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Namdaemun Market (남대문시장)

1.8Km    2024-05-17

21, Namdaemunsijang 4-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-753-2805

Opened in 1964, Namdaemun Market is the largest traditional market in Korea with shops selling various goods. All products are sold at affordable prices and the stores in this area also function as wholesale markets.

Most of the goods are made directly by the storeowners. Namdaemun Market is even open overnight, from 23:00 to 04:00, and is crowded with retailers from all over the country. When day breaks, the site of busy shoppers bustling around the market creates a unique scene that attracts tourists worldwide. Namdaemun Market sells a variety of clothes, glasses, kitchenware, toys, mountain gear, fishing equipment, stationery, fine arts, accessories, hats, carpets, flowers, ginseng, and imported goods.

Jinju Hoegwan (진주회관)

1.8Km    2024-06-19

26 Sejong-daero 11-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-753-5388

Jinju Hoegwan is a renowned kongguksu (noodles in cold soybean soup) eatery near City Hall Station. Kongguksu is a traditional Korean summer dish made by boiling and grinding soybeans into a creamy broth, served with noodles, offering a refreshing and nutty flavor. Kongguksu is available from March to November. Their staff-recommended menu includes kimchi bokkeumbap (kimchi fried rice), freshly roasted by the staff, along with kimchi jjigae and samgyeopsal (pork belly).

Tonymoly - Namdaemun Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (토니모리 남대문점)

1.8Km    2024-04-22

12, Namdaemunsijang-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul

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Fraternité(프라테르니테)

1.8Km    2025-09-09

서울특별시 종로구 동숭길 123 (동숭동)

Treadmill(트레드밀)

1.8Km    2025-12-04

서울특별시 종로구 동숭길 123 (동숭동)

Paradise(낙원)

1.8Km    2025-12-04

서울특별시 종로구 동숭길 123 (동숭동)

Dongdaemun Bonga Gamasot Seolleongtang (동대문본가가마솥설렁탕)

1.8Km    2024-03-15

299-1 Jong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-741-1510

Dongdaemun Bonga Gamasot Seolleongtang is a seolleongtang (ox bone soup) restaurant located near Dongdaemun Fashion Market. The rich-tasting seolleongtang is boiled for 24 hours in a traditional cast-iron pot, using beef from ten different parts of the cow, and the process is visible from outside the restaurant. It is recommended to enjoy the seolleongtang wrapped in rice with a side of tangy radish kimchi. Yennal bulgogi (old-fashioned bulgogi) and yukhoe bibimbap (beef tartare bibimbap) made with Korean beef are also popular menu items.

Olive Young - Daehakro Jungang Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (올리브영 대학로중앙점)

1.8Km    2024-06-27

1F, 144, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul

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Onsaemiro (온새미로)

1.8Km    2025-05-21

서울특별시 종로구 대학로 144 (혜화동)

Daraenamu Tree in Changdeokgung Palace (창덕궁 다래나무)

1.8Km    2025-01-13

99, Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-3668-2300

Daraenamu Tree in Changdeokgung Palace is estimated to be 600 years old, meaning it had likely been planted before the palace was built. The tree stands 19m in x_height, and has six separate trunks sprawling in all directions. It is the biggest and the oldest in Korea. It is designated and protected as a National Natural Monument.