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Design Korea (디자인코리아)

Design Korea (디자인코리아)

11.7Km    2024-07-26

513 Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
+82-31-780-2102

Design Korea is an expo focusing on future trends of design as impacted by the quickly changing and newly emerging environment of AI and DX capabilities.

Gangnam Festival (강남페스티벌)

Gangnam Festival (강남페스티벌)

11.7Km    2024-08-09

513 Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
+82-2-3423-5543

2024 강남페스티벌은 올해로 13회째를 맞는 강남의 대표 문화축제이다. 강남의 허브인 코엑스 펼쳐지는 4일간의 콘서트와 미식여행&K-컬처존, 패션의 메카 압구정 로데오에서 펼쳐지는 패션 페스타, 그리고 강남 전역에서 펼쳐지는 전시, 버스킹, 심야영화제 등 오직 강남에서만 즐길 수 있는 다양한 프로그램들이 준비되어 있다.

K-Illustration Fair Seoul (K-일러스트레이션페어 서울)

K-Illustration Fair Seoul (K-일러스트레이션페어 서울)

11.7Km    2024-08-23

513 Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
+82-2-761-2512

The K-Illustration Fair will be held both online and offline, showing illustration in a multitude of media types, from film to music and fashion. Visitors can learn about the current trends in illustration business, as well as meet famous illustrators and their works.

K-Vegan Beauty Fair (K-비건뷰티페어)

K-Vegan Beauty Fair (K-비건뷰티페어)

11.7Km    2025-07-11

513 Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
+82-2-761-2586

K-vegan beauty fair provides visitors an opportunity to explore products from various vegan and climate-friendly beauty brands and participate in different events throughout the exhibition. 

Hongdae (Hongik University Street) (홍대)

11.7Km    2025-04-14

20 Hongik-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul

Hongdae is a neighborhood known for its youthful ambience, with shops selling everything from clothing and cosmetics to living goods and books, as well as unique cafés and restaurants. The streets are also filled with buskers and dance performances, making a walk here quite entertaining. Special streets such as ateliers’ street (lined with private institutions for art students preparing for university entrance exams), Picasso’s Street, and Club Street are also must-go places for anyone hoping to fully experience the Hongdae area.

Timhowan Samseong Branch (팀호완 삼성점)

Timhowan Samseong Branch (팀호완 삼성점)

11.7Km    2024-02-27

1F, 30 Bongeunsa-ro 86-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

Timhowan is a specialized Chinese restaurant focusing on dim sum, located near Gangnam COEX. It has been selected by the Michelin Guide. Its signature dim sum includes the fresh shrimp-made har gow (shrimp dumplings), along with char siu bao bun (baked BBQ pork buns), shaomai (pork & shrimp dumplings), sacheonsik wantang (pork dumplings in hout & spicy sauce), and buchaegyo (spinach dumplings with shrimp). Additionally, there are dishes like sacheonsik wantang bibimmyeon (pork & shrimp dumpling in hout & spicy noodle), dakgogi beoseot jjim (chicken, cordycep flower & mushroom), Hong Kongsik tangsugi (sweet & sour fried chicken), cheonggyeongchae (poached fresh bok choy), and gongsimchae (seasonal vegetable). Nearby attractions include COEX, Bongeunsa Temple, and Seonjeongneung Royal Tomb.

Mizuno - Hongdae Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (미즈노 홍대)

Mizuno - Hongdae Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (미즈노 홍대)

11.7Km    2024-04-22

3, Hongik-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul

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COEX Aquarium (코엑스 아쿠아리움)

COEX Aquarium (코엑스 아쿠아리움)

11.7Km    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.

COEX Artium (코엑스아티움)

COEX Artium (코엑스아티움)

11.7Km    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.

Starfield Library (별마당도서관)

Starfield Library (별마당도서관)

11.7Km    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.