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Myeongdong Cathedral (서울 명동성당)

Myeongdong Cathedral (서울 명동성당)

8.8Km    2022-12-27

74, Myeongdong-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul

Myeongdong Cathedral is the Church for Archdiocese of Seoul and was also the birthplace for the Roman Catholic Church community in Korea. The church houses the remains of several individuals: Bishop Laurent Joseph Marie Imbert (1796-1839), and priests Peter Simon (1803-1839), James (Jacques Honor Chastan, 1803-1839) and Pourthie Jean Antoine Charles (1830-1866) and four martyrs.

Myeongdong Cathedral is located in downtown Seoul and tourists frequently come and visit the place. Near the cathedral are other tourism spots such as Namsangol Hanok Village preserving Korean traditional houses, N Seoul Tower overlooking Seoul and Namdaemun Market, a traditional market with a wide variety of food and goods.

Migliore - Myeongdong Branch (밀리오레 (명동점))

Migliore - Myeongdong Branch (밀리오레 (명동점))

8.8Km    2025-02-06

115 Toegye-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul

Migliore Shopping Mall, located in Myeong-dong, reopened in August 2024 after undergoing remodeling. It provides customers with easy access to its stores, as it is directly connected to the Myeongdong Subway Station (Seoul Subway Line 4). Myeong-dong is regarded as the shopping district for youth in their 20s. Throughout the area, signs are written in English, Chinese, and Japanese for foreign visitors. The first and the second floors function as a shopping mall, and from the 3rd to the 17th floor as a hotel, providing visitors with an opportunity to shop and stay under the same roof. The first floor of the mall features beauty and lifestyle stores and the second floor has clothing stores. This is a one-stop shopping destination for fashion items that will dress you from head to toe. Additionally, visitors can also shop for albums, magazines, and other goods featuring their favorite idols.

The Clim Clinic (더끌림산부인과의원)

8.8Km    2025-10-23

(12th Floor, 2431 Building),109 Toegye-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul

For your healthy and beautiful life,
The Clim: Women Care Medical Group is always here for you.

At The Clim, female medical staff from Samsung Medical Center offer one-on-one consultations and personalized treatments.

Our all-female medical team provides emphatic care, understanding our patients better than anyone else.

We always listen to and address your deepest worries with warm-hearted treatment that is attuned to the needs of women, delivered by medical staff who possess both skills and expertise.

Our team consists solely of female obstetrician/gynecologists who have a deep empathy and understanding for their patients, ensuring that each patient feels more comfortable and satisfied with their procedures.
Drawing on our extensive experience, we promise to carefully consider each patient's unique physical structure, characteristics, and concerns, allowing us to effectively address even the most profound worries.

Starbucks Byuldabang (스타벅스 별다방)

Starbucks Byuldabang (스타벅스 별다방)

8.8Km    2024-12-27

100 Toegye-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul

Byuldabang is a cozy space in the city, where the present and future of Starbucks coexist

Byuldabang is a special name. It combines the Korean words byul, which means stars, and dabang, which means a traditional space where people gather and talk over tea or drink. Byuldabang is the nickname Koreans generally use for Starbucks. Starbucks Byuldabang store opened in appreciation of customers of Starbucks Korea, celebrating its 22nd anniversary. This particular store is a Starbucks Reserve store with new concept food items, and is the first among Starbucks stores worldwide to have digital art wall decorations. The images projected to the art wall are “The Journey of Siren.” It is a surreal journey of Siren, who delivers coffee messages around the ocean, day and night. Customers love the story. 

Etude house myeongdong chungmuro / 에뛰드하우스(명동충무로점)

Etude house myeongdong chungmuro / 에뛰드하우스(명동충무로점)

8.9Km    2025-08-11

24-1, Myeongdong 8na-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul

Etude House is a cosmetics brand that sells makeup, hair, and fragrance products. The Etude House Myeongdong Chungmuro Branch, located in the heart of a major shopping district, carries a wide selection of cosmetics that customers may test before purchasing. Moreover, the brightly lit store interior, designed with a princess bedroom decor, adds fun to the experience.

It is visited largely by foreign customers from Japan, Thailand, China and other East Asian countries. To facilitate an easy shopping experience, the shop always has foreign staff available to assist. The most popular items include creams made using snail extract, lipsticks and eye shadows. Etude House also has many sales on facial mask packs, and tax refunds are available.

Beauty Play (뷰티플레이)

Beauty Play (뷰티플레이)

8.9Km    2025-11-14

73 Myeongdong-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul

Beauty Play is a K-beauty experience center operated by the Korea Cosmetics Industry Institute and supported by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. It offers a wide variety of sample Korean beauty products for testing  as well as diverse beauty experience programs such as makeup touch-up service (choice of base, eyes, or lips), personal color test, and skin evaluation. Visitors can also ask for product recommendation based on their skin type or skincare concerns. Beauty Play also frequently hosts free one-day classes, which are announced online via its official website. It also hosts a variety of sample product giveaway events and the exhibited products get changed every two months, allowing visitors to get familiarized with lesser known quality products as well.