On the house
EventExhibitions
Equinox at Seoul Museum of Craft Art
Jang Eung-bok’s patterns and textiles bring a new rhythm to the craft museum. A free autumn exhibition in Anguk.
Seoul / From quiet courtyards to the last track
Thursday 24 September
The local editSeoul
A day with another side
A courtyard coffee. An exhibition that follows you out. A bassline after midnight. Find the Seoul between your plans.
Less searching. More going.
Your day, your way.
Choose a mood. We’ll connect the good places.
The after-dark edit
Seoul, stay for the next track.
Cocktails in a Seochon hanok. Bass below Itaewon. A room with its own rhythm. Choose the night, then find your way there.
Explore after dark
01Seoul / Hannam & Itaewon
Cakeshop
A basement address for an Itaewon night built around the music. Pick the actual party before picking your arrival time.
Find your night
02Seoul / Hannam & Itaewon
Faust
A late-night Itaewon address with Faust and Tanzbar programmes. Let the lineup decide which evening belongs here.
Find your night
03Seoul / Seochon & Gyeongbokgung
Bar Cham
A small hanok bar where Korean ingredients and spirits shape the cocktail list. An intimate finish to a Seochon day.
Find your night
04Seoul
KBS Hall
A concert hall on Yeouido for an evening built around the live programme.
Find your night
Choose a dated event on the venue’s official programme. Admission and opening times vary.
Follow your curiosity
A few ways to do Seoul.
015 stops, at your pace
Seoul, from courtyard coffee to the dance floor
An Anguk morning, an afternoon in Hannam and a choice of two Itaewon clubs. Give the day a second life after dark.
Open the itinerary024 stops, at your pace
Seochon, a palace, art and one good drink
Samgyetang, palace courtyards, a contemporary exhibition and a small cocktail bar. A day that stays around Gyeongbokgung.
Open the itinerary
034 stops, at your pace
From hanok courtyards to Euljiro
A traditional village, a noodle lunch and a streamside walk. Central Seoul’s changes of pace make the route.
Open the itineraryOn our radar
New reasons to take the next exit.
Myeongdong & Euljiro
Myeongdong Kyoja, main branch
Anguk & Samcheong
Equinox at Seoul Museum of Craft Art
Hannam & Itaewon
Koo Jeong A at Leeum
Out there, right now
Step into Seoul’s day.
EventExhibitions
Koo Jeong A at Leeum
Make room for Koo Jeong A’s exhibition in Leeum’s M2. A reason to give Hannam’s museum hillside a longer afternoon.
On the house
EventActivities
Free Chuseok visits at MMCA Seoul
Three free-admission dates for the Seoul museum over Chuseok. Choose a show and collect a ticket before going into the galleries.
EventActivities
Autumn nights at Gyeongbokgung
Go back to the palace after sunset. The announced autumn night season runs on selected evenings through 2 October.
Close the tabs. Open the weekend.
Let the weekend change tempo.
Craft in Anguk, light on the palace roofs, a late room in Itaewon. Leave a little space between the plans.
Make a weekend of itOn the house
EventExhibitions
Equinox at Seoul Museum of Craft Art
Jang Eung-bok’s patterns and textiles bring a new rhythm to the craft museum. A free autumn exhibition in Anguk.
EventExhibitions
Koo Jeong A at Leeum
Make room for Koo Jeong A’s exhibition in Leeum’s M2. A reason to give Hannam’s museum hillside a longer afternoon.
The food edit
A bowl, a bakery, a longer pause.
RestaurantKorean
Myeongdong Kyoja, main branch
Kalguksu and dumplings on a busy Myeongdong street. A focused lunch stop before the shops take over the afternoon.
RestaurantKorean
Tosokchon Samgyetang
A hot bowl of samgyetang before or after the palace. Give lunch enough time to be more than a quick refuelling stop.
RestaurantBakery
Café Onion Anguk
Coffee and bread in a hanok setting. Make this the beginning of an Anguk day, then leave time for the craft museum nearby.
RestaurantKorean
Woo Lae Oak
A bowl of Pyongyang-style cold noodles, with Euljiro waiting outside. Make Woo Lae Oak the meal between a market walk and an evening out.
Art & culture
Old techniques. New ways of looking.
On the house
EventExhibitions
Equinox at Seoul Museum of Craft Art
Jang Eung-bok’s patterns and textiles bring a new rhythm to the craft museum. A free autumn exhibition in Anguk.
EventExhibitions
Koo Jeong A at Leeum
Make room for Koo Jeong A’s exhibition in Leeum’s M2. A reason to give Hannam’s museum hillside a longer afternoon.
Big on discovery. Easy on the wallet.
The city’s open invitation.
A collection to get lost in, trees in Seongsu and the stream below the streets. Good days don’t always need a ticket.
Discover it for yourselfA city of little worlds
A different rhythm at every exit.
Editor’s picks
A good route knows when to slow down.
GuideCulture
Seoul, from courtyard coffee to the dance floor
An Anguk morning, an afternoon in Hannam and a choice of two Itaewon clubs. Give the day a second life after dark.
GuideCulture
Seochon, a palace, art and one good drink
Samgyetang, palace courtyards, a contemporary exhibition and a small cocktail bar. A day that stays around Gyeongbokgung.
GuideCulture
Noodles, a market and Seoul after sunset
A Myeongdong lunch, a waterside walk, a market appetite and DDP’s changing light. Keep the route loose enough for detours.
GuideCulture
Palace walls, gallery rooms, noodle bowls
A compact central Seoul afternoon, moving from Deoksugung to SeMA and on to a Myeongdong meal.
A closer look