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Hongdae (Hongik University Street) (홍대)

353.6M    2025-04-14

20 Hongik-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul

Hongdae is a neighborhood known for its youthful ambience, with shops selling everything from clothing and cosmetics to living goods and books, as well as unique cafés and restaurants. The streets are also filled with buskers and dance performances, making a walk here quite entertaining. Special streets such as ateliers’ street (lined with private institutions for art students preparing for university entrance exams), Picasso’s Street, and Club Street are also must-go places for anyone hoping to fully experience the Hongdae area.

EW New Balance - Hongik Univ. Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (EW 뉴발란스 홍대)

362.7M    2024-04-16

20, Hongik-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul

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Tutorial (튜토리얼)

Tutorial (튜토리얼)

370.4M    2025-10-30

39-15, Wausan-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul

Singer Zion.T 
The tutorial run by singer Zion.T and his father gives a comfortable first impression with white interior and spacious seats. The signature menu, 'Crumpled Paper Cake', is topped with non-smooth white icing and, as the name suggests, looks like crumpled paper. Chocolate sauce is provided here, so customers can write their own pictures or letters. Even if you're not good at it, you can make your own cake, so it's really fun. His dog ‘Haemeogi’ resting in the store as if indifferent is another specialty.
 

Well [Tax Refund Shop] (웰빙할인마트)

Well [Tax Refund Shop] (웰빙할인마트)

381.4M    2024-04-22

57, Dongmak-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul

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Lens Town - Hongdae Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (렌즈타운 홍대입구)

Lens Town - Hongdae Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (렌즈타운 홍대입구)

388.6M    2024-04-18

1F, 35, Wausan-ro 23-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul

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Lens Me - Hongdae Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (렌즈미 홍대)

Lens Me - Hongdae Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (렌즈미 홍대)

395.1M    2024-04-18

1F, 110-1, Eoulmadang-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul

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Holika Holika - Hongdae Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (홀리카홀리카 홍대점)

415.2M    2024-04-22

1F, #103, 40, Wausan-ro 23-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul

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Masichaina (맛이차이나)

Masichaina (맛이차이나)

424.5M    2024-03-20

68, Dongmak-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul

Opened by a former chef of a famous Hotel, Masichaina serves a hotel-style Chinese dining. The open kitchen style allows patrons to watch their meals being prepared. Cusotmers can choose set menus A, B, or C that include dishes such as tangsuyuk (deep-fried pork with sweet and sour sauce), cream sewoo (shrimp with cream sauce), paobochae (stir-fried seafood and vegetables), and haemul nurungji tang (scorched rice soup with seafood). 

Olive Young - Hongdae Sageori Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (올리브영 홍대사거리점)

424.9M    2024-06-26

140 Yanghwa-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul

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