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Gi-taek's Neighbourhood Stairs

기택 동네 계단

A stairway climbing an alley, which the city signposts under the name it has in the film.

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A concrete staircase on the Ahyeon-dong hill road, a handrail down each side, descending between low brick houses to a narrow alley where two cars are parked and potted plants line the walls, the neighbourhood's tangled overhead wires and the city's high-rises beyond

Place information

Korean name
기택 동네 계단
Address
Songijeong-ro 6-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul

Filmed here

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