Gwangjang Market광장시장
K-SPOT has not found an official source confirming the market as a filming location for this series. It is a cultural context and a practical alternative to a hard-to-book restaurant. Walk one lane before ordering, choose one or two foods you want, and ask before filming a vendor at close range.
The screen connection and your visit
Cultural context · not a confirmed filming spot
Why include this place?
Gwangjang shows market food as a living system: small vendors, repeated specialties, shared seating and fast decisions.
Decide before going
Walk one lane before ordering, choose one or two foods you want, and ask before filming a vendor at close range.
Return, costs and weather for this visit · Market Lens
The following return, budget and weather advice covers the selected visit below, not just admission to this place. Open the full visit to choose another option.
Market Lens · 2–3 hours
Market orientation → one focused tasting → leave with room
Before you commit to this route
- Start
- Jongno 5(o)-ga Station (종로5가역) → Gwangjang Market
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
- Gwangjang Market → Jongno 5(o)-ga Station (종로5가역)
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 · 2–3 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
- Check the actual market date and individual stalls first. In rain, keep only safely accessible covered food seating; omit exposed browsing. If closed, eat at a confirmed open restaurant in the arrival area or return via the listed hub. An off-market day is not the same experience.
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.
- VISITKOREA · Gwangjang Market · 2026-09-08
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- VISITKOREA · Gwangjang Market · 2026-09-08
Cultural context · not a confirmed filming spot
Why include this place?
End with a meal in a working market rather than chasing another distant filming pin.
Decide before going
Add this meal only with the plaza-and-market choice; skip it for the short visit.
Return, costs and weather for this visit · Geumga Plaza, then a market meal
The following return, budget and weather advice covers the selected visit below, not just admission to this place. Open the full visit to choose another option.
Geumga Plaza, then a market meal · 2–3 hours locally
Euljiro 4-ga → Sewoon Cheonggye → Gwangjang Market → Jongno 5-ga
Does this visit fit your trip?
Meet the real Geumga Plaza, then eat in the working city around it.
- Time to allow
- 2–3 hours locally
- Start → finish
- Euljiro 4-ga → Sewoon Cheonggye → Gwangjang Market → Jongno 5-ga
- What to budget
- Public exterior visit. Adult transit-card base fare KRW 1,550 × two journeys = from KRW 3,100 (each within 10 km). Distance surcharges, card purchase and meals extra. No interior tour ticket is included.
- If plans change
- Market stalls vary. If the market is closed or walking feels too much, use the plaza-only option.
Before you go: The Geumga exterior is Sewoon Cheonggye, 160 Cheonggyecheon-ro. The wider Sewoon complex is not one interchangeable film set.
Navigation and booking
- Getting there
- Accommodation → Euljiro 4-ga, Lines 2 and 5 → Sewoon Cheonggye, 160 Cheonggyecheon-ro. The official tourism reference is Exit 3, about 320 m; check the current walking route.
- Getting back
- With the market: Jongno 5-ga, Line 1 → accommodation. Short visit: Euljiro 4-ga, Lines 2 and 5 → accommodation. Save a return route with your own accommodation as the destination before leaving.
- Round-trip time allowance
- The 2–3 hours or 45–60 minutes cover the local visit only. Look up accommodation→Euljiro 4-ga and your finish station→accommodation separately and add both journeys.
- Budget · one adult
- Two adult transit-card base fares, KRW 3,100 + food/drink allowance KRW 10,000–20,000 = from KRW 13,100–23,100. Food is an editorial budget, not a verified menu price. Distance surcharges, card purchase and shopping are extra.
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Getting there
- Address
- 88 Changgyeonggung-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Getting there
- Subway Line 1 to Jongno 5-ga Station, Exit 8 — the arcade entrance is steps away.
- Hours
- Food street: Official listing currently notes 09:00–23:00; stalls vary (2026-09-08) · General market: Official listing currently notes Sunday closure; verify before travel (2026-09-08)
- Admission
- Free
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광장시장
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The Korean name plus “please take me here” — every driver can work with this. For precision, open the Naver Map link below and show the pin.
Editor's tips
- Food-street and general-market hours differ; individual vendors set their own schedule.
- Shared seating should keep moving during busy periods.
- Crowding and sensory intensity are part of a working market.
Food elsewhere in this region
These are regional suggestions, not confirmed walkable stops. Check the transfer before adding one to this visit.
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Source reviewed: 2026-07 · Spot outdated info? Tell us