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Gwanghwamun Square attractions
  1. 1.Deoksugung Palace

    ★ 4.6(151,900)
    historic-sites

    Deoksugung sits across from Seoul City Hall and is a cultural landmark where late Joseon palace buildings stan…

  2. 2.Cheonggyecheon

    ★ 4.6(11,133)

    Cheonggyecheon is a 10.84 km stream that runs through central Seoul. It starts at Baegundong Valley in Cheongu…

  3. 3.Cheonggye Plaza

    ★ 4.4(8,539)

    Cheonggye Plaza sits at the start of Cheonggyecheon in Seoul and is a large square in the city center. Water f…

  4. 4.Seoul Plaza

    ★ 4.3(9,865)
    parks

    Seoul Plaza is a grass square in front of Seoul City Hall, next to City Hall Station, where people walk and re…

  5. 5.Gwanghwamun Gate

    ★ 4.7(4,165)
    historic-sites

    Gwanghwamun is the south gate and main gate of Gyeongbokgung, the palace where kings of the Joseon dynasty ent…

  6. 6.Seoul Museum of Art

    ★ 4.6(2,119)
    art-museums

    Seoul Museum of Art is a public art museum located between City Hall Station and Deoksugung. It shows the exhi…

  7. 7.HiKR GROUND

    ★ 4.6(1,049)

    Haiker Ground is a five-floor exhibition space in Seoul where visitors experience K-culture, located in front …

  8. 8.Insa Central Museum

    ★ 4.4(620)
    art-museums

    Insadong Central Museum is an art museum inside the Annyeong Insadong building in Gwanhun-dong, Jongno-gu, Seo…

  9. 9.Seoul Library

    ★ 4.5(399)

    Seoul Library is a public library converted from the old Seoul City Hall building, located at the Seoul City H…

  10. 10.Emu Cinema & Cafe

    ★ 4.6(238)

    Emu Cinema and Cafe is a complex cultural space in Jongno-gu, Seoul, with a cinema showing independent films a…

  11. 11.Yeongchumun (West Gate)

    ★ 4.7(204)
    historic-sites

    Yeongchumun is the west gate of Gyeongbokgung in Seoul and one of the four gates surrounding the palace. Its n…

  12. 12.Gwangtonggyo Bridge

    ★ 4.6(150)

    Gwangtonggyo is a bridge over Cheonggyecheon in Seoul that dates to the Joseon period. It is an old bridge tha…

  13. 13.Hwangudan (Wongudan) Altar

    ★ 4.2(235)

    Hwangudan (Wongudan) is a historic site of the Korean Empire, located between Seoul Plaza, Euljiro Station, an…

  14. 14.CKL Stage

    ★ 4.5(152)

    CKL Stage is a concert hall for performances and exhibitions, located near Jonggak and Cheonggyecheon in Seoul…

  15. 15.Jeongdong Park

    ★ 4.2(211)
    parks

    Jeongdong Park is a historic downtown park near City Hall Station on Deoksugung-gil, and it includes part of t…

  16. art-museums

    D Project Space Guseulmoa Danggujang is a free art space between Hannam Ogeori and D Museum in Hannam, Seoul, …

  17. 17.Sajikdan Altar

    ★ 4.2(172)

    Sajikdan is a state ritual site west of Gyeongbokgung in Seoul, where kings made offerings to the gods of land…

  18. 18.Daehanmun Gate

    ★ 4.6(97)
    historic-sites

    Daehanmun is the main gate of Deoksugung in Seoul, reachable on foot from City Hall Station Exit 2. Visitors b…

  19. 19.Yeongjegyo Bridge

    ★ 4.4(97)
    historic-sites

    Yeongjegyo Bridge at Gyeongbokgung Palace is a stone bridge from the Joseon period on the path from Heungnyemu…

  20. 20.Junghwajeon Hall

    ★ 4.6(74)
    historic-sites

    Junghwajeon is the main hall at the center of Deoksugung in Seoul, where the Korean Empire held state rites an…

  21. Lotte Culture Center Main Branch is a culture center in Myeongdong that runs hobby classes such as cooking and…

  22. 22.Sejongno Park

    ★ 4.3(88)
    parks

    Sejongno Park is an urban park on Sejong-daero in Jongno, Seoul, on the right side of the Sejong Center as Sej…

  23. 23.Hamnyeongjeon

    ★ 4.6(36)

    Hamnyeongjeon is the emperor's sleeping quarters in Deoksugung, near Daehanmun, where Gojong resided. It was b…

  24. 24.Cecil Maru

    ★ 4.4(32)

    Secil Maru is a public rest area and observation deck built on the rooftop of the Cecil Theater in Seoul. It l…

  25. Donuimun (Seodaemun) Gate Site is located in Sinmunro, Seoul. The gate itself no longer stands, and a VR displ…

  26. 26.Seoul Weather Station

    ★ 3.7(63)

    The Seoul Weather Observatory is a meteorological observation station in Jongno that serves as the reference p…

  27. 27.Deoksugung Junghwamun

    ★ 4.3(27)
    historic-sites

    Junghwamun is the main gate of the central hall at Deoksugung in Seoul, leading to Junghwajeon. It was first b…

  28. 28.Seoul Plaza Fountain

    ★ 4.3(24)

    Seoul Plaza Fountain sits next to Seoul City Hall and the Seoul Metropolitan Library, with a fountain and a gr…

  29. 29.Jeonggwanheon

    ★ 4.3(24)
    historic-sites

    Jeonggwanheon sits inside Deoksugung in Seoul. The building mixes a traditional wooden paljak roof with Romane…

  30. Seoul Bit Choreng Festival is a year-end light festival held along Cheonggyecheon. It lights up during the Chr…

  31. 31.Gyeonghuigung Park

    ★ 4.0(34)
    parks

    Gyeonghuigung Park is an urban park in Sinmun-ro, Jongno, where forest and palace grounds meet. It holds cultu…

  32. 32.Deoksugung Junmyeongdang

    ★ 4.4(15)
    historic-sites

    Junmyeongdang is a hall inside Deoksugung in Seoul. King Gojong of Joseon used it for state affairs, and royal…

  33. 33.Gwangtonggwan

    ★ 4.1(19)

    Gwangtonggwan is a tourist site in Jung-gu, Seoul, at 118 Namdaemun-ro. Built during the Korean Empire period,…

  34. historic-sites

    Samil Dongnip Seoneon Yujeokji is a historic site in Insadong, Seoul, marking the former Taehwagwan building a…

  35. 35.Seogeodang

    ★ 4.0(18)
    historic-sites

    Seokodang is a two-story wooden building in Deoksugung in Seoul, unusual among the palace's halls. Its dark br…

  36. Miffy and the Magic Postbox Special Exhibition is a special exhibition in Seoul marking Miffy's 70th anniversa…

  37. The Independence Activists' Path is a memorial walk in Sogyeok-dong, Seoul. Murals along it reimagine portrait…

  38. 38.Chorong Park

    ★ 3.4(24)
    parks

    Choronggongwon is a neighborhood park in Seoul with a playground that has swings. A daycare center is next to …

  39. Gungisi Yujeok Jeonsisil is an exhibition room inside Seoul City Hall near Seoul City Hall Station that displa…

  40. art-museums

    Nae Chingu Seoul Seoul Gallery is an art center at City Hall Station and in the basement of Seoul City Hall, w…

  41. parks

    Gam-sa-ui Jeong-won is a memorial park in Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, honoring the countries that fought in t…

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