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남대문시장 갈치조림골목Namdaemun Market Galchi-jorim AlleyA lane of more than fifteen small restaurants inside Namdaemun Market that all cook the same dish, spicy braised hairtail, from early morning.오늘 올라옴 今日追加남대문시장 칼국수골목Namdaemun Market Kalguksu AlleyThe narrow noodle lane just inside Namdaemun Market's exit 5 gate, where you eat at a long counter and one bowl of kalguksu comes with tastes of everything else.오늘 올라옴 今日追加남포면옥Nampo MyeonokA Pyongyang-style cold noodle restaurant open since 1972 in the lanes behind Euljiro 1-ga, where the broth starts with radish kimchi buried in the ground to ferment.오늘 올라옴 今日追加대림창고Daelim ChanggoA 1970s rice mill on Seongsui-ro kept as it was, red brick and steel columns, now a café, bar and gallery open eleven to ten.오늘 올라옴 今日追加망원시장Mangwon MarketA covered neighbourhood market in Mangwon-dong, 351 m from Mangwon station exit 2, where the snack counters draw a crowd in its twenties from Hongdae.오늘 올라옴 今日追加명동 노점Myeongdong street cartsThe row of food carts that sets up along Myeongdong's main street every afternoon, selling skewers, tteokbokki and sweets to a mostly foreign crowd.오늘 올라옴 今日追加명동교자Myeongdong KyojaMyeongdong's kalguksu restaurant since 1966, now by Myeongdong station exit 8, where the noodle soup comes in a thick chicken broth with dumplings dropped in.오늘 올라옴 今日追加명동돈가스Myeongdong DonkatsuThe restaurant that brought the thick Japanese-style pork cutlet to Korea in 1983, still frying it in an open kitchen on Myeongdong 3-gil.오늘 올라옴 今日追加밀도 성수점Meal° SeongsuThe original shop of a loaf-bread bakery that started in Seongsu in 2015, opposite Seoul Forest by the station, open eleven to half past nine.오늘 올라옴 今日追加블루보틀 성수 카페Blue Bottle Seongsu CafeBlue Bottle's first Korean store, a red brick building by Ttukseom station that opened in May 2019 with a queue from midnight. Open eight to eight.오늘 올라옴 今日追加성수족발Seongsu JokbalA pig's-trotter restaurant from 1983 that sells one dish, sliced warm at an open kitchen by the door. The queue forms before the evening service.오늘 올라옴 今日追加소문난성수감자탕Somunnan Seongsu GamjatangA pork-bone stew house on Yeonmujang-gil, forty years in the same spot, open 24 hours. No queue tickets; you wait by the door and the whole party must be there.오늘 올라옴 今日追加어니언 성수Cafe Onion SeongsuThe bakery café in a 1970s metal-parts factory two minutes from Seongsu station, open from eight on weekdays, with twenty-odd breads and a rooftop.오늘 올라옴 今日追加영양센터Yeongyang CenterThe Myeongdong rotisserie-chicken house that Visit Seoul calls the origin of 전기구이 통닭, a whole chicken turned on a spit under electric heat.오늘 올라옴 今日追加오레노라멘Oreno RamenA chicken-broth ramen counter in Hapjeong with a Bib Gourmand in the Michelin Guide and a line outside most days. Two bowls on the menu, 13,000 won each.오늘 올라옴 今日追加을지다방Eulji DabangA tea room from 1985 up a flight of stairs on Euljiro, known for 쌍화차 with an egg yolk floating in it and a bowl of ramyeon served only before eleven.오늘 올라옴 今日追加카페씨떼CaféCitéA glasshouse café on Seongsui-ro with a drink named for a different city each month and a Seongsu Brick Latte with coffee jelly in it. Cards only.오늘 올라옴 今日追加큐스닭강정Q's DakgangjeongThe fried-chicken counter with the pink sign inside Mangwon Market. A cup is 5,000 won and the sauces run from the original sweet-and-spicy to cheese mustard.오늘 올라옴 今日追加하동관HadongkwanA beef-soup house open since 1939 that sells two things, gomtang and boiled beef, from seven in the morning until the pot runs out.오늘 올라옴 今日追加하카타분코Hakata BunkoA tonkotsu ramen shop in Sangsu-dong that opened in 2004 and serves until half past two in the morning. The heavy bowl is the 인라멘, 11,000 won.오늘 올라옴 今日追加

