The Living Seoul Attractions

Living Seoul Attractions

Living Seoul Attractions page briefly features the leading travel and exciting spots, parks, structures, places, museums, galleries, shops, government buildings, and anything that attracts your unique tastes.

This page includes over 180 items that could be of interest. Check out its individual links to find more exciting descriptions, guides, and photos.

Since Seoul Attractions strictly features items about Seoul, you cannot find anything outside it. Please, see the attractions above if you want to visit other cities, such as Busan, Gyeongju, Jeju, Gwangju, etc.

You can also find resources for travel to various provinces through here. Now, let me start presenting your briefs of Seoul's attractions...

313 Art Project
This art gallery is amid Apgujeong's contemporary slick and chic art hub. It is the center for artists from both local and international backgrounds.

63 Sky Art Gallery
The top-class, regularly changing art exhibitions at this 60th-floor gallery, have the extra thrill of an observation deck. It's held within the gold-tinted glass skyscraper 63 City, which also features some humans.

Another Way of Seeing
This facility runs a program that supports art education and related activities for the blind students.  Another Way of Seeing exhibits the thought-provoking arts which play on senses other than sight, such as smell, touch, hearing.

Ahn Jung-geun Memorial Hall
In a striking modern building on the west flank of Namsan, this well-structured museum is dedicated to Korean fallen independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun. Ahn assassinated Ito Hirobumi, the Japanese governor-general of the nation under the Imperial Japanese army.

Agriculture Museum
This museum in Seoul has imaginative displays of replicas of tools relating to the history and practice of farming on the Korean peninsula through the dynasties.

Artsonje Center
Founded in 1998, Artsonje supports experimental art, runs workshops, and has lectures as well as an annual Open Call for new works. Also here is a cafe and arthouse cinema. It is also the Seoul outpost for the fascinating sights.

Arario Museum in SPACE
Korean business magnate and contemporary-art collector Kam Chang-il have found the perfect home for jewels from his collection at this ivy-clad brick building that's considered a seminal piece of early-1970s architectures, among others.

Arko Art Center
A great place to explore contemporary arts, this impressive red-brick complex has triple interlinked galleries that house regularly changing, often avant-garde exhibitions. The gallery was first established in 1979.

Artside
Since 1999, Artside took a leading role in the artistic exchange between Korea and China. Artside regularly exhibits new art items by contemporary Chinese artists such as Zhang Xiaogang.

Bank of Korea Money Museum
Established in 1912, and an outstanding example of Japanese colonial architecture, this old Bank of Korea now houses a reasonably exciting exhibition on the history of local and foreign currency.

Bongsudae
Near the summit of Namsan, you can see the Bongsudae, a smoke-signal communications system used for 500 years to notify the central government of vital political and military information.

Bukchon Traditional Culture Center
There's an informative exhibition about hanok homes and the Bukchon area, housed in this larger-than-average hanok. It's generally unstaffed, but sometimes you may find English-speaking volunteers here.

Cheondogyo Temple
Cheondogyo means 'Religion of the Heavenly Way,' and this temple is the hall of worship for a home-grown faith containing Buddhist, Confucian and Christian elements that gathered momentum in the 1860s.

Children's Grand Park
Kids can run wild in this enormous playground, which includes amusement rides, a zoo, botanical garden, wetland eco area, and a giant musical fountain. The Children's Museum is the latest attraction added. 

Central Buddhist Museum
Jogyesa Museum has three galleries of antique woodblocks, symbol-filled paintings, and other Buddhist artifacts. Take a break after exploring at their cafe closeby.

Cheongwadae Sarangchae
Much more interesting than the tour of Cheongwadae is its exhibition hall opposite the exit from the presidential compound. Inside are exhibits promoting Korea and Seoul as well as the work of past presidents.

Choong Ang High School
The Gothic-style early-20th-century buildings of this campus are recognized as part of Seoul's cultural heritage. It also offers a nice contrast with the surrounding traditional hanok architecture of Bukchon.

Cheonggyecheon Cardboard House
This 'cardboard' slum house, typical of the wooden shacks that lined the Cheonggyecheon after the Korean War, has been preserved to give a sense of life for Seoul's urban poor in the 1960s and '70s.

