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Munsu Water Park in Pyongyang
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Pyongyang, October 23 (KCNA) -- The Munsu Water Park, a health complex for citizens, has splendidly sprung up on the picturesque bank of the River Taedong in Pyongyang. The Water Park, covering an area of 109,000 square meters, consists of indoor and outdoor wading pools, gymnasium and others. Erected in the lobby of its indoor wading pool is the colored gypsum statue of leader Kim Jong Il, who devoted all his life to the people's welfare. The two-storied indoor wading pool with two roofs of pyramid-shape has 15 water tanks for swimming, surfing, brine, supersonic waves, etc., octopus- and mushroom-shaped douche places and various types of water slides, which help visitors relieve fatigue. It also houses tens of recessing places in the tunnel, whose ceiling and walls are shaped as running waves, with dim lightings installed below walls. And there are nine kinds of saunas such as oak charcoal sauna, salt sauna and ochre saunas, which are very effective in improving human health and enhancing skin resilience. Besides, it is arranged with soft drink stands and restaurants, which serve dishes and beverages made by cooks from Haedanghwa Service Complex, Haemaji Restaurant and other noted catering service establishments in the capital city of Pyongyang, as well as with shops for swimming and athletic apparatuses. The outdoor wading pool has various types of water slides and 10-odd water tanks, including seawater tank and water tank extending several hundred meters. It is also furnished with a small water park for children, beach volleyball court, diving tower and artificial falls and rocky mountain with a cave reminding one of Mts. Myohyang and Kumgang, where sculptures of various animals are standing. The gymnasium with a roof of pyramid-shape has two stories. On the ground floor there are courts for volleyball, basketball and badminton games and trampoline and rock-climbing facilities and, on the first floor, bowling alley and fitness room. The Munsu Water Park is now busy with an increasing number of visitors every day. |
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