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LCDC SEOULLCDC SEOULA four-floor complex on a side lane of Seongsu: a café at street level, a select shop, a floor of small brand rooms called DOORS, and a bar with brunch on top.오늘 올라옴 今日追加눈스퀘어NOON SquareThe nine-floor mall at the start of Myeongdong's UNESCO-gil, with Zara, Nike and a Blue Bottle downstairs and a CGV cinema on top.오늘 올라옴 今日追加다이소 명동역점Daiso Myeongdong StationThe twelve-floor Daiso right outside Myeongdong station, where every item is 5,000 won or less and the queue at the till is mostly tourists.오늘 올라옴 今日追加디올 성수Dior SeongsuDior's concept store on a Seongsu lane, redressed each season, open eleven to eight, and the most photographed facade in the district.오늘 올라옴 今日追加라네즈 서울LANEIGE seoulLaneige's first global flagship, a Myeongdong shop opened in June 2026 where you book a slot to have a lip mask, cushion or cream mixed for you on the spot.오늘 올라옴 今日追加롬앤 핑크오피스rom&nd Pink OfficeThe lip-tint brand's first flagship, opened May 2025 on Yeonmujang-gil, where every shade is out to swatch. Its tenth-birthday pop-up runs to 10 November 2026.오늘 올라옴 今日追加롯데면세점 명동본점Lotte Duty Free MyeongdongLotte Duty Free's main city store on the upper floors of Lotte Department Store at Euljiro 1-ga, where you shop before you fly and collect at the airport.오늘 올라옴 今日追加롯데백화점 본점Lotte Department Store Main StoreLotte's original department store at Euljiro 1-ga, joined to the Avenuel luxury wing, a hotel and a duty-free shop, and the building most people mean by the Euljiro end of Myeongdong.오늘 올라옴 今日追加르 라보 성수 부티크Le Labo Seongsu BoutiqueLe Labo's Seongsu shop on Yeonmujang-gil, open eleven to nine, where bottles are labelled by hand and empties come back for a cheaper refill.오늘 올라옴 今日追加마뗑킴 명동점Matin Kim Myeongdong StoreThe Myeongdong shop of Matin Kim, the Seoul bag and clothing label whose Myeongdong store became its launchpad abroad.오늘 올라옴 今日追加마뗑킴 성수 플래그십 스토어Matin Kim Seongsu Flagship StoreMatin Kim's single-floor flagship off Yeonmujang-gil, opened January 2026, with a garden outside and a coffee bar inside. Most of its customers are visitors from abroad.오늘 올라옴 今日追加무신사 메가스토어 성수Musinsa Megastore SeongsuMusinsa's department store, opened April 2026 on Seongsui-ro: five floors of about a thousand brands, its first beauty shop and a food hall on top.오늘 올라옴 今日追加무신사 스탠다드 명동중앙점Musinsa Standard Myeongdong CentralMusinsa's basics label in a four-floor shop on Myeongdong 8-gil, opened in September 2026 with men's and women's clothing plus home and beauty lines.오늘 올라옴 今日追加무신사 스탠다드 성수Musinsa Standard SeongsuMusinsa's own-brand basics shop on Yeonmujang-gil, two floors, women downstairs and men upstairs, open till ten with tax refund at the till.오늘 올라옴 今日追加무신사 스탠다드 홍대점Musinsa Standard HongdaeMusinsa's own-label basics shop by the station, reopened on 27 November 2025 at more than twice the size, basement to third floor.오늘 올라옴 今日追加수바코2Subaco 2The second branch of the Subaco prop shop, on Mangridan-gil, with character goods and everyday bits by Korean artists. Open one to eight, daily.