Changuimun
One of the 'four small gates' in Seoul's City Wall, this is also the start point for the City Wall hike up Bukaksan. If you plan on doing the hike, you'll need to show your passport at the booth by the gate.

Changgyeonggung Palace
Changgyeongung was initially built in the 15th century by King Sejong. This palace is one of Seoul's 'five grand palaces.' It is located close to the more impressive Changdeokgung – the two palaces shared the now-famous secret garden.

Choi Sunu House
The charming hanok (traditional wooden home) of Choi Sunu, a former director of the National Museum of Korea and academics on Korean arts, is now looked after by the National Trust of Korea.

Citizens Hall
Head down to City Hall's basement to reach Citizens Hall, a multipurpose space with an exciting mix of multimedia art exhibitions, design shops, and a fair-trade cafe.

Cheonggyecheon Museum
To fully comprehend what expensive effort to resurrect Cheonggyecheon, Seoul's long-buried east-west stream, pay a visit to this excellent museum. It's also a good starting point for a walk along this revived old stream.

Daehan Empire History Museum
This excellent museum has its opulent lobby, dining rooms, and bedrooms. It is in the neoclassical-style Seokjojeon. Visiting this history museum is only possible by booking a free 45-minute tour online or upon arrival.

Dongdaemun History Museum
Attached to the DDP, this museum makes up a part of the Dongdaemun History and Culture Park. It features archaeological remains from the Joseon dynasty that were uncovered during the site's excavation.

Deoksugung Stone Wall Road
Outside to the left of Deoksugung Palace's main gate, the palace's stone southern wall creates a curve-shaped path shaded by 130 trees with benches underneath. Locals and visitors stop by and rest or take selfies and groupies.

Daelim Contemporary Art Museum
Daelim specializes in exhibiting photography, designs, and fashion. The building, which was once a family house, but was remodeled by French architect Vincent Cornu. Its lovely garden and other features attract visitors.

Dongdaemun Stadium Memorial
This memorial is part of the Dongdaemun History and Culture Park. It is very engaging that can relive key moments from the former stadium's history. In 1925, the Japanese built it and was used primarily for soccer and baseball matches and similar entertainments.

Eungbongsan Park
For spectacular vistas of the Han River and Eastern Seoul, take a short hike up the steps to the pavilion atop Eungbongsan. Eunbongsan Mountain Park boasts its verdant sights and colorful flowers in the Spring season.

Ewha Woman's University Museum
To the left of the university entrance, the exhibits spread over three floors here conjure up the extinct world of the yangban (aristocratic) elite with beautiful examples of their refined taste in ceramics, art, and other exciting exhibitions.

Fifty Fifty
A decent art gallery with a fantastic space for its regularly rotating art shows by emerging local artists.

Football Faentasium
This interactive museum with various displays at the World Cup Stadium & Mall is a must for football fans, despite the pricy admission fee. The Korean football history and its players in the K League are detailed through modern displays.

Gungisi Relics Exhibition Hall
Head down to the basement of City Hall to this glassed-in archaeological site displaying items dating from the Joseon dynasty unearthed during the excavation of the complex, including arrowheads and firearms.

Gahoe Minhwa Workshop
Gahoe Minhwa houses an extensive collection of amulets and folk paintings.  This combined house museum and the cultural center also offers classes teaching traditional art, which can be done as a print or on a T-shirt.

Gwanghwamun Square Underground Exhibition
This underground exhibition displays the life and achievements of King Sejong and his Korean language invention. Try writing your name in Korean with brushstroke and ink for free and take away your Korean language achievement.

Gallery Simon
Exhibitions include sculptures and exciting installations. Has a chic top-floor cafe with views over hanok roofs.

Gangnam Style 'Horse Dance' Stage
Coming out of Gangnam Subway Station, you'll see the multimedia Gangnam Style stage, a shrine for Psy where you can pose for selfies or any. Its establishment is somewhat ironic since the song was a parody of the neighborhood.

Gonsindang
On the right-hand side of the entrance to Jongmyo, the World Heritage-listed Confucian shrine, this building houses the spirit tablets of 83 royal family members. They served their kings well and were rewarded with …

Gallery Hyundai
The trailblazer for Korea's contemporary commercial-gallery scene, Hyundai, has been going strong since 1970. The gallery exhibits some of the giants of the site, including Lee Joong-seop and Paik Nam June.

