Kim Kwang-seok Road and Seomun Night Market

Getting to the start

KTX from Seoul Station to Dongdaegu, then Metro Line 1, changing to Line 2 at Banwoldang and getting off at Kyungpook National University Hospital, from where you walk toward Bangcheon Market. The Seomun night market opens in the evening and runs to around midnight, so see the alley first and move to the market as it gets dark.

The route

1. 1

   Kim Kwang-seok Road

   Bangcheon Market, Daegu · 1h

   A lane of roughly 350m beside Bangcheon Market, in the neighbourhood where the singer Kim Kwang-seok grew up, painted with his face and his songs. Lyrics are lettered along the walls and a small stage partway down plays his music. The road itself takes half an hour, but most people carry on into the market and the cafe streets toward Suseong Bridge.

   Official site →
2. Subway25m

   From Kyungpook National University Hospital take Line 2 to Banwoldang and change to Line 3 for Seomun Market. Line 3 is an elevated monorail, so the transfer comes with a view over the city. The night stalls set up along the market's main road.

   2

   Seomun Market

   Seomun Market Station, Daegu · 1h 30m

   Daegu's great market, running since the Joseon dynasty and still built around wholesale fabric and clothing. What draws visitors is the night market at the far end: stalls line the main road after dark and people eat standing up, on flat dumplings, nureun-guksu and other Daegu dishes. The night market generally opens in the evening and closes around midnight, and feels nothing like the daytime one.

   

Map

• Kim Kwang-seok Road →
• Seomun Market →