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Not Myeongdong or Hongdae: Tourists Are Heading to CU in Seongsu
CU, the Korean convenience-store chain, has recently become a new must-visit spot for overseas tourists. Located in Seongsu-dong, Seoul, the ‘CU Seongsu Dessert Park Store’ opened in February this year and quickly drew a
0 0What tourists buy most at Daiso Korea? Sheet masks, by a mile
Daiso in Myeongdong turning into a tourist stop isn't just a vibe; the numbers back it up. According to Korean press, foreign card spending at Daiso rose 130% in 2023, 50% in 2024 and 60% in 2025, and was up 70% year on
0 0Bukchon Hunters Gourmet Outing Playlist
Bukchon is a neighborhood where the atmosphere of old alleys coexists with the individuality of small business owners. Only when you meet the small shops filled with Bukchon’s own craft, tastes, and stories do you see th
0 0Only one beauty stop in Seoul: Daiso or Olive Young?
There's a debate that keeps popping up on travel forums lately: "If you only had time for one, Daiso or Olive Young?" Here's how the two sides line up: Team Daiso Low prices, so you can grab lots without thinking twice S
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0 0Sheet masks as Korea souvenirs: do people actually love getting them?
The first gift idea from a Korea trip is almost always sheet masks. Light, cheap, easy to hand out. But travel forums show opinions on this "default souvenir" are more mixed than you'd think. The case for Tiny and flat,
0 0Eating at Korean markets: small etiquette that makes stall owners smile
Traditional markets are a highlight for many visitors, and they also come with a few unwritten rules that travellers often ask about. How it usually works Many stalls have counter seating: sit down, point at what you wan
0 0Seoul after midnight: what's actually open once the subway stops?
Seoul has a reputation as a city that never sleeps, but travellers often get caught out when the subway stops running around midnight. So what is really open late, and how do people get home? What people usually find ope
0 0A Korean-style brunch in Seoul, not eggs Benedict: where do you go?
On the Tripadvisor Seoul forum, a visitor asked for brunch cafés around Itaewon, but not the Western kind. Everything they found online was omelettes, toast and eggs Benedict. What they wanted was a light Korean meal tha
0 0Tipping in Korea: housekeeping, guides, taxis and leftover coins
Someone heading to Seoul the following week asked on the Tripadvisor Seoul forum: what is the tipping culture, if any? They were thinking of hotel housekeeping, restaurant staff, tour guides and taxis, and also wondered
0 1Olive Young Gangnam Town: shopping the big-format store near Gangnam Station
If the only Olive Young flagships you know are Myeongdong or Seongsu, you might miss that Gangnam-daero has its own large-format branch: Olive Young Gangnam Town, at 429 Gangnam-daero, Seocho-gu, within the Gangnam Stati
0 0Seochon and Tongui-dong: wandering Seoul’s quietest historic alleys
Seochon, tucked against the western wall of Gyeongbokgung, is one of Seoul's oldest neighborhoods, and unlike Bukchon it hasn't turned into a tourist set piece. People still shop and walk their dogs among low hanok house
0 0Mangwon Hangang Park: how to picnic by the Han River without overplanning it
Mangwon Hangang Park is one of the string of riverside parks that line the Han through Seoul, on the Mapo-gu side near where Mangwon-dong meets the water. It's less monumental than the parks near Banpo or Yeouido, and th
0 0Myeongdong Cathedral and the night food alleys: a quiet stop before the street snacks
A few minutes off Myeongdong's main shopping street stands a red-brick Gothic building that feels like a different pace entirely: Myeongdong Cathedral, completed in 1898 as Korea's first Gothic-style brick church, offici
0 0Shinsegae Department Store Myeongdong Main: how to work the duty-free floors and food hall
If you only have half a day and want a department store, a duty-free floor and a proper Korean food hall in one stop, Shinsegae's Myeongdong main building is the easy pick. It sits right by Myeongdong Station, and floors
0 0Euljiro's 'Hipjiro' alleys: printing shops by day, hidden bars by night
Euljiro doesn't look like a nightlife district at first glance. By day it's still full of small printing shops and metal workshops that have operated there since the late 1960s — paper stacked on the pavement, delivery c
0 0AK& Hongdae: a floor-by-floor guide to Seoul's youth mall by Hongik University
AK& Hongdae is the five-floor mall right at Exit 4 of Hongik University Station, the same corner K-pop fans, streetwear shoppers and late-night Hongdae crowds have used as a meeting point for years. Unlike the standalone
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