Last updated: August 2026 Quick answer: The 2026 Seoul Walking Festival (워크서울 페스티벌) takes place on September 20, closing off a major stretch of downtown Seoul so participants can walk a car-free 4.4km route from Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) to Gwanghwamun Square. It’s free, organized by the Seoul city government, and open to visitors as […]
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Last updated: August 2026 Quick answer: Do Ho Suh’s largest-ever solo exhibition opens at MMCA Seoul (the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art’s Seoul branch) on August 27, 2026 and runs through February 9, 2027. It surveys more than three decades of the installation artist’s career, including his signature translucent fabric reconstructions of the
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Last updated: August 2026 Quick answer: The 2026 Seoul Fringe Festival runs August 6–23, centered on Sebo Art Space (세보아트스페이스) at 94 World Cup-buk-ro in Mapo District, with additional indoor and outdoor shows around the neighborhood. Run by the nonprofit Seoul Fringe Network since 1998, it’s Korea’s only major arts festival with no jury or
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Last updated: August 2026 Quick answer: Gyeongbokgung Palace’s fall night viewing program runs September 1 to October 30, 2026, Wednesday through Sunday evenings from 7:00 to 9:30 PM (last entry 8:30 PM; closed Monday and Tuesday). Online booking opens August 15 at 10:00 AM KST for a strict cap of 3,000 visitors per night, and
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Last updated: July 2026 Quick answer: South Korea’s Liberation Day (광복절) falls on Saturday, August 15, 2026. Because the holiday lands on a weekend, the government designates Monday, August 17, 2026 as a substitute public holiday (대체공휴일) — a full day off for government offices, banks, and schools. Subways, palaces, restaurants, and shops all stay
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Last updated: July 2026 Quick answer: August 2026 brings four major K-pop concert runs to the Seoul area. Stray Kids open the month at KSPO Dome (Aug 1–2), aespa follow at Gocheok Sky Dome (Aug 7–8), and the month closes with two overlapping weekends — BIGBANG at Goyang Stadium (Aug 21–23) and NCT DREAM’s 10th-anniversary
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Last updated: July 2026 Quick answer: Kong x Godzilla: The Ride opens July 24, 2026 at Lotte World in Jamsil, Seoul — the first theme park attraction built inside Legendary Entertainment’s Monsterverse, the shared film universe behind Godzilla vs. Kong. It’s a large-scale dark ride co-produced with Sally Dark Rides and Toho, and it’s the
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Last Updated: July 2026 Quick answer: Myeongdong is Seoul’s busiest shopping and street-food district — a dense, pedestrianized grid of K-beauty flagships, fashion stores, and after-dark food stalls in the city center, two minutes from Myeongdong Station (Line 4). Come for an afternoon of shopping and evening street food; the Cathedral and Namsan cable car
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Last updated: July 2026 Quick answer: Seoul’s 2026 Hangang Drone Light Show is confirmed to return for a second, fall season in September–October, with five more free performances mostly centered on Ttukseom Hangang Park — the same free-admission format as the five spring sessions that ran April–June. Exact September dates hadn’t been published by the
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Last updated: July 2026 Quick answer: Three major shows land in the Seoul area over a two-week stretch this autumn. Silica Gel’s “Syn.THE.Size: Ballad of You” Asia Tour stops at KSPO Dome in Seoul on September 26–27. Then the action shifts to Goyang Stadium, just northwest of the city, for Post Malone’s “The BIG Stadium
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