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.
Language
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
Prices
| Admission | FreeOpen to everyone, free of charge. |
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Source: Starfield COEX Mall - Starfield Library ·
Nearby
COEX Convention & Exhibition Center
The exhibition and convention centre at Samseong, whose halls and auditorium host fan meetings and awards shows. It is a separate operation from the Starfield COEX Mall and the aquarium in the same underground complex.
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.
Starfield COEX Mall
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.
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.
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
- Four Places to Visit Around Gangnam and COEX: Starfield Library, COEX Aquarium, Bongeunsa and Seonjeongneung
Four places within one block of COEX, compared on what you see, whether they are indoors and how each one closes. Only Bongeunsa has no gate to shut; the other three close on three different axes — the day of the week, the season and the clock.
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