Starfield Library

별마당 도서관

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.

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Starfield Library's floor-to-ceiling bookshelves seen from above

Place information

Korean name: 별마당 도서관
Address: 513 Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul (Starfield COEX Mall)
Opening hours: 10:30–22:00
Time needed: 1 hour
Admission: Free
Operated by: Starfield COEX Mall

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Prices

Admission	FreeOpen to everyone, free of charge.

Source: Starfield COEX Mall - Starfield Library · Sep 23, 2026

What to see

The 13-metre bookshelves

Shelving 13 metres high wraps the whole space and holds a collection of about 70,000 books.

Nearby

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.

Ttukseom Hangang Park

A Hangang park on the Jayang-dong riverside, and among the simplest of them to walk into — an exit of Jayang station on Line 7 opens straight onto the park.

Frequently asked questions

Is it worth visiting if I cannot read Korean?

Yes. There is a foreign-language section and a magazine area of some 600 titles including foreign publications.

Is there a parking discount?

Not for the library itself. Spending 50,000 / 100,000 / 150,000 won at COEX Mall validates 1 / 2 / 3 hours against your receipt. Leaving within 20 minutes of entry is free.

Stories about this place

A Day Around COEX, Gangnam: Seonjeongneung, Bongeunsa, Aquarium, Library
Seonjeongneung, Bongeunsa, COEX Aquarium and Starfield Library all sit within about a kilometre of COEX; this is the order that gets you into each before it closes. It compares how each one shuts (weekday, season, last entry), indoors against outdoors, what changes on a Monday or in winter, and how to get between them.

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