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MMCA Deoksugung
This branch of MMCA is within a grand colonial building inside the Deoksugung complex. It has several galleries exhibiting its permanent modern-art collection and temporary shows.
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Namhansanseong Emergency Palace
Your first stop at the fortress should be Namhansanseong Emergency Palace, the beautifully reconstructed complex of the kings quarters, which also has a hiking map of the complex.
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Seoul World Cup Museum
The Seoul World Cup Museum at the World Cup Stadium & Mall relives the highs and lows of the 2002 cup on screen, along with souvenirs and a couple of virtual football games.
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Seoul Plaza
Seoul Plaza fronting City Hall is the scene for events and free performances most nights during summer, as well as an outdoor ice-skating rink for a couple of months each winter.
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Blume Museum of Contemporary Art
Within a post-modern building that incorporates a giant tree into its facade, this contemporary gallery exhibits a mix of emerging and established artists across all mediums.
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63 Wax Museum
This mini Madame Tussaud’s–like waxworks museum is pretty lame and only worth it if youre scraping the barrel for things to do while stuck in the bowels of the 63 City skyscraper.
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Korean War Memorial
The evocative lifestyle statues at this memorial to the Battle of Chuncheon are shown midaction, holding North Koreans at bay at the opening of the Korean War on 25 June 1950.
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Horim Museum
Within the lustrous walls of the stylish Horim Art Center, this museum has three floors devoted to Korean ceramic masterpieces and temporary exhibits on traditional Korean art.
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Space Bom
Within Haenggung-dong Mural Village, this intimate gallery within a renovated house has regular shows of local contemporary artists and a very cool little cafe serving traditional teas.
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National Children’s Museum
Located next to the National Folk Museum of Korea , advance reservations are recommended for this interactive and guided museum for kids, as walk-in visitors are limited in number daily.
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Dak Paper Doll Museum
A museum filled with dolls made from traditional Korea dak paper. Unlike other paper dolls, dak paper dolls are three-dimensional, with wires added as a skeleton that props the paper up.
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Mijo
This rustic fishing village is an ideal roadside diversion. Walk along the port, zizgag through narrow alleys and sample superb rural food. Its a short drive down the road from Sangju beach.
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Odusan Unification Observatory
In between Heyri and Paju, this observation deck provides another chance to gaze across the DMZ into North Korea. Theres also an exhibition hall with interesting displays on the conflict.
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Jangsu
A traditional Korean house originally built in the pine forest for people to pray for fallen soldiers in the Korean War. Nowadays people come to meditate on the peace in the spacious villa.
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Central Park
Forming the centrepiece of Songdo International City, this attractive park was built on reclaimed land and makes for a pleasant place to stroll with a pretty lake with salt-laced breeze.
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Opera Gallery
This high-end commercial gallery is worth popping into for a gawk at works (and price tags) by artists such as Damien Hirst, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí as well as local contemporary painters.
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Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea Memorial Hall
Originally the Korea Pavilion for Yeosus 2012 Worlds Fair International Exposition, this museum showcases the latest in Korean maritime technology, such as tidal-wave power generators.
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SongEun ArtSpace
In the heart of Gangnams fashionable Cheongdam district, this contemporary art gallery promotes works by emerging and established Korean artists with regular exhibitions over several floors.
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Sun Art Center
One of Seouls longest running commercial-art galleries, in business since 1977, Sun Art specialises in early 20th-century Korean art and awards an annual prize to the most promising local artist.
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Wau Park
On this hillside park, there are walking trails lined with wild flowers, as well as basketball and badminton courts and other fitness facilities, all well used by students from nearby Hongik University.
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