I love Seoul! I’ve been to Seoul, South Korea, a couple of times now and the city has been a pleasant surprise for me. You can find a lot of articles about Seoul on my blog. I recommend you start with this one and this one. These two articles summarize what I love about Seoul and […]
Namdaemun Market Seoul - my review
Namdaemun Market Seoul, founded in 1964, is Korea’s largest traditional market. It is huge and it is open from 11 pm until 5 pm daily, except on sundays (closed). Where is Namdaemun Market and how to get there The address is: 2 Namdaemunsijang 4-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul. When you exit the Subway, -Subway Hoehyeon Station, Subway […]
Visiting N Seoul Tower- Love Locks, views and free shows
Seoul’s N Tower or Namsan Tower is one of the top attractions of the city. The tower lies in a nice park, you can go up to the tower’s observation deck with views all around and it is The Place in Seoul to attach your Love Locks. I wrote about visiting N Seoul Tower, about […]
Art Fences. From ugly construction fence to street art museum.
Since the new neighborhood Digital Media City (DMC) was going to be a construction site for many years, Seoul City chose to turn the almost 7.500 meters of construction fence into street art. The area around our hotel: construction sites all around. Artists were contracted to make art on the fences, not just by painting […]
Digital Media City Seoul. Architecture, art and media.
The first time we went to Seoul, we stayed on the ‘other side’ of the river in the Conrad hotel in the IFC. Right next to Frits’ work, but far from all the attractions. Not really a problem, since the subway is connected, as is a huge shopping mall with ample F&B options. The hotel itself is […]
Ihwa-Dong Mural village
As I stated before, Seoul has lots of street art. One neighborhood that is really filled with street art is Ihwa-Dong. Ihwa-Dong is a small area near Daehangro, placed against a steep hill. It used to be a sad, neglected neighborhood, until the government decided -in 2006- to give the area a boost via an art […]
A walk through Insa-dong, Seoul.
Insa-dong is a neighborhood in Jongno-Gu in the heart of Seoul. Upon arrival, in the subway station a large wall is filled with art tiles. Some of them are done by artists, others by citizens. A very cool co-production! The area itself is known as a cultural hub, with lots of galleries, and traditional Korean culture in […]
Olympic Park Seoul. Sculptures galore.
It’s only because I explore and prepare thoroughly before traveling, that I stumbled upon Seoul’s Olympic Park on the web. We visited the park in winter, so everything normally green was now a yellowish, orangish brown. Apparently not an obvious touristic site to visit, since there is not a whole lotta info about it, nor […]
10 things you did not know about South Korea. Part 2.
This is my second post with Things You Did Not Know About Korea. You can read my first one here. 11. Koreans are romantic. Even so romantic, that they not only celebrate Valentine’s Day on february 14th. No, they have a romantic celebration on the 14th of each month!!! January 14th is Diary Day, March […]
Tom’s Cat Cafe Seoul
My visit to Seoul’s dog cafe BauHouse was not a real success. I was hoping that a visit to a cat cafe would be a more pleasant experience. So one afternoon I climbed the stairs up to Tom’s Cat cafe. Before entering the cafe, there is a small reception hall where you change your footwear for […]