Taedonggang Hotel in Pyongyang: A Storied Riverside Landmark Reborn

A Storied Pyongyang Address on Sungri Street

The Taedonggang Hotel stands on Sungri Street in Kyongrim-dong, Pyongyang, North Korea, placing it within the recognizable central grid of the capital. The structured record anchors the property to this neighborhood, giving travelers a concrete landmark to picture when looking at the city map. The short street identifier, paired with the district name, gives the property a distinctive Pyongyang street presence rather than a generic city-center label.

From "International Hotel" to a Taedong River Icon

Originally opened in 1955 as a hotel built for foreign guests, the building carried the name "International Hotel" (국제려관) before later being known as Pyongyang Hotel (평양호텔) and finally taking its current identity as the Taedonggang Hotel (대동강려관). That three-name evolution reflects several decades of Pyongyang hospitality history compressed into one address on Sungri Street. Reading the names in order traces a clear path from the mid-1950s international guesthouse era to the present Taedong River–branded identity associated with the building today.

A Fire, a Rebuild, and the Building's Layered Past

Independent sources describe the property as a second-class hotel that was open to foreign visitors and that burned down in 2002, with independent reporting also noting that the old Taedonggang Hotel burnt down some years ago. The same independent account records that the hotel is currently being rebuilt. Together these notes describe a hotel with a layered past rather than a static historical entry, with the rebuild status documented as part of the building's ongoing story.

Location Anchors: The Grand People's Study House and Surrounding Eateries

The Grand People's Study House, the national library of North Korea, sits in central Pyongyang and is situated about 720 metres northwest of the Taedonggang Hotel, giving the property a recognizable civic neighbor on the Pyongyang map. Around the hotel, a dense ring of nearby mapped catering spots adds useful context for visitors trying to picture the neighborhood. They include 대동교식당 at about 174 m, 해방산식당 at about 185 m, 해방산차집 at about 208 m, 맥전 3 at about 216 m, Maekjon 1 at about 303 m, the hotel's own 대동강호텔식당 at about 320 m, 삼성식당 at about 365 m, 대동강상점식당 at about 375 m, 빗사식당 at about 377 m, 평양려관식사칸 at about 424 m, 맥전 2 at about 444 m, and 아리랑식당 at about 464 m. The geographic spread of these mapped places, from very close to the building to nearly half a kilometre away, shows a neighborhood where the hotel sits among a cluster of small Pyongyang restaurants rather than in isolation.

What the Address and Map Code Tell Visitors

The structured record pinpoints the property to coordinates on the Pyongyang map, and an independent listing also references the plus-code "2Q72+JXP" in Pyongyang, North Korea, alongside a phone field, an opening hours field, photos, and a map link. The plus-code offers a useful offline-friendly locator that travelers can paste into mapping apps to find the same Sungri Street block. The plus-code plus the district name Kyongrim-dong gives two complementary ways to identify the exact building within the wider Pyongyang street grid.