Seoul Gyeongdong Market (서울 경동시장) - Shopping - Korea travel and tourism information

Seoul Gyeongdong Market (서울 경동시장)

Explanation

As the nation began to recover from the aftermath of the Korean War, farmers from the northern Gyeonggi-do region and Ganwon-do gathered around the old Seongdong Station (renamed ‘Hansol Donguibogam’) to sell their produce and wares. The farmers’ impromptu gathering on the fallow farmland to make their transactions soon led to the birth of a new marketplace.

Gyeongdong Market is located around Jegi-dong, Yongdu-dong and Jeonnong-dong at Dongdaemun-gu and consists of the Gyeongdong Oriental Medicine Market, the Gyeongdong New Market, the Gyeongdong Old Market, the Gyeongdong Building, Hansol Donguibogam, and more.
Currently, renovations are underway to reinvent the out-dated market environment into an updated shopping experience that still preserves the area’s innate charm. In 2004, Hansol Donguibogam was built and opened on the spot where the Midopa Department Store used to stand. Hanbang Cheonha, Donguibogam Tower-Tel and other areas are now undergoing renovations.

Inquiry

+82-2-967-8721

Information Use

Contact and Information : • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-2-967-8721

Business hours : 04:00-19:00 / Medicine market 09:00-19:00

Parking facilities : Available (parking fee applies)

Day off : Traditional market: The day of Seollal (Lunar New Year's Day) & Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day)
Medicine market: Sundays, some shops are closed on public holidays / Sangsaengjang Market: Mondays

Sale Items : Oriental medicine ingredients, dried seafood, vegetable

Scale : 100,000 ㎡

Location

147, Wangsan-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul

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