Gwanghuimun
The 'southeast gate' of Seoul's fortress wall, Gwanghuimun, is far smaller and more modest than Heunginjimun. It was rebuilt in 1976.

Gyeongui Line Forest Park
This 6.3-kilometer park, named for the former Gyeongui Line, is a narrow, long green space that runs along the discarded railroad tracks above Gajwa Station to Hyochang Park station.

Gilsang-sa Temple
This modern hillside temple is a pleasure to visit at any time of the year, but particularly in May when the grounds are festooned with lanterns for Buddha's birthday. The buildings once housed the elite restaurant.

Great Greenhouse
On the grounds of Changgyeonggung is this splendid Victorian-style greenhouse built by the Japanese in 1909.

GT Tower East
The curvaceous stylings of the slinky GT Tower sit beside the significant crossing of Teheran-no and Gangnam-daero.

Gyeongui Line Book Street
This extension of the Gyeongui Line Forest Park is a book-themed pathway of bookshops housed in train-carriage-like containers. The street commemorates the high concentration of publishing companies in the area.

Hanyangdoseong Exhibition Hall
Adjacent to Hyehwamun, this former home of various mayors of Seoul was built in 1941 directly on top of the Seoul City Wall. It's now a Wall museum with a small cafe and garden, and a popular rest spot for strollers and joggers.

Hongneung Arboretum
A hidden gem, the National Institute of Forest Science, opens its idyllic grounds to the public on weekends. A forest pathway winds for a few kilometers between rare trees and herb gardens. A royal tomb is accessible for viewing nearby.

Hammering Man
Constructed in 2002 with 50 tonnes of steel by an American artist Jonathan Borofsky, this 22-meter-tall black human-shaped structure of a blacksmith is still in motion. The statue provokes thoughts about labor.

Hwabong Gallery
Cutting-edge Korean art is usually on show in this basement alongside permanent displays of the smallest book in the world (no more than a dot), and the most giant book.

Hamnyeongjeon
A part of Deoksugung, this building served as Emperor Gojong's living quarters.

Horim Museum
Within the lustrous walls of the stylish Horim Art Center, this museum has three floors devoted to Korean ceramic masterpieces and temporary exhibits on traditional Korean art.

Huwon
Huwon is an excellent place for short strolls. You can walk through the dense woodland at the rear of the main buildings of Changdeokgung. Huwon has a beautiful vista of pavilions on the edge of a square lily pond, among other interesting sights around.

Hakgojae
This elegant gallery is easy can be recognized quickly by the robot sculpture on the roof of its modern section. Entry is via the converted hanok building, which neatly symbolizes the gallery's aim 'to review the old to learn the recent development.

Inwangsan Guksadang
This ornate shrine located atop Inwangsan Mountain is one of Seoul's most popular sites for shamanism. Shamanism is Korea's traditional, highly ritualized, and somewhat taboo folk religion. They still perform offerings to spirits regularly.

Itaewon Bugundang History Park
Even up to this day, longtime residents of Itaewon might be surprised if you tell them that it is indeed possible to find relics in the heart of the neighborhood. Located atop a hill facing N-Seoul Tower is the panoramic history park of Itaewon.

Jeongdok Public Library
The small quiet park fronting the public library is an excellent spot for viewing cherry blossoms in SpringSpring, and the technicolor of Gingko Tree leaves in autumn. The library itself holds cultural events and houses over thousands of reading materials and other sources.

Jean Art Gallery
Pioneer of the Tongui-dong gallery scene and specializing in representing contemporary Korean and Japanese artists, such as Naru Yoshitomo and Yayoi Kusama: one of Yayoi's 2m-tall dotted pumpkin sculptures.

Jeoldusan Martyrs' Shrine
Jeoldusan means 'Beheading Hill' – this is where up to 2000 Korean Catholics were executed in 1866 following a royal decree by the Japanese Imperial Army. Most of the martyrs were thrown off the high cliff here into the Han River. A Catholic church was built nearby to commemorate the martyrs' steadfast faith.

Junghwajeon
Serving as Deoksugung's main throne hall, Junghwajeon was used for ceremonial occasions such as coronations and is adorned with dragons and golden window frames.

