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ARKO Art Center (아르코미술관)

1.8Km    2025-06-05

3, Dongsung-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-760-4850

ARKO Art Center was founded in 1974 as Misulhoegwan in a building of former Deoksu Hospital in Gwanhun-dong, Jongno-gu to offer much-needed exhibition space for artists and arts groups. In 1979, Misulhoegwan moved to its present building, designed by preeminent Korean architect Kim Swoo-geun (1931-1986) and located in Marronnier Park, the former site of Seoul National University. The two neighboring brick buildings accommodating ARKO Art Center and ARKO Arts Theater are the major landmarks of the district of Daehakro.
As more public and private museums and commercial galleries came into the art scene in the 1990s, Misulhoegwan shifted to curating and presenting its own exhibitions. Renamed as Marronnier Art Center in 2002, ARKO Art Center assumed a full-fledged art museum system and played an increasingly prominent role as a public arts organization leading the contemporary art paradigm. When The Korea Culture and Arts Foundation was reborn as Arts Council Korea, Marronnier Art Center became ARKO Art Center named after the abbreviation for Arts Council Korea in 2005.
ARKO Art Center is committed to working as a platform where research, production, exhibitions and the exchange of creative activities grow and develop in connection with one another in addition to having a diversity of programs including thematic exhibitions addressing social agenda and public programs widely promoting various discourses in art.

Nolbu Budaejjigae Myeongdong (놀부부대찌개 명동)

1.8Km    2024-03-11

16-1, Myeongdong, 10-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-3789-0110

Situated in Myeongdong, Nolbu Budaejjigae in Myeongdong is exclusively dedicated to budae jjigae (sausage jjigae). Budae jjigae is a typical Korean fusion food consisting of ham, sausage, kimchi, extra instant noodles, tiny rice cakes, glass noodles, and spicy seasonings. They use selected ham and sausage in a bone broth, and fresh noodles that are not fried, giving the dish a light and refreshing flavor. Patrons have the option to spicy stir-fried small intestine and shrimp hot pot. The seasoned spicy stir-fried webfoot octopus or spicy stir-fried chicken cooked on an iron plate is also a must-try.

Converse - Myeong-dong Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (컨버스 명동점)

1.8Km    2024-06-27

16-1, Myeongdong 8-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul

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Zoltan Show(졸탄쇼)

1.8Km    2025-12-04

서울특별시 종로구 대학로 116 (동숭동)
1661-3124

Cheonhamu-Bbong(천하무뽕)

1.8Km    2025-12-04

서울특별시 종로구 대학로 112 (동숭동)

The Accidental Murderer(우연한 살인자)

1.8Km    2025-05-21

서울특별시 종로구 대학로 120 (동숭동)

Olive Young - Hyehwa Station Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (올리브영 혜화역점)

1.8Km    2024-06-27

1F, 122, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul

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INCONVENIENT CONVENIENCE STORE(불편한 편의점)

1.8Km    2025-09-15

서울특별시 종로구 대학로 132 (동숭동)

Myeongdong Cathedral (서울 명동성당)

1.8Km    2022-12-27

74, Myeongdong-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul

Myeongdong Cathedral is the Church for Archdiocese of Seoul and was also the birthplace for the Roman Catholic Church community in Korea. The church houses the remains of several individuals: Bishop Laurent Joseph Marie Imbert (1796-1839), and priests Peter Simon (1803-1839), James (Jacques Honor Chastan, 1803-1839) and Pourthie Jean Antoine Charles (1830-1866) and four martyrs.

Myeongdong Cathedral is located in downtown Seoul and tourists frequently come and visit the place. Near the cathedral are other tourism spots such as Namsangol Hanok Village preserving Korean traditional houses, N Seoul Tower overlooking Seoul and Namdaemun Market, a traditional market with a wide variety of food and goods.

Marronnier Park (마로니에공원)

1.8Km    2021-07-14

104, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-2148-4158

Marronnier Park was given its name due to the marronnier trees, or horse chestnut trees, growing within the area. The location where Seoul National University's College of Liberal Arts & Science and School of Law once stood, it is now a park dedicated to culture and arts open to the public. In addition to a variety of outdoor performances that take place throughout the area, exhibitions and cultural centers create a romantic atmosphere unique to the park.