SeongsuSeongsu in an afternoon
Michelin chicken soup, K-fashion in a red-brick warehouse, the shoe street and a factory bakery café
- 1Kyewol Gomtang
- 2MUSINSA Store Seongsu @ Daelim Changgo
- 3Seongsu Handmade Shoe Street
- 4Cafe Onion Seongsu
Photo: Enamoradadecorea · CC0
- Duration
- About 3.5 hours
- Budget
- ₩15,000–₩25,000 per person
- Walking
- ~1.2 km in total
- Best time
- Late morning on a sunny day, not Monday (some stalls close).
Do what Seoul does on a nice day: eat your way through a neighborhood market, grab coffee to go, then walk to the Han River for a picnic on the grass.
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11:00 · 45 min
Mangwon Market 망원시장
Traditional covered market
Pick up croquettes and dakgangjeong for the picnic.
- 🚶 ~2 min walk · 150 mWalking directions ↗
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11:45 · 40 min
Hongdukkae Son Kalguksu 홍두깨손칼국수
Hand-cut noodle soup (inside the market)
Watch the noodles being cut by hand, then slurp a ₩5,000 bowl.
🧍 Solo-friendly - 🚶 ~1 min walk · 90 mWalking directions ↗
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12:45 · 20 min
Deep Blue Lake Coffee & Roasters 딥블루레이크
Specialty coffee roastery
Get an oat latte to go.
- 🚶 ~13 min walk · 1.0 kmWalking directions ↗
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13:30 · 90 min
Mangwon Hangang Park 망원한강공원
Walk & sights
Walk about 15 minutes along Mangwon-ro and through the underpass. Spread out on the lawn; convenience stores by the river have ramyeon machines.
Good to know
- Mangwon Station (Line 6) is about 5 minutes from the market.
- Take your trash with you; riverside bins fill up fast.
More half-day plans
Seongsu
Yeonnam-dongA slow day in Yeonnam-dong
Michelin ramen, a walk along the old railway park, an indie bookshop and scones
- 1Nishimuramen
- 2Gyeongui Line Forest Park
- 3UHJJUHDAH Book Shop
- 4Café Layered Yeonnam
EuljiroEuljiro after dark
A hidden retro café, Gwangjang Market, 1946 cold noodles and the beer alley
- 1Coffee Hanyakbang
- 2Gwangjang Market
- 3Woo Lae Oak
- 4Euljiro Nogari Alley