K-Wave Experience
If you visit the Gangnam Tourist Center, you can possibly live out all your K-Pop fantasies. The makeup artist can transform you into a K-Pop star. You can choose from among your favorite K-Pop and wear clothing to look like them!

King Jeongjong's Tomb
The tomb of King Jeongjong (r 1506–1544) is one of three royal grave areas at Seonjeongneung Park. King Jeongjong was the second son of King Seongjong and Queen Jeonghyeon. Visit this park and experience serenity within the bustling city with verdant and colorful surroundings.

K-Star Road
If you've to Hollywood, you can also see something like it here in Seoul. Gangnam's 'Hallyuwood Walk of Fame' pays homage to K-Pop stars. Such attractions are in the form of cutesy bear sculptures dedicated to K-Wave singers and actors.

King Seongjong's Tomb
King Seongjong's Tomb (1469-1494) is the most notable among the three royal tombs at Seonjeongneung park. He was a prolific author and a father of 28 children by 12 wives and concubines. Enjoy the park's refreshing and serene ambiance.

Korean Stone Art Museum
A score of centuries-old stone sentinels stands guard on the hillside at this terrific museum overlooking Seongbuk-dong. A road winds through sculpted gardens revealing collections of various stone figures.

Korea Furniture Museum
You need to apply several days in advance via a reservation page on the website to visit this museum. Still, you absolutely should come to admire the fabulous collection of Joseon dynasty chests, bookcases, chairs, and dining tables.

KT&G SangsangMadang
Funded by Korea's top tobacco company, this visually striking building is home to an art-house cinema, a concert space (hosting top indie bands), and galleries that focus on experimental, fringe exhibitions.

Kukje Museum
Kukje's two main gallery spaces are found off the main road, behind its restaurant building, which has the running woman sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky on its roof.

Lotte World Folk Museum
The Folk Museum at Lotte World uses imaging techniques like dioramas, scale models, and moving waxworks to bring scenes from Korean history to life. The price is included in the day-pass ticket for Lotte World Adventure Land.

Lock Museum
One of Seoul's quirkier private collections makes for a surprisingly absorbing exhibition. It specializes in the artistry of locks, latches, and keys of all kinds. Most of the items are local, but some of them are samples from other countries.

Mongchon Museum
Mongchon Museum exhibits precious golden relics made during the Baekje kings' reigns. A seven-pronged sword and the usual ancient pots are the most beautiful artifacts. The history of human settlement here goes back hundreds of years ago.

Mullae Arts Village
Mullae Arts Village is located in Mullae-dong, a small industrial complex packed with metalwork factories. Local artists and designers have moved in beside the steelworkers and welders, bringing with them their talents and transform the area into a creative space.

Moonlight Rainbow Fountain Viewpoint
Moonlight Rainbow is a park that offers a spectacular vantage point of the nightly fountain show coming off Banpo Bridge. It is easy to access within the capital city of Seoul.

Modern Design Museum
This small museum displays items on its two floors trace the history of modern designs in Korea--from the 1880s to contemporary times. Not much is labeled in English, but it's still a fascinating collection to see for any interested visitor.

Myeongjeongjeon
The main hall of Changgyeonggung, Myeongjeongjeon, was rebuilt in 1616, making it a valuable example of 17th-century Joseon architecture, and the oldest surviving hall of all Seoul's palaces.

Museum of Gugak
The Museum of Gugak is part of the National Gugak Center. This engaging museum covers 'gugak' (traditional Korean music) with displays of Korean stringed musical instruments. Such musical instruments include unique drums, among others, that are rarely heard today.

MMCA Deoksugung
This branch of MMCA is within a grand colonial building inside the Deoksugung complex. It has several galleries exhibiting its permanent modern-art collection and temporary shows.

MMCA Seoul
Combining architectural elements from several centuries of Seoul's history, this branch of the city's premier contemporary-art museum is an impressive melding of spacious gallery buildings with the art deco building.

Mokin Museum
Mokin Museum displays carved and painted wooden figures and decorative motifs that were used to decorate 'sangyeo' (funeral carriages). Carved by village craftsmen, they are a unique folk art drenched in Buddhist and shamanist beliefs.