오늘 올라옴 今日追加스타일난다 핑크호텔Stylenanda Pink HotelStylenanda's six-floor Myeongdong flagship done up as a pink hotel, with 3CE make-up on the lower floors, clothes above and a café and rooftop on top.오늘 올라옴 今日追加신세계면세점 명동점Shinsegae Duty Free MyeongdongShinsegae's city duty-free shop on floors 8 to 12 of its main department store by Hoehyeon station.오늘 올라옴 今日追加신세계백화점 본점Shinsegae Department Store Main StoreShinsegae's flagship department store by Hoehyeon station, with a food market in the basement, a duty-free shop on floors 8 to 11 and the Christmas light show on its outside wall.오늘 올라옴 今日追加아더 성수 스페이스ADER Seongsu SpaceAder Error's Seongsu store, rebuilt for the brand's tenth birthday in December 2024, with an exhibition floor before the clothes.오늘 올라옴 今日追加아모레성수AMORE SeongsuAmorepacific's testing house in a former car repair shop near Seongsu station: try every brand, get a skin reading, book a custom foundation.오늘 올라옴 今日追加안서당AnseodangA basement anime-goods and toy shop two minutes from exit 6, with lightstick cases and figure shelves. Open noon to eight, every day.오늘 올라옴 今日追加애니메이트 홍대점Animate HongdaeThe Korean shop of the Japanese anime chain, on the fifth floor of AK Plaza above Hongik University station. Goods, books, games and a café on the same floor.오늘 올라옴 今日追加오브젝트 서교점Object SeogyoA design goods shop 100 m from exit 6 that stocks small Korean makers: stickers, ceramics, keyrings and notebooks, with a rotating exhibition on the ground floor.오늘 올라옴 今日追加올리브영 명동타운Olive Young Myeongdong TownOlive Young's flagship in Myeongdong, two floors on Myeongdong-gil with testers on every shelf, a tax-refund desk and staff who speak your language.오늘 올라옴 今日追加올리브영 뷰티 맨션 성수Olive Young Beauty Mansion SeongsuOlive Young's second big Seongsu store, opened June 2026 on the north side of the station: make-up on two, skincare on three, a lounge with records on four.오늘 올라옴 今日追加올리브영N 성수Olive Young N SeongsuOlive Young's biggest store, five floors a hundred metres from Seongsu station, with a pop-up hall and café on the ground floor and instant tax refund at the till.오늘 올라옴 今日追加웜그레이테일Warmgrey TailAn illustration brand's showroom on the second floor of a building on Poeun-ro in Mangwon, selling its own cups, posters, fabrics and postcards. Closed Mondays.오늘 올라옴 今日追加유니클로 명동점UNIQLO MyeongdongUniqlo's largest store in Korea, three floors of a hotel on Myeongdong 8na-gil, back in the district since May 2026 with a tax-refund counter and a print-your-own T-shirt corner.오늘 올라옴 今日追加이솝 성수Aesop SeongsuAesop's Seongsu store, built like a hanok from reclaimed beams and clay walls, open eleven to nine with a small garden at the back.오늘 올라옴 今日追加젠틀몬스터 홍대 플래그십스토어Gentle Monster Hongdae FlagshipGentle Monster's Hongdae shop on Dokmak-ro 7-gil, built around an installation the brand calls Sacrifice. Open from noon to ten.오늘 올라옴 今日追加카카오프렌즈 홍대 플래그십 스토어Kakao Friends Hongdae Flagship StoreThree floors of Ryan and Apeach goods 51 m from Hongik University station exit 8. Open 10:30 to 22:00 every day of the year.오늘 올라옴 今日追加코오롱스포츠 서울KOLON SPORT SEOULKolon Sport's two-floor Myeongdong flagship, opened in January 2026 with a line of Seoul-only jackets, bags and caps.오늘 올라옴 今日追加탬버린즈 서울 성수Tamburins Seoul SeongsuThe perfume brand's Seongsu flagship, a building stripped to its concrete frame on the lane behind Dior, open eleven to nine.오늘 올라옴 今日追加포인트오브뷰Point of View SeoulA three-floor stationery shop on Yeonmujang-gil that sells pens, paper and desk objects as tools, open noon to eight.오늘 올라옴 今日追加하우스 노웨어 서울HAUS NOWHERE SEOULGentle Monster's new headquarters in Seongsu, opened September 2025, with the eyewear, Tamburins, the Nudake tea house and the group's other labels under one roof.오늘 올라옴 今日追加

