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ARKO Art Center (아르코미술관)

7.7Km    2025-06-05

3, Dongsung-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-760-4850

ARKO Art Center was founded in 1974 as Misulhoegwan in a building of former Deoksu Hospital in Gwanhun-dong, Jongno-gu to offer much-needed exhibition space for artists and arts groups. In 1979, Misulhoegwan moved to its present building, designed by preeminent Korean architect Kim Swoo-geun (1931-1986) and located in Marronnier Park, the former site of Seoul National University. The two neighboring brick buildings accommodating ARKO Art Center and ARKO Arts Theater are the major landmarks of the district of Daehakro.
As more public and private museums and commercial galleries came into the art scene in the 1990s, Misulhoegwan shifted to curating and presenting its own exhibitions. Renamed as Marronnier Art Center in 2002, ARKO Art Center assumed a full-fledged art museum system and played an increasingly prominent role as a public arts organization leading the contemporary art paradigm. When The Korea Culture and Arts Foundation was reborn as Arts Council Korea, Marronnier Art Center became ARKO Art Center named after the abbreviation for Arts Council Korea in 2005.
ARKO Art Center is committed to working as a platform where research, production, exhibitions and the exchange of creative activities grow and develop in connection with one another in addition to having a diversity of programs including thematic exhibitions addressing social agenda and public programs widely promoting various discourses in art.

Artbox - Daehangno Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (아트박스 대학로)

7.7Km    2024-04-22

22, Daemyeong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

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Golfzon Market - Yaksu Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (골프존마켓 약수)

7.7Km    2024-04-19

214, Dongho-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul

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Nolboo Bossam & Budaejjigae Euljiro6ga(놀부보쌈&부대찌개 을지로6가)

7.7Km    2024-10-15

2F, 34, Euljiro43-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-2264-1669

This is a Korean cuisine located in Dongdaemun Gate, Seoul. One of Korea’s representative restaurant franchises. The best menu at this restaurant is napa wraps with pork.

Samgyeopsal Jeonmunjeom Daetongnyeong (삼겹살전문점대통령)

7.7Km    2024-03-11

249-24, Jangchungdan-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-2277-2276

This restaurant offers grilled pork that has been aged in bamboo tubes, a process that tenderizes the meat and removes any gamey odor from the  Samgyeopsal (Grilled pork belly). The meat is served with kimchi, vegetable wraps, and side dishes. Kkotgedoenjangjjigae (Blue crab soybean paste jjigae) and Naengmyeon (Cold buckwheat noodles) also pair well with the pork. This establishment is an excellent choice for enjoying Samgyeopsal (Grilled pork belly) at affordable prices. 

Seoul Sillim-dong Minsok Sundae Town (서울 신림동 민속순대타운)

7.7Km    2024-02-15

Seoul Sillim-dong Minsok Sundae Town (서울 신림동 민속순대타운)

Minsok Sundae Town is situated near Sillim Station, an area renowned for its abundance of sundae restaurants. Sundae, a quintessential Korean street food, is crafted by blending vegetables, glass noodles, seasoning, and pig's blood, which is then encased in pig intestines and steamed. The flagship menu, sundae bokkeum (stir-fried sundae), involves slicing sundae and stir-frying it with an array of vegetables, chili pepper powder, red chili paste, and other seasonings on a griddle. In addition to the classic, there are variations like baek sundae (sundae), chapssal sundae (sweet rice sundae), and gopchang bokkeum (stir-fried small intestines).

Queens Bucket - Dongdaemun Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (쿠엔즈버킷 동대문)

7.7Km    2024-04-18

5-4, Toegye-ro 64-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul

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Korean Museum of Straw and Life (짚풀생활사박물관)

7.7Km    2022-09-15

45, Sungkyunkwan-ro 4-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-743-8787

Korean Museum of Straw and Life is a private museum dedicated to the collection, research, and display of materials and historical accounts of diverse straws and their uses in Korea. As Koreans' lifestyle in the past heavily depended on agriculture and cultivation of crops, straws and grasses were easily found and had many uses. The museum aims to educate the general public of how different straw were produced and used by Korean ancestors as well as their significance in connection with today's lifestyle.

The Unexpected Man(홀연했던 사나이)

7.7Km    2025-05-21

서울특별시 종로구 창경궁로 259 (명륜2가)

Marronnier Park (마로니에공원)

7.7Km    2021-07-14

104, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-2148-4158

Marronnier Park was given its name due to the marronnier trees, or horse chestnut trees, growing within the area. The location where Seoul National University's College of Liberal Arts & Science and School of Law once stood, it is now a park dedicated to culture and arts open to the public. In addition to a variety of outdoor performances that take place throughout the area, exhibitions and cultural centers create a romantic atmosphere unique to the park.