KOREA THROUGH THE SCREEN · SEOUL 03
Squid Game
오징어 게임
Stay with the city outside the game.
One exact station, one broader neighborhood and one public landscape reveal different kinds of screen truth.
- TIME
- 2–4 hours
- AREA
- Seoul
03 · PUBLIC SEOUL
CHOOSE THE TRIP BEFORE THE PLACES
Which Seoul stayed with you?
Choose one district. Crossing the city does not make either connection more meaningful.
Before you commit to this route
- Start
- Seoul Forest Station (서울숲역) → Seoul Forest Station
From your accommodation or the hub below, check the current route to the first place. A place pin is not a verified entrance.
Find the place ↗ - Finish → return
- Seoul Forest Station → Seoul Forest Station (서울숲역)
From the final place, check the route back via this hub to your accommodation. Save the return before setting out; optional detours require their own return plan.
Find the return hub ↗ - Time boundary · 2–4 hours
- The selected duration covers the visit and editorial local movements, not a door-to-door trip. Add accommodation travel, waiting and optional detours separately.
- Rain / changed plans
- Keep only an open indoor venue or a seated meal in the same area; omit exposed optional walks. If the main venue is closed, finish and return via the listed hub. Confirm opening and any separate ticket before switching indoors.
Build your budget
Optional food/drink: KRW 15,000–25,000 per adult is an editorial allowance, not a checked menu price.
Add the admissions below, both transport journeys, local transfers and any parking. Transport has no fixed quote here, so a total is not promised. Shopping and optional paid experiences are extra.
No fixed admission total is established for this selection. Check the venue before paying; absence of a price is not a free-entry claim.
Basis and limits
Editorial connection between the listed places and transport hubs, not a measured journey or field-verified doorway. Place-specific source dates below remain unchanged. Current route, fare and access must be checked for your travel date.
- Netflix Tudum · Squid Game filming locations guide · 2026-09-08
YOUR FREE TRIP CUT · 2–4 hours
See how your day fits together.
Seoul Forest Station → Seoul Forest → Seongsu
Mapped places
One mapped anchor for this choice. Use the visit plan for what to do there and how to leave.
Open the place, choose Directions and set your starting point. Confirm travel mode and time before leaving.
Suggested day
Choose this if the recruiter scene is your strongest memory.
- Opening
Seoul Forest Station
See the confirmed connection briefly.
- Middle
Seoul Forest
Move from transit into public space.
- Ending
Seongsu
Finish with one street, café or workshop area.
TRANSIT LENS · SELECTED
Three stops. Three different kinds of truth.
A familiar name is not enough; every place needs both an evidence label and an access label.
Seoul Forest Station
서울숲역 · Seongdong-gu, Seoul
Netflix Tudum identifies Seoul Forest Station as the location where the recruiter challenges Gi-hun to ddakji.
The exact connection is also a working platform. Passenger movement and station instructions always take priority.
Look briefly, keep moving with passenger flow and continue above ground rather than waiting for an empty frame.
Open practical details
- Address
- Seoul Forest Station, Suin-Bundang Line
- Access
- Working Suin-Bundang Line station; standard subway fare
- Do not spread game pieces or stage slaps on the platform.
- Do not block doors or photograph commuters at close range.
- Continue to Seoul Forest and Seongsu as editorial public-space pairings.
Namsan Park
남산공원 · Central Seoul
Netflix lists Namsan Mountain Park among the series' Seoul filming locations without naming an exact scene or camera position.
The evidence supports the public location, not a precise frame match.
Add it only if weather, walking conditions and your remaining time make a separate late-day choice sensible.
Open practical details
- Address
- Namsan Park, Seoul
- General admission
- Seoul Tourism currently lists the park as free; managed facilities vary
- The park and managed facilities may keep different schedules.
- Skip it if the selected district already made a complete visit.
- Check current facility information separately.
Why this day belongs to the storyScreen evidence, cultural context and the moments behind the choice.
THE KOREA IT SHOWED
See the ordinary city beneath the spectacle.
The series begins in ordinary places: a station platform, a neighborhood street, a park and a home. The game world feels impossible because the city outside it feels socially recognizable.
Public transport is still working infrastructure and Ssangmun-dong is still a living neighborhood. Evidence and access must both shape the visit.
Take this Lens into public SeoulMOMENTS THAT STAY WITH YOU
The screen memory behind the choice.
Each moment separates what the work makes you feel from what a traveler can responsibly experience.
The recruiter on an ordinary platform
A familiar public-transit space becomes the entry point to an impossible private game.
The contrast works because the platform still feels like everyday Seoul.Seoul Forest Station is confirmed, but it remains active infrastructure rather than a reenactment set.The neighborhood outside the game
Homes, small businesses and steep northern-Seoul streets ground the story's financial pressure in ordinary city life.
The social setting matters more than one doorway.Use the broader district and public commercial streets; private-home pins stay outside the Lens.KOREA BEHIND THE SCENE
Let the series change how you visit.
Infrastructure, neighborhoods and temporary sets require different travel decisions.
A platform is infrastructure
The exact screen connection is where commuters transfer, wait and board.
Keep the station visit brief and let passenger flow decide where you stand.An area can be more honest than a pin
Ssangmun-dong gives social context while a private-home coordinate adds intrusion.
Use a public commercial street as the anchor.Sets are temporary
Production spaces can be dismantled while online lists continue to circulate.
Check visitability separately from filming evidence.REALITY CHECK
Filmed here does not always mean visit here.
Sets can disappear, islands can remain private and an area label can be more responsible than a pin.
NO ON-SITE VISIT YETSeoul Forest Station recruiter scene
Confirmed by Netflix official guideSsangmun-dong as a filming district
Confirmed; exact homes are not publishedNamsan Park as a filming location
Confirmed · exact scene not identifiedDaejeon game sets
Dismantled · do not routeSeongapdo
Private and inaccessible · do not routeJeju filming
None according to the official guideK-SPOT on-site visit
Not yet conductedKEEP YOUR KOREA MOVING