Junggok-dong Furniture Street (중곡동 가구거리)

6.5Km 2025-03-17

Cheonho-daero, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul
010-5508-0089

Junggok-dong Furniture Street stretches between Achasan Subway Station and Gunjagyo Bridge, hosting a concentration of furniture stores on either side of the main road. This area accommodates a diverse range of furniture stores, featuring well-known domestic and international brands alongside smaller and medium-sized furniture shops. It serves as a convenient destination for customers to compare and purchase various furniture items, including beds, sofas, dining tables, wardrobes, chairs, and interior accessories, all within close proximity. The accessibility to Gunja Subway Station makes it easily reachable via public transportation.

Tteok Museum (떡박물관)

6.5Km 2021-09-29

71, Donhwamun-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-741-5447

The Tteok Museum displays over 2,000 Korean kitchen utensils and tteok (rice cake) related items, arranged by various themes. The displayed utensils are handmade household necessities that are ingenuous, yet reveal the lifestyle of the working class. The elderly may relive fond childhood memories and the younger generation can experience the wisdom of ancestors through the rare kitchen utensils.

SAEWHA HOSTEL(세화호스텔)

6.5Km 2024-06-20

50 , Samil-daero 32ga-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-10-3780-5988

Located in Jongno, in the heart of Seoul, Saehwa Hostel offers a variety of guest rooms, including ondol rooms and bedrooms, for up to 3 people. There’s a bathtub in each room. Shared PCs, massage chairs, microwave ovens, washing machines and dryers are all available free of charge. A simple free breakfast is provided, plus a free international phone service and a foreign language guidance service. Seoul Station is 15 minutes away by subway, and the airport limousine bus stops at Jongno 3-ga station. Changdeokgung Palace, Jongmyo Shrine, and downtown shopping streets are all reachable on foot.

Seoul Gyeongdong Market (서울 경동시장)

6.5Km 2024-12-03

3 Gosanja-ro 36-gil, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul

As the nation began to recover from the aftermath of the Korean War, farmers from the northern Gyeonggi-do region and Ganwon-do gathered around the old Seongdong Station (renamed ‘Hansol Donguibogam’) to sell their produce and wares. The farmers’ impromptu gathering on the fallow farmland to make their transactions soon led to the birth of a new marketplace. With the recent remodeling of the market, including the long-neglected Gyeongdong Theater, the place feels totally renewed and full of energy. Thanks to the renovation and diverse food stalls, the place is always bustling and filled with people.

Sieunjae (시은재)

6.5Km 2024-12-23

439 , Samil-daero, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-10-5355-3029

Sieunjae is a hanok stay that has stood in the midst of busy Gyeongun-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, for generations. The guestrooms comprise an anbang (bedroom plus living room), three smaller rooms, and a byeolchae or detached house. All rooms have a toilet, and there’s a well-equipped shared kitchen and a washing machine. Guests can either rent individual rooms or the whole hanok. Jongno is convenient for travel to all the historic sites of Seoul, and there’s a public carpark nearby.

Seoul Gongyesa [Tax Refund Shop] (서울공예사)

6.5Km 2024-04-16

1F, 27-1, Insadong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

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Starbucks Gyeongdong Market (스타벅스 경동1960)

6.5Km 2024-12-27

3 Gosanja-ro 36-gil, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul

Restored Gyeongdong Market space and the 5th community store for a win-win relationship with local economy

This 5th Starbucks Community Store is housed in a restored theater in Gyeongdong Market. The store has a win-win agreement with local merchants. Starbucks created a multiple cultural space in collaboration with LG Electronics such as LG Gold Star Radio Refresh Center. Every week, local artists and college students present culture and art performances on the stage that recreated the theatre concept. To offer a special experience suitable to an old theater, Starbucks developed the Retro Theater-like CND. For differentiated customer experiences, the store sells store-baked crafted food and exclusive merchandise.

LoL Park (롤파크)

6.5Km 2025-11-04

33 Jong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul

Lol Park is the venue where the largest-scale League of Legends competition in South Korea, LCK (League of Legends Champions Korea), is held. It serves as a space for various esports events and activities, featuring spectator seating, LCK Arena (lounge), Riot Store (merchandise shop), PC rooms, and café.

CU - Koreana Hotel Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (cu코리아나호텔점)

6.5Km 2024-06-26

135, Sejong-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul

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Insa-dong Antique Art Street (인사동 고미술거리)

6.5Km 2025-03-16

29 Insadong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-732-2235

As of today, there are approximately 70 shops in the Insa-dong area that sell antique arts. Some of the products they sell include antique artworks, porcelains, woodcrafts, and metalwork. Visitors may even find rare and valuable products such as earthenware from the Silla period or white porcelain used in the Joseon dynasty. Each shop is a specialty store, authorized to sell product types that are of their expertise, ranging from antique furniture and traditional artworks to handcrafted items.

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