Seorae Village

서래마을

A residential pocket straddling Banpo 4-dong and Bangbaebon-dong in Seocho-gu. French families settled here after the French school of Seoul moved to the area in 1985, and other foreign residents followed, so the lanes carry small European-style bakeries, bistros and cafés — places that serve the people who live here rather than visitors. Montmartre Park sits on the hill above. Come for an hour of walking a residential Seoul that most itineraries never reach, not for a sight to tick off.

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Korean name: 서래마을
Address: Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul
Admission: Free

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The Moonlight Rainbow Fountain playing from Banpo Bridge over the Han river at night

Banpo Hangang Park

A Hangang park on the south bank at Banpo Bridge, its paths running out toward Seorae Island and Jamsu Bridge, entered on foot through the underpasses from either Express Bus Terminal or Sinbanpo station.

National Museum of Korea

Two closure rules, not one, and they are not the same thing: the museum itself shuts on only three days a year, while the permanent galleries take a quarterly Monday off with the garden still open. Wednesday and Saturday run to 21:00 — the only evenings you can see this place without daylight pressure.

Someone sitting with their back to the camera among tall silver grass, apartment blocks across the river in late light

Ichon Hangang Park

A 10.2 km stretch of the north bank from Jungnangcheon Bridge at Geumho-dong to Mancheoncheon Bridge at Ichon-dong. Nodeulseom, the island under Hangang Bridge, is listed among this district's facilities — and the operator notes separately that the island's 120,462 m² is not counted in the park's own 922,185 m². The inline skating rink here covers 14,602 m², with a 400 m road track and a 200 m banked track.

Leeum Museum of Art

An art museum run by the Samsung Foundation of Culture. The standing exhibition of historic Korean art is free and the special exhibitions are ticketed, priced per show rather than at a standing rate. From exit 1 of Hangangjin Station, the route runs 100 metres towards Itaewon, then turns right into the first alley for an uphill walk of about five minutes.

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