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

The curved concrete facade of KT&G Sangsangmadang's Hongdae building

KT&G Sangsangmadang Hongdae

A cultural complex with galleries, pop-up exhibitions, shops, a cinema and a live hall in one building. Check the dates and hours in the listing for the exhibition or performance you want to see.

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.

Mangwon Market

It opens at 10:00, later than Seoul's other well-known markets, which makes it a practical first stop after a slow start.

Stories about this place

Three Days in Seoul, One District a Day: Jongno, the West and the Southeast
A three-day Seoul itinerary built around one district per day: palaces and museums in Jongno, Hongdae and the Han River in the west, then Bongeunsa and Jamsil in the southeast.
Six Seoul Shopping Districts Compared: Myeongdong, Hongdae, Garosu-gil, Apgujeong, The Hyundai and Shinsegae
Myeongdong, Hongdae, Garosu-gil, Apgujeong Rodeo Street, The Hyundai Seoul and Shinsegae Main Store compared on who each suits, what it mainly sells, what there is besides shopping, how to pair them and which station to use. 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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