Seoul · 서울
47 places
The grandest Joseon palace and its changing-of-the-guard.
A UNESCO palace with a hidden 'secret garden'.
Tiled-roof lanes of traditional homes between two palaces.
The city's hilltop landmark and 360° skyline view.
Zaha Hadid's silver, spaceship-curved design hub.
Seoul's iconic street-food market since 1905.
Buskers, indie shops and the city's youngest energy.
Korea's flagship museum — 5,000 years, free entry.
A moving museum of the Korean War, free to enter.
A 1,200-year-old temple among Gangnam's towers.
A soaring open library inside a giant mall.
Korea's tallest tower and a glass-floor sky deck.
Indoor-and-outdoor theme park by the lake.
A riverside park of deer, wetlands and cafés.
Riverside lawns, ferries and spring cherry blossoms.
The civic heart of Seoul beneath two great statues.
A palace where hanok meet Western stone, and a stone-wall walk.
A restored stream cutting a cool ribbon through downtown.
A 1920s hanok warren reborn as cafés and bistros.
Antiques, galleries and tea houses on a craft-filled street.
Korea's leading modern-art museum, beside the palaces.
Seoul's cosmetics-and-snacks shopping mecca.
Korea's mother church, a Gothic landmark of 1898.
Five restored noble houses and a garden below Namsan.
The grand eastern gate of the old city wall.
A former railway turned leafy 'Yeontral Park' strip.
A former landfill, now a hill of silver autumn grass.
Old masters and bold contemporary art in landmark buildings.
A ginkgo-lined boutique-and-café boulevard in Sinsa.
Luxury boutiques and K-entertainment glamour.
A sprawling city-centre aquarium under the mall.
A twin lake ringed with cherry trees by Lotte World.
Wide lawns, sculpture and a lone tree that went viral.
Seoul's 'Brooklyn' — warehouses turned roasteries.
A light-filled mega department store with an indoor garden.
A golden riverside tower with sky-high views.
A bridge that sprays a coloured fountain on summer nights.
A 1970s highway overpass reborn as an elevated skygarden.
Decommissioned 1970s oil tanks turned into a culture park.
Korea's first ecological park, a former water plant on a river island.
A Han River island reborn as a live-music and culture complex.
The 1925 old Seoul Station, restored as a cultural exhibition hall.
A vast botanical park crowned by a domed glass greenhouse.
Old printing district reborn as hidden cafés and retro bars.
A traditional market and indie-café neighbourhood loved by young Seoulites.
An ironworks quarter where artists fill old factories with studios.
A city-wall park with sunset skyline views above a mural village.
