Hongdae Walking Street

홍대 걷고싶은거리

A registered shopping street running along Eoulmadang-ro, with 192 units along it. Several stretches around Hongdae are registered as shopping streets; this is the largest of them.

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Eoulmadang-ro, the pedestrian street at the centre of Hongdae, seen from a rooftop looking north over its brick-paved mall, market stalls and shopfronts

Place information

Korean name: 홍대 걷고싶은거리
Address: Along 109–155 Eoulmadang-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul (Donggyo-dong 163-11 to 170-5)
Admission: No entry fee — you pay each vendor

Nearby

MUSINSA GARAGE
A small live room on Jandari-ro in Hongdae, shared between indie bands and rookie-idol showcases. It is the size of room you drop into in the evening after a day spent walking Hongdae.
KT&G Sangsangmadang Hongdae
One address, seven floors, and not one standing opening time published for any of them. What this building says about its own hours is whatever show happens to be on that floor this month.
AK Plaza Hongdae
A shopping mall standing over Hongik University Station. It never takes a closing day, and on weekends and public holidays it opens half an hour earlier than on weekdays.
Gyeongui Line Forest Park
It has no gate, no fee and no closing time, but it also has no car park anywhere along its 6.3 km — the operator says so outright and tells you to come by train. Which is fitting for a park that used to be one.

Stories about this place

Six Seoul Shopping Districts Compared: Myeongdong, Hongdae, Garosu-gil, Apgujeong, The Hyundai and Shinsegae
Six Seoul shopping destinations compared on who each is for, the price level and what there is besides shopping. Four are open-air streets and two are indoor department stores, so on a wet day or in high summer the list narrows to two.

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