Dongdaemun Jonghap Market
동대문종합시장
A covered market for fabric and haberdashery, and the one with the most stalls of any traditional market in Seoul — 3,400 registered units inside 61,475 square metres, with each floor given to different goods.
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Place information
- Korean name
- 동대문종합시장
- Address
- 266 Jong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul (Jongno 6-ga 289-42)
- Admission
- No entry fee — you pay each vendor
Nearby
Heunginjimun Gate
The eastern gate of the walled city, designated a Treasure in 1963. A crescent-shaped barbican wraps its outer face — the only one of the four main gates built with one.
Dongdaemun Design Plaza
It closes three days a year and otherwise runs 10:00 to 20:00, but that figure covers the site, not what is inside it — each hall keeps its own hours according to whatever exhibition is running. Check the programme, not the building.
Gwangjang Market Food Alley
The alley inside Gwangjang Market that trades five hours later than the market does, and stays open on the Sunday the general stalls take off.
Gwangjang Market
Go with several small dishes in mind and compare posted prices before ordering; individual stalls keep their own hours and closing days.
Stories about this place
- Four Working Markets in Seoul: Garak, Dongdaemun Jonghap, Majang and Seoul Jungang
Four markets whose customers are the trades and the neighbourhood, not visitors. Garak is open around the clock, but each commodity auctions at its own hour — and those shift by season and by wholesaler.
Nearby Food
- Five Seoul Korean Barbecue Restaurants: Hanwoo, Galbi, Bulgogi and Pork Belly
- What the broth is made of — eight Seoul houses, seven different bases
- Northern Korean Food in Seoul: Naengmyeon, Eobok-jaengban, Mandu and Kongbiji
- Seven Seoul houses that open for breakfast — before eight in the morning
- Six Seoul houses that make the noodle by hand — kalguksu, guksi, sujebi
- Enjoying Seoul's Cafe Culture
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