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Lower waterside paths and stairs from street level at sunrise in 2024

Cheonggyecheon after dinner: a short return walk and a rain plan

Walk from Cheonggye Plaza past Mojeongyo to Gwangtonggyo and return. The operator marks a ramp at Mojeongyo and stairs at Gwangtonggyo. With rain or access restrictions, stay above the stream and switch to Kyobo’s Gwanghwamun bookstore.

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Lower waterside paths and stairs from street level at sunrise in 2024 · Catalogue and sharing images are cropped from the original. · Photo: Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped and resized
Bukchon lane lined with tiled roofs and masonry walls, with a mountain in the distance · 2025-03-13

Ikseon-dong or Bukchon? Two hanok neighborhoods through Mi-ji and Ho-soo, Rumi and Jinu

Choose Ikseon-dong for a walk followed by a meal or café stop. Choose Bukchon for a daytime look at traditional tiled roofs and residential lanes. Seoul Tourism Organization lists Bukchon visiting hours as 10:00–17:00 every day; finish sightseeing in the red zone during the day.

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Bukchon Hanok Village, March 13, 2025. A photograph of the neighborhood, not an animated scene or an exact character position. · Photo: Epicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped and resized
A hanok lane in Nuha-dong, Seochon, photographed in July 2024.

A Seochon walk: browse art books and choose gimbap in Tongin Market

Link Tongin Market and The Reference Seoul on a walk from Gyeongbokgung Station. Look for the Sonmat Gimbap sign in the market, then browse art books at the bookshop. Tuesday–Saturday also accommodates an optional drawingRoom detour if a new exhibition is confirmed.

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A hanok lane in Nuha-dong, Seochon, photographed in July 2024. Neighborhood context, not a bookshop, gallery or gimbap-shop interior or current business operation. · Photo: An Yeonggwan / Korea Tourism Organization, Photo Korea · KOGL Type 1 · Cropped and resized
Jeongjeon and its courtyard, 16 November 2012. Korea Heritage Service (then Cultural Heritage Administration) · KOGL Type 1.

Beneath Seoul’s long royal roofline: visiting Jongmyo and its wall walk

A line of red doors stretches under one long roof, facing a broad ritual courtyard. Visit Jongmyo for the restraint of royal ancestral architecture. Enter the grounds to see Jeongjeon, or follow Seosulla-gil outside the wall for a lighter evening walk.

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Jeongjeon and its courtyard, 16 November 2012. Korea Heritage Service (then Cultural Heritage Administration) · KOGL Type 1. · Photo: 문화재청 · KOGL Type 1 · Cropped and resized
Seoul Museum of Craft Art exterior · 2024-11-22

From Business Proposal’s umbrella street to Seoul’s craft galleries

Start with Business Proposal’s yellow-umbrella street, then see the craft galleries. For an evening visit, choose Building 1, floor 2; see embroidery and Building 3’s current temporary exhibition before 18:00. The floor-1 lobby is closed through 25 October, with reopening planned for 27 October.

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Seoul Museum of Craft Art exterior · 2024-11-22 · Photo: *Youngjin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped and resized
Namdaemun Market street, not a flower-shop interior. Capture date unconfirmed: source dates conflict.

Namdaemun flower market hours: E-World, D building and holidays

For a first visit on Monday–Saturday excluding public holidays, consider 09:00–12:00, within both E-World listings. The listed flower shops close on Sundays. E-World and Building D have different addresses, floors and holiday-hour listings.

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Namdaemun Market street, not a flower-shop interior. Capture date unconfirmed: source dates conflict. · Photo: Martin Kliehm (a flickr user) · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cropped and resized