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  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.Gyeongbokgung Palace

    ★ 4.6(46,989)

    Gyeongbokgung is the primary palace of the Joseon dynasty and a historical tourist site representing Seoul. Vi…

  3. 3.Cheonggyecheon

    ★ 4.6(11,133)

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

  4. 4.Unhyeongung Palace

    ★ 4.4(12,503)
    historic-sites

    Unhyeongung in Anguk-dong, Seoul is a historic site where visitors can walk through the house where Heungseon …

  5. The National Palace Museum of Korea in Seoul displays artifacts and records from the Joseon royal family and t…

  6. 6.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…

  7. 7.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…

  8. 8.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…

  9. 9.Geunjeongjeon

    ★ 4.7(3,941)
    historic-sites

    Geunjeongjeon is the main hall of Gyeongbokgung, the primary palace of the Joseon dynasty, in Jongno, Seoul. S…

  10. 10.Seoul Museum of History

    ★ 4.5(5,414)
    museums

    The Seoul Museum of History covers the city from the Joseon period to the present and sits next to Gyeonghuigu…

  11. The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul is a contemporary art museum near Anguk Station that…

  12. museums

    The National Museum of Korean Contemporary History sits across from Gwanghwamun and Gyeongbokgung in Jongno-gu…

  13. art-museums

    The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung is located in the west wing of Seokjojeon insid…

  14. 14.Seoul Museum of Art

    ★ 4.6(2,241)
    art-museums

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

  15. Running Man Experience Center Insadong is an indoor facility in Insadong, Seoul, where visitors play games and…

  16. 16.Seoul Museum of Craft Art

    ★ 4.7(1,374)
    museums

    Seoul Museum of Craft Art is a museum near Anguk Station and the entrance to Bukchon that displays Korean craf…

  17. 17.Kukje Gallery

    ★ 4.4(2,073)
    art-museums

    Kukje Gallery is in Sogyeok-dong, Seoul, near Gyeongbokgung and Samcheong-dong-gil, and shows work by Korean a…

  18. 18.Museum Kimchikan

    ★ 4.3(1,722)

    Museum Kimchikan in Seoul is a museum that displays the history of kimchi. Exhibit explanations are provided o…

  19. 19.HiKR GROUND

    ★ 4.6(1,049)

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

  20. 20.Kyungin Museum of Fine Art

    ★ 4.4(1,127)
    art-museums

    Gyeongin Museum of Art is a hanok-style art museum in the Insadong Ssamzigil alley, where exhibitions and trad…

  21. 21.Seoul City Hall

    ★ 4.4(889)

    Seoul City Hall is the administrative building for the Seoul metropolitan government, located near City Hall S…

  22. historic-sites

    Seokjojeon is a Western-style stone palace inside Deoksugung in Jung-gu, Seoul, operated as the Korean Empire …

  23. The Gongpyeong Dosi Yujeok Jeonsigwan is in Gongpyeong-dong behind Jonggak Station in Seoul. It preserves and …

  24. Deoksugung Jungmyeongjeon is a historic building in Seoul that served as an imperial library and as a residenc…

  25. 25.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…

  26. 26.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…

  27. museums

    The National Museum of Land Development is a four-floor exhibition hall on Jeongdong-gil in Deoksugung, coveri…

  28. 28.Gallery Hyundai

    ★ 4.5(296)
    art-museums

    Gallery Hyundai is an art museum in Seoul that shows exhibitions and paintings by artists. Exhibitions and wor…

  29. 29.KCDF Gallery

    ★ 4.8(196)
    art-museums

    KCDF Gallery is a gallery in Insadong, Seoul, that sells crafts and small items reworking Korean traditional c…

  30. 30.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…

  31. The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Foundation in Seoul holds exhibitions of modern art and sel…

  32. 32.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…

  33. 33.Sujeongjeon

    ★ 4.4(264)
    historic-sites

    Sujeongjeon is a historic building beside Gyeonghoeru at Gyeongbokgung in Seoul, used as a government office d…

  34. 34.Kimchi Academy

    ★ 4.4(262)

    Seoul Kimchi Culture Experience Center is a hanok gallery in Bukchon that combines kimchi-making sessions with…

  35. 35.Jagyeongjeon

    ★ 4.9(134)
    historic-sites

    Jagyeongjeon is a royal hall inside Gyeongbokgung in Seoul, built for Queen Sinjeong of the Jo clan. Heungseon…

  36. 36.Kumho Museum of Art

    ★ 4.3(260)
    art-museums

    Geumho Museum of Art in Samcheong-dong shows contemporary art. It holds solo exhibitions by young artists, suc…

  37. 37.Lee Sang's House

    ★ 4.1(318)
    historic-sites

    Isang's House is a literary memorial space on the way to Inwangsan in Seochon, occupying part of the site wher…

  38. 38.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…

  39. 39.Hwangudan (Wongudan) Altar

    ★ 4.2(235)

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

  40. 40.TOPOHAUS

    ★ 4.2(228)

    TOPOHAUS is an exhibition space in Insadong that shows work across several genres, including painting and cera…

  41. 41.CKL Stage

    ★ 4.5(152)

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

  42. 42.Art Sonje Center

    ★ 4.2(220)

    Art Sonje Center in Samcheong-dong is a museum that holds contemporary art exhibitions focused on installation…

  43. 43.Heungbokjeon

    ★ 4.9(95)
    historic-sites

    Heungbokjeon is a historical hall in Gyeongbokgung, reached by walking the path between Gyeonghoeru and Gangny…

  44. 44.Insa 1010

    ★ 4.7(115)
    art-museums

    Insadong 1010 is an art museum in Insadong, Seoul, that holds photography, metalcraft, and science exhibitions…

  45. 45.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…

  46. KT Gwanghwamun Building WEST is an information and communications building across from Gwanghwamun Station and…

  47. art-museums

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

  48. museums

    The National Meteorological Museum is a science museum on a hill in Songwol-dong, Jongno, housed in the former…

  49. 49.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…

  50. 50.GalleryMEME

    ★ 4.5(114)
    art-museums

    GalleryMEME in Insadong, Seoul, is a contemporary art museum that exhibits and sells works by artists along wi…

  51. 51.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…

  52. museums

    The North Korea Human Rights Exhibition Hall is in Jongno, Seoul. It follows a day in the life of a fictional …

  53. 53.Gallery Ize

    ★ 4.4(109)

    Gallery Ijeu in Insadong exhibits works by multiple artists and presents both solo and special exhibitions. It…

  54. GS E&C is a construction company headquartered at Gran Seoul in Jonggak. The basement level holds restaurants …

  55. 55.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…

  56. 56.Gyejodang

    ★ 4.7(69)
    historic-sites

    Gyejodang is the main hall of the crown prince's residence in the Donggung area of Gyeongbokgung in Seoul. The…

  57. 57.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…

  58. 58.Dongduk Art Gallery

    ★ 4.4(92)
    art-museums

    Dongdeok Art Gallery is located near Anguk Station and the entrance of Insadong, and exhibits art including Ko…

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

  60. 60.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…

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