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Gourmet Eat Gangnam (제2회 고메 잇 강남)

Gourmet Eat Gangnam (제2회 고메 잇 강남)

7.0Km    2025-11-14

513 Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
+82-70-7734-7796

Marking its second anniversary, this year's Gourmet Eat Gangnam highlights the theme of gourmet festival, featuring a chef cooking show with 100 different menu items. The event takes place from November 4 to 16 at the plaza in front of COEX’s East Gate. As an F&B festival at the heart of the city, it offers visitors the opportunity to enjoy delicious food and drinks while engaging in a variety of activities.

S.J. Cho Korean Paper Art Gallery (조수정 한지그림 갤러리)

7.0Km    2021-12-03

14, Teheran-ro 92-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
+82-2-501-1505

The S.J. Cho Korean Paper Art Gallery is dedicated to hanji (traditional Korean paper) art and was the first of gallery in Korea to focus on this traditional medium. It is also the center of the Korean Hanji Art Organization, which has helped popularize hanji art over the past 30 years. Visitors can browse through hanji art in the gallery, enjoy traditional tea in the café, or look out at Bukhansan Mountain from the rooftop. The experience hall is located in the basement, where visitors can learn more about hanji art, or even try their hand at making their own.

Olive Young - Guri Sutaek Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (올리브영 구리수택점)

7.0Km    2024-06-27

70, Imunan-ro, Guri-si, Gyeonggi-do

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COEX Artium (코엑스아티움)

COEX Artium (코엑스아티움)

7.0Km    2022-07-04

513, Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
+82-2-6000-0114

Established by Korea International Trade Association and COEX, COEX Artium is a spacious muscial performance hall with over 800 seats. High quality and diverse musical or theatrical performances are held year-round to satisfy both Korean and international visitors. Foreign language services (English, Japanese, and Chinese) are also available. It has the Trade Promotion Exhibition Hall. Near COEX Artium are many performance halls such as COEX Art Hall (184 seats), Auditorium (1058 seats), Convention Hall (7,000 seats), ang Grand Conference Room (450 seats), making the COEX area a main place for cultural and musical performances in Seoul. Visitors may want to visit the COEX website (www.coex.co.kr) to find out information on various performances.

Convention and Exhibition Center (COEX) (한국종합무역센터(코엑스))

7.0Km    2022-12-16

513, Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
+82-2-6000-0114

The Convention and Exhibition Center (COEX) was established on September 7, 1988 as a large-scale business town for domestic and overseas businessmen. Business operations can be managed easily as assembly halls, exhibition halls, the Korean City Air Terminal, InterContinental Hotel, and Hyundai Department Store are gathered in one spot.

A 57-story building contains 20 trade organizations including the Korea International Trade Association (KITA), as well as 250 companies and financial institutions. Convention and Exhibition, which houses three specialized exhibition halls and permanent exhibition halls, is composed of a four-story main building and three-story extension.

An underground passageway connects COEX Mall, completed in 2000, and Bongeunsa Temple to the north with Samseong Station (Seoul Subway Line 2). Additional facilities for culture, pleasure, and shopping make COEX a must-visit attraction.

COEX Aquarium (코엑스 아쿠아리움)

COEX Aquarium (코엑스 아쿠아리움)

7.0Km    2024-07-17

513 Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
+82-2-700-7200

The COEX Aquarium comprises 183 display tanks and 90 breeding tanks with 3,500 tons of water volume, making it a large-scale aquarium. It houses 40,000 sea creatures of 650 different species, exhibited in 16 themed zones. In particular, the highest number of sharks and the largest variety of species in Korea are living in this aquarium. Over 20 rest areas located throughout the aquarium, as well as an open-top water tank releasing anions make this tourist site in the heart of Gangnam a perfect healing place for local and international visitors.

Starfield Library (별마당도서관)

Starfield Library (별마당도서관)

7.0Km    2022-07-27

513, Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
+82-2-6002-5300

Located in the middle of COEX Central Plaza, Starfield Library offers visitors a perfect reading space. The two-story library has 13-meter-tall bookshelfs and soft lights to ease the eyes as well as various types of tables with electric plugs for those with laptops. With more than 50,000 books ranging from literature to hobbies as well as over 400 types of magazines, visitors are welcome to find pleasure in reading and relax.

Seoul Bongeunsa Temple (봉은사 (서울))

7.0Km    2024-10-24

531 Bongeunsa-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
+82-2-3218-4800

Once known as Gyeonseongsa Temple, Bongeunsa Temple is located north of COEX, and was constructed in the 10th year of Silla King Weongseong’s reign (794). In 1498, Queen Jeonghyeon refurbished Gyeonseongsa Temple and renamed it Bongeunsa Temple.

Originally located near the Royal Tomb of King Seongjong, the temple was transferred to its current location during Joseon King Myeongjong’s reign. The temple is home to 3,479 Buddhist scriptures of 13 types, including the works of Kim Jeong-hee. The Buddhist ceremony called Jeongdaebulsa is held on the ninth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, where monks march carrying the scriptures on their heads and recite the Beopseongge (Buddhist rites).

Kkupdang Seongsu Main Store (꿉당 성수점)

Kkupdang Seongsu Main Store (꿉당 성수점)

7.1Km    2024-02-22

1F, 615 Gangnam-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul

Kkupdang is a pork neck specialty restaurant located near Sinsa Station. Here, you can taste meat quickly grilled on an aluminum grill that is developed in-house and charcoal briquettes. The signature dish is the moksal (grilled pork shoulder) aged for 15 days, and they also offer options like ogyeopsal (grilled skin-on pork belly) and galmaegisal (grilled thin skirt). Renowned for its rich juiciness and tender fat, it's a sought-after dining spot for many.

Innisfree - City Airport Logis & Travel Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (이니스프리 도심공항)

7.1Km    2024-04-22

22, Teheran-ro 87-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

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