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광야서울KWANGYA@SEOULSM Entertainment's flagship store in the basement of its Seongsu headquarters: albums, official merch, light sticks and photo zones for its artists.오늘 올라옴 今日追加김밥레코즈Gimbab RecordsA record shop on the third floor of a building off Sinchon-ro in Donggyo-dong, selling new vinyl, CDs and cassettes. Open from two in the afternoon.오늘 올라옴 今日追加도프레코드Dope RecordsA rock and metal record shop on the fourth floor above a CU on Dokmak-ro, the Mapo branch of a Jongno shop that opened in 1976. Closed Tuesdays.오늘 올라옴 今日追加롤링홀Rolling HallA basement live hall on Eoulmadang-ro that has run since 1995. The stage most Korean rock and indie bands pass through on the way up.오늘 올라옴 今日追加리스닝 바ri·seu·ning baレコードが主役のバー。大きなスピーカーとリクエスト用紙があり、声を抑えるよう頼む札が出ています。부루의뜨락Buru's GardenA record shop in Myeongdong open since 1978, four floors of K-pop, jazz and classical vinyl that has stood in for the 1990s in Korean films and dramas.오늘 올라옴 今日追加제비다방Jebi DabangA café by day and a live-music pub by night in Sangsu-dong, open since April 2012. The stage is in the basement, and the ground floor has a hole in the floor to watch through.오늘 올라옴 今日追加클럽 에반스Club EvansA jazz club on the second floor above a convenience store on Wausan-ro, open since 2001. Doors at seven, two sets from eight, entry 15,000 to 20,000 won plus a drink.오늘 올라옴 今日追加하우스오브바이닐 망원점House of Vinyl MangwonAn LP café on Mangridan-gil where most of the music plays from vinyl and each table can ask for one song.오늘 올라옴 今日追加홍대 걷고싶은거리Hongdae Walking StreetThe pedestrian street in front of Hongik University station where the buskers set up. Mapo-gu now calls it R2 of the Red Road.오늘 올라옴 今日追加

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KT&G 상상마당 홍대KT&G Sangsangmadang HongdaeA cultural complex on Eoulmadang-ro opened by KT&G in September 2007, with a cinema, a live hall, a gallery and a design shop stacked in one tall building.오늘 올라옴 今日追加노래방no·rae·bang歌う部屋。マイク2本、タンバリン、4か国語の曲目本が置かれた個室です。디뮤지엄D MuseumThe Daelim group's contemporary museum, moved from Hannam to the tower beside Seoul Forest station. Shows change; the ticket is 12,000 won.오늘 올라옴 今日追加뚝섬한강공원Ttukseom Hangang ParkThe stretch of Han riverbank below Seongsu and Seoul Forest, with a summer pool, bike hire, a music fountain and the Hangang Bus pier.오늘 올라옴 今日追加망원한강공원Mangwon Hangang ParkThe Han River park on the north bank between the Wonhyo and Seongsan bridges. Lawns, a 7.2 km bike path, two convenience stores and a bus ride from Mangwon station.오늘 올라옴 今日追加서울숲Seoul ForestThe big park at the west end of Seongsu, open all day and night, with a deer enclosure in its eco-forest. Free.오늘 올라옴 今日追加수노래연습장 럭셔리 홍대점Luxury Su Noraebang HongdaeThe two-storey singing-room building next to Sangsangmadang on the walking street, with glass-fronted rooms you can watch from the pavement. Open from nine in the morning until six the next morning.오늘 올라옴 今日追加언더스탠드에비뉴Under Stand AvenueA village of 116 shipping containers at the entrance to Seoul Forest, opened in 2016 as a social-enterprise project, with small shops, a café and events.오늘 올라옴 今日追加인생네컷 홍대 동교점Life Four Cuts Hongdae DonggyoA Life Four Cuts photo booth on Hongik-ro 6-gil, a few streets from the station. Four frames, a timelapse of the shoot, and collab frames that change with the month.오늘 올라옴 今日追加포토이즘 박스 홍대어울림점Photoism Box Hongdae EoullimA Photoism photo booth on Eoulmadang-ro, open around the clock. 4,000 won for four cuts, 5,000 for six.오늘 올라옴 今日追加

