Seoul Newtro Photo Spots

This self-guided tour takes you through Seoul's most photogenic retro-modern fusion spots, bridging repurposed industrial yards with trendy alleyways and traditional hanok architecture.

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1. Seongsu-dong Café Street

Seongsu-dong Café Street is defined by its landscape of red brick architecture, a material that blankets roughly one-third of the neighborhood’s buildings. These structures, dating back to the nineteen-seventies when the area was a…

2. Sewoon Arcade (Makercity Sewoon)

Sewoon Arcade is a sprawling concrete megastructure that stretches through the heart of Seoul, resembling a massive power strip cutting across the cityscape. Completed in nineteen sixty-eight, it was designed by architect Kim Swoo-geun as…

3. Ikseon-dong Hanok Village

Ikseon-dong Hanok Village is a dense cluster of narrow, low-slung alleyways lined with traditional tile-roofed houses. Unlike other preserved areas of the city, this neighborhood is famously flat and compact. Established in the nineteen…

4. Euljiro Brewing

Euljiro Brewing is marked by a large window sticker featuring a cartoon man tumbling headfirst into a glass of beer. This taproom sits within a neon-lit alley in the Euljiro district, a neighborhood historically defined by its dense…

5. Oil Tank Culture Park

The Oil Tank Culture Park is recognizable by the clusters of enormous, rusted steel cylinders that rise from the earth at the foot of Maebongsan Mountain. These six industrial tanks, once used as a high-security petroleum reserve, stored…

6. OLD MULLAE

Old Mullae is a cafe and pub set within a repurposed industrial building, identifiable by its spacious interior filled with salvaged gears, machinery, and lush greenery. This venue occupies a large, high-ceilinged wooden shed that once…

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