporting children’s emotional development and creative growth, as well as helping families enjoy cultural activities together.

The 2026 program lineup at City Hall’s Deullak Nallak will include more than 30 types of programs, such as book-play sessions with picture book authors, the Light-and-Shadow Storytelling Classroom, and Sky Garden programs.

“Picture Book Play with a Picture Book Author,” held each month with a newly invited author, offers play-based reading activities using the author’s picture book.

A newly established regular family-participation program, the “Light-and-Shadow Storytelling Classroom,” is also expected to draw attention. Using light and shadows to tell stories, the program will be held every Thursday on a regular basis, with the aim of establishing Thursdays as “a day for families to enjoy light-and-shadow storytelling together at City Hall’s Deullak Nallak.”

The Sky Garden on the 4th floor of City Hall, opened to the public in November 2025, will be operated as an outdoor experiential space linked to City Hall’s Deullak Nallak. It will continue to be used as an integrated learning space where nature and books come together, through programs such as “Little Gardeners Who Read Books” and “Autumn Forest Playground.”

In addition, the City will run year-round programs such as writing guidance with authors, meet-the-author sessions, and reading-linked arts experience programs, supporting children so they can become familiar with books in everyday life and experience the joy of reading and creating.

Schedules and participation registration for each program will be operated through advance application by period via the City Hall Deullak Nallak website (library.busan.go.kr/openlib > Notice Board), and detailed schedules will be provided separately in accordance with each program’s operation period.

Kim Gwi-ok, Assistant Mayor of Youth Industry-Academic Cooperation Bureau, said, “2026 will be a year in which City Hall’s Deullak Nallak takes another step forward as a central space for children’s reading culture,” adding, “We will continue to make efforts so that children and families can communicate through books and create happy moments together.”