Mangwon Market & the River

Getting to the start

5 min walk from Mangwon Station (Line 6) to the market. The aisles are narrow and busy with evening shoppers, so start a couple of hours before sunset if you want to sit by the river.

The route

1. 1

   Mangwon Market

   Mangwon · 50m

   Not a tourist market — this is where the neighbourhood does its shopping, which is why prices are low and the aisles are tight. Most people use it to buy something to carry down to the river.

   Official site →
2. Walk15m

   Walk about 15 minutes toward the river and you pass through the Mangwon underpass into the park. To skip the walk, take the Mapo 09 or Mapo 16 village bus and get off at Mangwon Nadeulmok — the underpass beneath the road.

   2

   Mangwon Hangang Park

   Mangwon · 1h 30m

   The riverside park that filled up last, so finding a spot is still easy. It sits between the Seongsan and Yanghwa bridges and faces the sunset squarely across the water. Bicycles can be rented on site.

   

   Official site →

Map

• Mangwon Market →
• Mangwon Hangang Park →

Also close by

Other places close to this route's stops — useful if you have time left or want to swap something out.

• Hongdae StreetStreets & city · 1h1.5km
• Gyeongui Line Forest ParkParks & nature · 1h1.6km
• Haneul ParkParks & nature · 2h2.3km

Good to do next

• Haneul Park at SunsetMapo, Seoul · Half day

  A hilltop of silver grass on a covered landfill. The whole point is the half hour when the setting sun comes through the grass from behind.

• Hongdae & YeonnamMapo, Seoul · Half day

  Start on a street of buskers and drift into a long thin park built over a dead railway line. The two run into each other.

• Mullae & Yeouido Half-DayYeongdeungpo, Seoul · Half day

  Studios and murals among working metal shops, then out to the river. The neighbourhood has not been tidied up for visitors, so there is barely any signage.