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땡스북스Thanks BooksA small bookshop on Yanghwa-ro 6-gil that picks its stock by hand and calls itself the neighbourhood bookshop for Hongdae. Open noon to nine every day.오늘 올라옴 今日追加레드로드 발전소Red Road Power StationThe old Gyeongui Line Book Street strip by Hongik University station exit 6, refitted by Mapo-gu in 2024 as booths for local makers with a small Red Road gallery.오늘 올라옴 今日追加

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1898 명동성당1898 Myeongdong CathedralThe arcade of cafés, shops and a bookshop under the plaza of Myeongdong Cathedral, named for the year the cathedral was finished.오늘 올라옴 今日追加경의선숲길Gyeongui Line Forest ParkA 6.3 km linear park laid over the old Gyeongui railway, from Gajwa to Yongsan. The Yeonnam stretch starts at Hongik University station exit 3.오늘 올라옴 今日追加광안리gwang·an·ri夜に橋がライトアップされ、土曜にはドローンショーがある釜山のビーチ。남산케이블카Namsan Cable CarThe cable car from the foot of Namsan, ten minutes' walk from Myeongdong station, up to N Seoul Tower in about three minutes.오늘 올라옴 今日追加뚝도시장Ttukdo MarketA traditional market from 1962 on the quiet side of Seongsu, 139 stalls and a food alley, fifteen minutes on foot from the station.오늘 올라옴 今日追加망리단길Mangridan-gilThe café and shop streets around Poeun-ro in Mangwon-dong, 490 m from Mangwon station exit 2. Prop shops, a bakery, an LP café and the market at one end.오늘 올라옴 今日追加명동관광정보센터Myeongdong Tourist Information CenterThe tourist information counter at the Euljiro end of Myeongdong, staffed in English, Chinese and Japanese, where you can also buy the Discover Seoul Pass.오늘 올라옴 今日追加명동성당Myeongdong CathedralThe Catholic cathedral of Seoul, a red-brick Gothic church finished in 1898 on the hill above Myeongdong's main street.오늘 올라옴 今日追加명동예술극장Myeongdong TheaterA 588-seat theatre on Myeongdong-gil in a 1930s building, the home stage of the National Theater Company of Korea.오늘 올라옴 今日追加성수동 수제화거리Seongsu Handmade Shoe StreetThe lanes between Seongsu and Ttukseom stations where Seoul's handmade shoe workshops still are, with a showroom where you can watch and order.오늘 올라옴 今日追加성수동 카페거리Seongsu Cafe StreetWhat Koreans call the café quarter of Seongsu-dong 2-ga, the lanes of converted factories around Seongsu station exits 3 and 4.오늘 올라옴 今日追加성수연방Seongsu YeonbangA former chemical factory turned into two three-storey buildings of shops and restaurants around a garden, with a glass-roofed café on top.오늘 올라옴 今日追加연무장길Yeonmujang-gilThe main shopping street of Seongsu, from Seongsu station towards the river, where the flagships and pop-ups line up.오늘 올라옴 今日追加홍대 레드로드Hongdae Red RoadMapo-gu's name for the main Hongdae streets, marked with a red line on the ground. About 2 km from the Gyeongui Line park to the old Dangin-ri power plant, in seven sections from R1 to R7.오늘 올라옴 今日追加

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