Seoul / 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.

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Places worth staying out for

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Clubs & dance floors

Cakeshop

A basement address for an Itaewon night built around the music. Pick the actual party before picking your arrival time.

Hannam & Itaewon

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Bars & listening rooms

Bar Cham

A small hanok bar where Korean ingredients and spirits shape the cocktail list. An intimate finish to a Seochon day.

Seochon & Gyeongbokgung

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Live music

All That Jazz

An Itaewon live-jazz address where the band, the table and the set time shape an evening away from the club circuit.

2F, 216 Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul

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Clubs & dance floors

Faust

A late-night Itaewon address with Faust and Tanzbar programmes. Let the lineup decide which evening belongs here.

Hannam & Itaewon

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Bars & listening rooms

Charles H.

A hidden-door cocktail room beneath Four Seasons Seoul, for a seated evening around drinks inspired by travel and Korean ingredients.

Lower level, Four Seasons Hotel Seoul, 97 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu

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Live music

Boogie Woogie

A Gyeongnidan-gil jazz room with a proper performance calendar, cocktails and reservations in English as well as Korean.

2F, 21 Hoenamu-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul

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Clubs & dance floors

MODECi

A fifth-floor Hongdae dance floor for selectors, visiting crews and nights that move between different electronic sounds.

5F, 64 Wausan-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul

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Clubs & dance floors · Bars & listening rooms

Volnost

An Itaewon electronic address with a first-floor listening bar and upstairs club sessions, shifting pace between weekday selectors and weekend parties.

142 Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul

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Clubs & dance floors

RING

A second-floor Itaewon club for following guest selectors and record-led electronic nights at a more intimate scale.

2F, 165-6 Itaewon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul

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Line-ups, opening times and entry conditions belong to the individual night. Check the official programme before you go.