National Hangeul Museum
Learn a bit or better yet,  a brush up your Korean language skills with this museum dedicated to the Korean alphabet called 'hangeul.'  The Korean alphabet and writing system created in the 15th century. Take advantage of visiting the National Museum of Korea after your Korean language practice.

Namsan Park
Beloved by locals, as well as foreign guests, as a place for exercise, peaceful contemplation, and hanging out with loved ones. Namsan Park used to be a sacred shamanistic spot when the Joseon ruler Taejo ordered the construction of a fortress wall across the Namsan Mountain.

National Museum of Korean Contemporary History
The last century in Korean history has been a tumultuous time for its people. The highlights and significant moments of its history are memorialized in this museum. You will see exhibits charting the highs and lows of that journey.

National Palace Museum of Korea
In a modern building in the southwest corner of Gyeongbokgung's compound, this museum displays royal artifacts that highlight the fabulous artistic skills of the Joseon era – royal seals, illustrations of official and social ceremonies, etc.

Namsan Botanical Garden
Namsan Botanical Garden can be reached from the Southern Namsan Circuit or via a pedestrian bridge over the road from near the Grand Hyatt is the Namsan Botanical Garden. The 59 square meters are divided into 13 themed gardens, including wildflowers, herbal, bushes, trees, among others.

National Children's Museum
Bring in your children to learn and enjoy the museum's exciting exhibits. Advance reservations are recommended for this interactive and guided museum for kids, as walk-in visitors are limited in number daily.

Naksan Park
The lofty slopes above Daehangno offer fantastic city views and contain an impressive section of the Seoul City Wall. You can stroll through in either direction (and often on both sides) between Dongdaemun and Seongbuk District.

N Seoul Tower & Namsan
The iconic N Seoul Tower (236m), atop the city's guardian mountain Namsan, offers spectacles of this immense metropolis from its observation deck. If you come during sunset, you will be delighted by the sparkling lights of Seoul and its surrounding areas.

Noryangjin Fish Market
Providing terrific photo opportunities, Korea's most abundant fish market supplies every kind of aquatic life form to restaurants, fish shops, and the general public. Initially established in 1927 and relocated here in the 1990s.

Namsangol Hanok Village
Located in a park at the foot of Namsan, this peaceful village is a beautiful spot to encounter traditional Korean culture. It features five differing 'yangbans' (upper class) houses from the Joseon era.

Open Air Exhibition
You can see this open exhibition just outside the National Folk Museum. It exhibits replicas structures, including a street of buildings styled as they would have been in the early 20th century.

Opera Gallery
This high-end commercial gallery is worth popping into for a gawk at works (and price tags) by artists such as Damien Hirst, Joan Miró, and Salvador Dalí as well as local contemporary painters.

Olympic Park
This large and pleasant park was the focus of the 1988 Olympics. Strolling its paths takes you past its stadiums surrounded by plenty of greenery, ponds, and open-air sculptures.

Oil Tank Culture Park
This unique park was originally built after Korea's first oil crisis in 1973 and reopened in 2017. This park is made up of five abandoned oil tanks. Constructed in a remote corner of Seoul, there is an other-worldly feeling as you enter into the area.

Prugio Valley
Appearing like a gigantic music speaker crossed with a slab of Swiss cheese, this incredible steel-clad building was designed by Unsangdong Architects. You can visit and take a selfie in a few minutes here.

Queen Jeonghyeon Wanghu's Tomb
Queen Jeonghyeon's Tomb is one of three royal tombs enshrined at Seonjeongneung park. Queen Jeonghyeon was the second wife of King Seongjong. See more here.

Ryugaheon
Based on a restored hanok, Ryugaheon specializes in photography exhibitions, but you may also see other types of art here, such as canvases of embroidered flowers. There are two display spaces and a small library of various sorts of resources.

SeMA Gyeonghuigung Museum of Art
Two large, white hangar-like structures make up this branch of the Seoul Museum of Art. Periodically changing exhibitions of variable quality and interest cover everything from traditional brush and ink to modern arts.

Sajikdan Altar
Located at the heart of Seoul but hidden on top of a small hill, Sajikdan Altar is an exciting place to visit. This stone altar in a tranquil park surrounded by low stone walls and ornate wooden gates dates back to 1395 and King Taejo. King Taejo, the founder of the Joseon dynasty, built the altar to offer prayers for good harvests.

