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April 2016 Theme for April Contents Walkable Seoul April 2016 Theme for April Contents Walkable Seoul 1 Seoul City Wall Naksan Mountain Trail 1 2 Great Place to Walk, Wonseo-dong 2 3 Back Alleys of Hapjeong and Sangsu 3 4 Bukhansan Dulle-gil 4 5 Mangwon-dong Streets 5 6 Suyeon Sanbang 6 7 TAEGEUKDANG 7 8 Exhibition of Jean Paul Gaultier 8 Art Market in Front of Hongik University Area – 9 9 Free Market 10 Seongwu Barbershop 10 Embrace History and Walk the Night, 2016 Jeong 11 11 Dong Culture Night 12 2016 Street Art Season Festival 12 13 2016 Hangang Summer Festival 13 Seoul City Wall Naksan Mountain Trail, Feel the History and 1 Culture of Seoul! 02-2133-2657 (Illustrated Book of Address 283, Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul Inquiry Seoul City Wall, Culture Division) Homepage seoulcitywall.museum.seoul.kr Closed Open All Year Round Reservation Reservation not available Hours 24 Hours Overview Hyehwamun Gate ~ Heunginjimun Payment Course Gate (2.1km, Approximately 1 Hour) Method - Korean, Homepage English, Fee Free Language Chinese, Support Japanese Site Korean ‣ Seoul City Wall Naksan Mountain Trail begins from Hyehwamun Gate and stretches to Naksan Park, Seoul City Wall Museum, Dongdaemun City Wall Park and Heunginjimun Gate ⁍ Hyehwamun Gate – Exit 4 of Hansung University Station - Stairs – Back Alley of The Catholic University of Korea – Longevity Village – Ammun Gate – Naksan Park Playground – Ihwa Village - Seoul City Wall Museum (Seoul Design Marketing Support Center) - Dongdaemun City Wall Park – Heunginjimun Introducti ‣ Slope is slow that it is great for taking a walk, and it provides the scenery of nearby on villages such as Ihwa-dong Mural Village and Longevity Village and the view of Seoul from the top of the city wall ⁍ Ihwa-dong Mural Village: Mural Art Street prepared through ‘Naksan Public Art Project’, located on the inner side of the wall. Popular among tourists for the fun of finding murals here and there around the alleys and on the walls of old houses while walking ⁍ Longevity Village: Located outside city wall, quieter than Ihwa Village. Named Longevity Village as most residents are over 65 years of age, and ‘Village Museum’ between alleys records and exhibits the life of residents Seoul City Wall ① Seoul City Wall ② View of Seoul from Seoul Photos City Wall Longevity Village Ihwa Mural Village ① Ihwa Mural Village ② ‣‣ Get off at Subway Line 4 Hansung University Station, take Exit ④ - walk for 3 minutes – Directions Start from Hyehwamun Gate Parking ‣‣ Use public parking lot nearby (Seongbuk Private Parking Lot: 2,000 won for initial 20 Info. minutes, 2,000 won for additional 30 minutes, parking space for large buses available) ‣‣ Culture and art tour packages combining various performances and events around Daehangno Package ‣‣ Shopping tour packages in connection with Dongdaemun Shopping Town and Dongdaemun TIP Design Plaza ‣‣ Night tour packages for FIT in connection with the scenery of Seoul in Naksan Mountain Trail and night shopping at Dongdaemun Nearby ‣‣ Changdeokgung Palace/Royal Ancestral Shrine/Daehangno Street/Marronnier Park/Other Attraction Courses of Seoul City Wall Walk along Wonseo Hill by Changdeokgung Palace, Feel Quiet 2 Seoul! Bukchon Culture Center, 37, 02-6925-0777 Address Gyedong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul Inquiry (Bukchon Culture Center) Homepage bukchon.seoul.go.kr Closed Open All Year Round Reserve 3 Days in Advance through Reservation Homepage (dobo.visitseoul.net) Hours 24 Hours Overview Unhyeongung Palace Course ~ Seoul Education Museum Fee - Home Korean, English, page Chinese, Japanese Time 2 ~ 3 Hours Language Required Support Korean, English, Site Chinese, Japanese ‣ One of Bukchon villages that have provided the vintage image and atmosphere of Seoul for a long time, the section starts from Arario Museum in Space and extends to House of Go Hui-dong, and is called ‘Changdeokgung-gil (Road)’ due to the stonewall of Changdeokgung Palace. ‣ The district maintains the modern beauty within ancient atmosphere and provides a great place to take a walk. The district also has many private studios and designer’s showrooms, and shops that provide lots of things to see ⁍ Design Shop 54: An ordinary private house was renovated into a studio and showroom, also sells products of other brands Introducti ⁍ Arario Museum in Space: The building of the “SPACE Group” designed by Kim Soo-geun, the on architect representing Korea, the cafe and restaurant with a great view inside the museum are also popular ⁍ Dongne Coffee: This cafe has been open for seven years only in Wonseo-dong, and it serves as a guest room for everyone in the town and also as a exhibition space ‣ Great place to experience the traditional culture with the traces of the people who worked for the Royal Family of the Joseon Dynasty ⁍ House of Go Hui-dong, the first Western style painter of Korea (Cultural Asset No. 84) ⁍ Space for education and exhibition such as traditional studios and Institute of Korean Royal Cuisine ⁍ Wash place – Place to wash clothes and chat for the women of private houses in the past Changdeokgung Stonewall House of Go Hui-dong Wonseo-dong Wash Place Photos Walkway, Wonseo-dong Wonseo Park Arario Museum in Space Design Shop 54 ‣‣ Get off at Subway Line 3 Anguk Station, take Exit ③ - walk for 1 minute – back alley of Arario Directions Museum in Space Parking ‣‣ On-road Parking Lot in front of Wonseo Park: 250 won for initial 5 minutes, 250 won for Info. additional 5 minutes, parking space for large buses available ‣‣ Tourist package on shopping theme involving a number of trendy shops of Insa-dong and Package Bukchon TIP ‣‣ Tourist package connecting Bukchon – Samcheong-dong ‣‣ Eight Sceneries of Bukchon/Changdeokgung Palace/Samcheong-dong/Gyeongbokgung Nearby Palace/Royal Ancestral Shrine/Insa-dong Culture Street/National Museum of Modern and Attraction Contemporary Art, Seoul Let’s Go to Hapjeong and Sangsu where Art and Intelligence of 3 Seoul are Alive! 02-3153-8350 Whole Area of Hapjeong-dong and Address Inquiry (Culture and Tourism Sangsu-dong in Mapo-gu Division) Homepage culture.mapo.go.kr Closed Open All Year Round Overview Reservation - Hours 24 Hours Home Korean, English, Language Fee Free page Chinese, Japanese Support Site Korean ‣‣ The section between Hapjeong Station and Sangsu Station on Subway Line 6 close to Hongdae Streets, also referred to as Hapjeong Cafe Street ‣‣ The district has a large population of Hongdae Street based indie musicians and artists, the best place to experience fashion, music, and indie culture representing Seoul ‣‣ For YG Building is located nearby, there are good chances of finding YG musicians in the diners and cafes close to YG Building, great for foreign tourists to talk a walk Introducti around for the area has many elegant and pretty shops, diners, and cafes on ⁍ Anthracite Coffee Roasters : A cafe renovated from a shoe factory of the 1970’s ~ 1980’s, oldest shop in the district that brought changes to Tojeong-ro (road) where there was nothing Great tasting coffee (10, Tojeong-ro 5-gil, 02-322-0009) ⁍ Manpyeong: An LP bar where customers can request for songs from the 1960’s to the latest indie music (27, Tojeong-ro, 010-4755-9997) ⁍ Veronica Effect: Picture book store to purchase foreign picture books (10, Eoulmadang-ro 2-gil, 02-6273-2748) Photos Hapjeong and Sangsu Streets Anthracite Coffee Roasters Manpyeong ① Manpyeong ② Veronica Effect Iri Cafe ‣ Get off at Subway Line 6 Hapjeong Station, take Exit ⑦ or Sangsu Station and take Exit ④, walk Directions ‣ for 3 minutes Parking ‣‣ Use public parking lots nearby (AJ Park at Mecenatpolis Parking Lot: 500 won for initial 15 minutes, Info. 500 won for additional 15 minutes, parking space for large buses available) ‣ Package ‣ Tourist package targeting Hongdae Streets ‣‣ Frequently visited by young people of Seoul, tourist packages involving Korean Wave celebrity TIP experience Nearby ‣‣ Hongdae Streets/Mecenatpolis/Trick Eye Museum/Jeoldusan Martyrs' Shrine/Art Market in Attraction Front of Hongik University - Free Market Depository of Historical, Cultural, and Ecological Experience of 4 Seoul, Bukhansan Dulle-gil! 02-900-8085 Address 144, Mapo-daero, Mapo-gu, Seoul Inquiry (Dulle-gil Operation Group) 09:00~14:00 Homepage www.knps.or.kr Hours (Reservation Required) Overview Homepage(reservation.knps.or.kr) and Reservation Telephone (65 or Over, Challenged Fee Free Person, Foreigner Only) Home Korean, English, 6.8km, Requires Approximately 3 Hours Language Course page Chinese, Japanese and 30 Minutes Support Site Korean, English ‣ A great trail for experiencing the history, culture, and ecology of Seoul, low-lying and horizontal trail to walk around the foot of Bukhansan Mountain ‣ 21 courses are available depending on the slope, region, and length, and Uiryeong-gil is the longest one with most well preserved nature and is comfortable to walk Introducti ⁍ The path connecting Ui-dong, Gangbuk-gu and Gyohyeon-ri, Yangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, on boundary between Dobongsan Mountain in the north and Bukhansan Mountain in the south ⁍ Barefoot experience, Uiryeong Valley and Forest, composting toilet experience ⁍ A chance to visit the untouched path in the nature, five peaks, and Obongsan Seokguram, a great opportunity to experience nature, culture, ecology, and history ⁍ Visit or walk is allowed only upon reservation made in advance by telephone or through homepage Photos Bukhansan Dulle-gil ① Bukhansan Dulle-gil ② Bukhansan Dulle-gil ③ Bukhansan Dulle-gil ④ Bukhansan Dulle-gil ⑤ Obongsan Seokguram ‣ Get off at Subway Line 4 Suyu Station, take Exit ③ - Take bus 120 or 153
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