Built to house a number of the facilities that were constructed for the 1988 Summer Olympics, Olympic Park is serviced by three metro stations: Gangdong-gu Office (강동구청역) in the north, Mongchontoseong (몽촌토성역) in the west, and the station we most recently visited, Olympic Park (올림픽공원역) in the east. Besides hosting a number of Olympic facilities,…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year in Jongno, and we planned our first visit to Seoul’s downtown accordingly. With the recent weekend being Buddha’s Birthday (석가탄신일), the Sunday night prior was the annual Lotus Lantern Parade down Jong-ro (종로) from Dongdaemun to Jogyesa Temple, and so we headed to Jonggak Station to scope…
The area just north of Ahyeon Station was busy on the Saturday we visited it, buzzing with kids with a day off from school. We were walking north on Buk-Ahyeon-gil (북아현길) from Exit 1, and a good portion of those we were sharing the street with were of the plaid skirt and blazer set. I…
We went to Sinsa at the invite of Steve Revere, editor of 10 Magazine, who was kind enough to take interest in our project and will be featuring Seoul sub→urban in 10’s upcoming Blog of the Month feature. To begin the stop we met up with Steve at 10’s office in Nonhyeon-dong: a red brick…
Seoul Sub→urban 