National park photography exhibition in Cheongju, free, until 27 September

The Korea National Park Service runs an annual photography competition across the twenty-four parks it manages, and tours the winning work. This autumn's stop is the Chungbuk Gallery inside OSCO in Cheongju, where it runs for eleven days to 27 September. It is free, needs no booking, and is a reasonable hour indoors if you are in the region and the weather has turned.

When the doors are actually open

The hours differ between weekdays and Sunday, and the closing days fall awkwardly inside the Chuseok holiday, so it is worth checking the day before travelling rather than assuming.

What is in the three rooms

The third room is the one that surprises visitors who think of national parks as wilderness. Korea's parks contain temples, fortress walls and tomb sites — Gyeongju is a national park made almost entirely of archaeology — and the competition treats that heritage as part of the landscape rather than as a separate subject.

More than photographs on a wall

Alongside the prints there is video work, a photo point, and a pop-up selling merchandise based on the flagship species used to represent individual parks. It is a small exhibition rather than a major show, and an hour covers it comfortably.