Free entry
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Baek In-je House
A Bukchon house museum where a garden, main living quarters and detached rooms reveal the scale of an affluent early twentieth-century home.
Good things are out there
Follow your curiosity.
A name, a neighbourhood, a mood. Start somewhere.
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War Memorial of Korea
A large historical museum that calls for time and a considered visit.
Free entry
PlaceActivities
Oil Tank Culture Park
Former oil tanks become rooms for culture at the edge of Maebongsan. A good change of scale from Seoul’s central museum circuit.
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.
GuideCulture
Seoul through craft, design and unusual art spaces
From close looking at craft to DDP’s curves and two contrasting SeMA buildings. Four cultural choices, with clear distinctions between an exhibition visit and an architecture walk.
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Seoul Arts Center
Concerts, ballet, opera and contemporary dance share a large arts complex in Seocho, with distinct halls and their own programmes.
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MMCA Seoul
A contemporary art stop beside the palace, with enough space to make one exhibition the centre of your afternoon.
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.
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Chungdong First Methodist Church
A historic Protestant church on Jeongdong-gil, tied to the development of modern education and missionary activity in Korea.
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Seoul National Cemetery
Memorials, burial grounds and exhibition facilities make this a place for reflection on Korea's modern history.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Seodaemun Independence Park
Monuments, open grounds and the Independence Gate frame a walk through the history of Korea's independence movement.
PlaceCulture
Amsa-dong Prehistoric Settlement Site
Reconstructed pit houses and excavated objects make prehistoric life tangible at this archaeological site in eastern Seoul.
GuideCulture
Palace walls, gallery rooms, noodle bowls
A compact central Seoul afternoon, moving from Deoksugung to SeMA and on to a Myeongdong meal.
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Autumn nights at Gyeongbokgung
Go back to the palace after sunset. The announced autumn night season runs on selected evenings through 2 October.
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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.