This is just a collection of iPhone shots I took in Samcheongdong, Seoul. I’ve you’ve never been to the neighborhood, it’s one of quirkiest areas of the city and it’s full of great restaurants and coffee shops. The weekends are too crowded for my liking, but the weekdays are perfect.
Tag Archive: Samcheongdong
- Samcheongdong alley
- Giant wooden ducks
- Family Mart (the mini edition)
- Follow the yellow-brick... door
- Afternoon break spot
- Portrait studio seeks aspiring painters
- High-school "ramyun" spot
- Self-portrait
Today’s lesson: why bicycle-only lanes will never work in Seoul.
- Impromptu Cheonggyecheon Serenade
- Swollen banks clean-up crew
- New Cheonggycheon addition
- Diplomatic plates, shiny Beamer, Polish embassy
- Taillights underscore the police
- History circumscribed by traffic
- Come close; he wants to tell you something
- Bicycle Lane : )
- Beamer Lane
- Lexus Lane
- Bus Lane
- Taxi Lane
- Well, at least they used rebar
- Shinchon tunnel
- Shinchon tunnel 2
- Loops and dots
Samcheongdong is a hilly neighborhood that borders Gyeongbokgung to the south and Cheong Wa Dae (the presidential residence) to the west. It is populated with artsy cafes and some of Seoul’s best restaurants. There is also a charming park that can be found just east of the main thoroughfare. My favorite spot for ice cream-covered waffles is at the very end of the road, to the left.
Planning a visit? Check out these links.
http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=264473