Seoul Animation Center
Up the hill, on the way to the cable car, you'll find this museum and cinema devoted to cartoons and animation from Korea and beyond. It's part of a whole strip dubbed 'Cartoon Street', with comics-and-animation-related entertainments.

SeMA Nam Seoul Museum
Enclosed inside the former colonial Belgian consulate and beautiful building (c 1901), this branch of SeMA promotes itself as a 'living art museum,' with changing exhibits that range from furniture to various art forms.

Sool Gallery
Sool gallery is a small exhibition place with some English explanations to introduce you to various types of Korean alcohol, including makgeolli, soju, and yakju. If you come by booking ahead for the light tour, you at least get to sample four kinds of traditional wines.

Sun Art Center
Sun Art Center specializes in early 20th century Korean art. It offers awards to promising local arts annually. Sun is one of Seoul's oldest commercial art galleries started since 1977.

Samcheong Park
Located on the lower slopes of Bukaksan (mountain), Samcheong Park attracts throngs of the crowd, especially during the Springtime when the cherry blossoms are blooming. It is a great place to start a hike for the Seoul City Wall area.

SongEun ArtSpace
In the heart of Gangnam's fashionable Cheongdam district, this contemporary art gallery promotes works by emerging and established Korean artists with regular exhibitions over several floors.

Seoul Museum
The spacious modern galleries here have a variety of shows throughout the year. The highlight, though, is Seokpajeong, the elegant remains of a 19th-century wooden mansion, and parts of its landscaped grounds.

Seoul Forest
A hunting ground in Joseon times, this massive park offers several family-friendly attractions, including a sika deer enclosure, adventure playgrounds, butterfly and insect gardens, wetlands, and a skate park.

Sajin Changgo
Literally meaning 'photo warehouse,' Sajin Changgo is a rough-and-tumble gallery space showcasing edgy film photography from Korean artists.

Samsung D'Light
Spread over three floors, one of which is devoted to selling the latest lines of gadgets, this showroom showcases the technology of the Korean electronics giant Samsung.

SOMA
SOMA is a bunker-like art building that features modern and contemporary art in six galleries. Most are special paid exhibitions, covering both local and big-name international artists such as Frida Kahlo, among others.

Seoul Central Mosque
Its twin minarets rising tall and resplendent over 'Halal Hill,' Seoul's impressive mosque, which opened in 1976, caters primarily to the Arabic, Asian, and African immigrant worshippers who are settled in the Itaewon.

Seoul Museum of Art
SEMA stands on a small hill in Seoul overlooking the Deoksugung Palace. SEMA has ultramodern, bright galleries inside the handsome brick-and-stone facade of the 1928 Supreme Court building. It has been hosting artworks from world-famous artists, aside from the local artists.

Seoul Metropolitan Library
Opened in 2012, the Seoul Metropolitan Library is within the original City Hall's Renaissance-style building, constructed in 1926, that's fronted by a clock. As well as a public library, there are photography exhibits accessible inside it.

Seonyudo Park
Seonyudo Park is a former water-filtration plant on an island in the Han River. It has been transformed into this award-winning park with great views of the river and surrounding environment. The old industrial buildings have been adapted as part of the new landscaping and gardens, which attracts both local and international visitors.

Sejong Gallery
Sejong Gallery offers current exhibits regularly. It is considered the most important cultural complex in Seoul. Visit the place located in the Gwanghwamun area to find insights into what's going on in the local contemporary art world.

Seodaemun Prison History Hall
This prison museum was built in 1908. This former prison facility is a symbol of Korean suffering at the hands of Japan during the colonial occupation in the early 20th century. Unfortunately, it was also used by Korea's various postwar dictators to imprison dissidents opposing their rule. Please, read more here.

Seodaemun Independence Park
Apart from the former prison, this park, dedicated to those who fought for Korean independence, also features Dongnimmun, an impressive granite archway modeled after the Arc de Triomphe.

Stairway Flea Market
Held on the last Saturday of each month, this market attracts hundreds of shoppers to Usadan-ro on top of Itaewon Hill, where local artists sell their works on the stairs and set up stalls along the street.

