Starfield COEX Mall

스타필드 코엑스몰

A shopping mall laid out beneath the trade centre complex in Samseong-dong. The library and the aquarium both sit inside it, so three of this registry's places share one building.

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A concourse on the lower level of Starfield COEX Mall: shoppers crossing a polished stone floor, an accessory cart and clothing units to the right, and an overhead wayfinding sign listing the exhibition and convention centre lobby, the Oakwood hotel, casino, cinema and aquarium, and ASEM Tower and Bongeunsa station.

Place information

Korean name: 스타필드 코엑스몰
Address: 513 Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06164
Opening hours: Mon~Sun 10:30–22:00 SEA LIFE COEX Aquarium 10:00–20:00 (last entry 19:00) Starfield Library 10:30–22:00

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Starfield Library

It is a mall atrium, not a library in the quiet sense — there is no lending, and the photographs everyone comes for are of a space full of people. Power sockets and worktables make it a genuinely usable stop between COEX appointments.

Colorful lettered sign over the entrance to COEX Aquarium

SEA LIFE COEX Aquarium

Nobody should pay the gate price. The operator's own site sells the same adult ticket at a standing discount and drops it further on selected dates, so the number to plan around is the online one, booked before you arrive.

The standing Maitreya at Bongeunsa with the Gangnam high-rises and the temple's tiled roofs behind it

Bongeunsa Temple

The temple publishes no opening hours and no admission fee anywhere on its own site. What it does publish hours for is the bakery, the noodle canteen, the Buddhist-goods shop and the florist — which is a fair description of how the grounds are actually used.

A grass-covered royal tomb mound at Seonjeongneung against a backdrop of high-rises

Seonjeongneung Royal Tombs

It sells monthly and lunchtime passes, which tells you what it mostly is: a working park that office workers and neighbours walk through, which happens to contain two royal tombs. Under-25s get in free, so for most young travellers the ticket price is irrelevant.

Stories about this place

Four Indoor Shopping Places in Seoul: Myeongdong Underground, Nakwon Arcade, AK Plaza Hongdae and Starfield COEX
For a wet day or an evening indoors in Seoul: Myeongdong Underground, Nakwon Arcade, AK Plaza Hongdae and Starfield COEX compared on what they sell, who each suits, when each closes and which station to use. "Closed" means something different at all four, which also decides the order if you visit more than one.

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