Landing in Seoul at dawn: where do you get breakfast and watch the city wake up?
A family arriving in Seoul around 7:30 in the morning, with small children tired from the flight, asked on the Tripadvisor Seoul forum: where is a good place to watch the city come to life, and is there a market known for breakfast that's open that early?
What the replies said
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The first answer pointed to the knife-cut noodle alley in Namdaemun Market.
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Another traveller who had reached Seoul Station even earlier described their morning: leave the bag in a locker, watch the trains, walk the elevated park built on an old overpass, then climb towards Namsan as the streets filled up.
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For finding that walkway from the station, a reply said head north; it looks like a raised road with planters, stairs and lifts.
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Several people named Isaac Toast as the easy option. One noted that early market breakfasts are usually rice with spicy soup, lovely but not for everyone.
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One reply was blunt: that early, choices are limited. Gwangjang Market gets going around 8:30 to 9, and the station has fast-food chains and a bakery near one exit.
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The family came back with an update: a café breakfast on day one, then a hanok café that was calm and easy to get a table at.
Desk note The elevated park is Seoullo 7017, a 1,024-metre pedestrian walkway on the former Seoul Station overpass. It opened on 20 May 2017 and links towards Namdaemun Market, Myeongdong and Sungnyemun Gate, so it doubles as a flat walking route for a jet-lagged first morning.
What's your go-to first breakfast after an early arrival in Seoul?
Original thread: Tripadvisor Seoul forum — breakfast after an early arrival · Reference: Seoul Metropolitan Government
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