Seoul K-Medi Center
This Medi Center is a clinic since the early Joseon Dynasty period. You can learn about the history and practice of traditional Korean medicine at this impressive facility.

Seoul Arts Center
Seoul Arts Center is in Seoul's center for its main events. Aside from its concert hall, it also has three art galleries. Seoul Calligraphy Museum is devoted to hand-drawn hangeul (Korean phonetic alphabet) and Chinese characters.

Seonjam Museum
An engaging little museum about Seongbuk-dong's long-vanished Seonjam altar, which was where royal sericulture (silk production) rites were held during the Joseon dynasty.

SMTown Coexartium
This five-level interactive shrine to K-Pop in the COEX Mall has already become a pilgrimage hot spot for fans since opening in 2018. The photo hall is selfie heaven and includes the albums, props, miniatures, and more artworks.

Seoul Olympic Museum
Seoul Olympic Museum is a great attraction for game enthusiasts and fans alike. It has been completely updated with an interactive museum to not only show highlights of the 1988 Olympics, but also the thrills of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics. You can now find other memories from games recently held in the country.

Simsimheon
This modern hanok was rebuilt using traditional methods on the site of two older ones to create a home with museum grandeur that gives a rare opportunity to see inside a (splendid) residential property.

Starfield Library
More like a 13m-tall, neon-lit, designer shrine to books than a library, you can't actually take anything away here, but there are desks, sofas, and reading nooks for magazine flipping.

Tteok & Kitchen Utensil Museum
Sure, you do! And if you are interested in the local sweet culture, this two-room museum at the Institute of Traditional Korean Food offers displays of rice cakes in different colors, flavorings, shapes, and sizes, plus the utensils being used to create them.
  
Tangent
Hyundai Development Company hired Daniel Libeskind to work with Seoul-based firm Himma on its headquarters opposite COEX Mall. You can see this building just before entering COEX Mall located in Samseong Station, Seoul.

Urban Hive
Above Sinnonhyeon Station is Urban Hive building, which was built like an enormous concrete beehive, giving it unique structural support, and is lit from within. It was designed by a famous Seoulite architect named Kim In-Cheurl.

War & Women's Human Rights Museum
In Korea, the survivors of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII (known euphemistically as 'comfort women') are respectfully called halmoni (grandmother).

War Memorial of Korea, Yongsan
This war museum documents the history of the Korean War (1950–53) using multimedia exhibits, including black-and-white documentary footage. Inside the building, you can see artifacts like weapons, uniforms, and maps. You can also see the outside exhibits of the Korean War war machines--tanks, artilleries, airplanes, ships, etc.

Waryongmyo
Along the Namsan Northern Circuit, a pedestrian path that snakes for 3km from the lower cable-car station to the National Theater, you'll find the beautifully ornate and peaceful Waryongmyo. This was built in 1862 and is worth visiting.

World Peace Gate
Standing tall at the main entrance to Olympic Park is the colossal World Peace Gate. The gate has its striking winged arches designed by Kim Jung-up for the 1988 Olympics as the centerpiece of the large Peace Plaza. From the entrance, you can explore the park's varied attractions, including the artifacts of the Baekje dynasty.

Whanki Museum
Whanki Museum is an abstract museum in Seoul. Surrounded by sculptures, this fascinating museum showcases a rotating display of works by artist Kim Whan-ki (1913–74). Kim is a local pioneer of the modern abstract artist who is known as the 'Picasso of Korea.'

World Jewellery Museum
The well-lit displays of this private jewelry collection museum prove that small is beautiful. The pieces were a collection of unique items from around the world labored for over three decades.

Wau Park
On this hillside park, there are walking trails lined with wildflowers, as well as basketball and badminton courts and other fitness facilities. Most of these facilities are under the management of Hongik University and being used by its students.

World Cup Park
These five connected parks (Pyeonghwa, Nanjicheon, Nanji Hangang, Haneul Park, and Noeul) were created for the 2002 FIFA World Cup out of the former landfill and waste ground. Today it's one of Seoul's largest green spaces being enjoyed by visitors and locals.

This page will continue to grow in number of items as more attractions are created. That's why I call this the "Living Seoul Attractions" page.

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