Duration
About 5 hours
Budget
₩45,000–₩60,000 per person
Walking
~2.5 km in total
Best time
Tuesday–Saturday from 15:30. Woo Lae Oak is closed Mondays, and Gwangjang's shops close at 6pm.

Old Seoul at its best: coffee in an antique-filled alley café, snacks at the city's oldest market, cold noodles at a restaurant open since 1946, then beer and dried pollock under the neon.

  1. 15:30 · 45 min

    Coffee Hanyakbang 커피한약방

    Retro hand-roast coffee house

    Order the hand-drip filter coffee. Check hours first: the shop runs smaller now.

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  2. 🚶 ~18 min walk · 1.4 kmWalking directions ↗

  3. 16:45 · 75 min

    Gwangjang Market 광장시장

    Traditional market & food street

    Browse the fabric stalls before 6pm, then snack on the food street.

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  4. 🚶 ~4 min walk · 300 mWalking directions ↗

  5. 18:30 · 60 min

    Woo Lae Oak 우래옥

    Pyongyang naengmyeon · Michelin Bib Gourmand

    Pyongyang naengmyeon for dinner, with bulgogi if you're hungry.

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  6. 🚶 ~11 min walk · 820 mWalking directions ↗

  7. 19:45 · 90 min

    Euljiro Nogari Alley 을지로 노가리골목

    Walk & sights

    Pub alley by Euljiro 3-ga Station where outdoor tables fill with draft beer and cheap grilled dried pollock (nogari) on weekday evenings. Hours vary by pub.

Good to know

  • Bring cash for the market food stalls and ask prices before ordering.
  • The beer alley is busiest on weekday evenings; tables are outdoors and shared.

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