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Library · Hoegi Stn. (Line 1, Gyeongui-Jungang Line)

Public library in Dongdaemun-gu. Free entry and reading, with heating and air conditioning.

Library · Cheongnyangni Stn. (Line 1, Suin-Bundang Line, Gyeongui-Jungang Line, Gyeongchun Line)

Public library in Dongdaemun-gu. Free entry and reading, with heating and air conditioning.

Museum · Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies Stn. (Line 1)

Open since 1978, the museum addresses the distance from nature created by industrialisation and urbanisation.

Museum · Jegi-dong Stn. (Line 1)

Located on the site of Bojewon, a Joseon-era relief and medical institution, in Korea's largest herbal medicine distribution district, this district-run museum of Dongdaemun-gu displays traditional Korean medicine artefacts and medicinal herbs.

Museum · Hoegi Stn. (Line 1, Gyeongui-Jungang Line)

Since opening in 1955, the museum has centered on archaeology, history and folklore.

Museum · Hoegi Stn. (Line 1, Gyeongui-Jungang Line)

The museum displays materials tracing the history of Korean medicine, helping students of the field deepen their specialist knowledge.

Museum · Hoegi Stn. (Line 1, Gyeongui-Jungang Line)

The museum surveys, collects, preserves and exhibits materials on Korean and international history, archaeology, folklore and art, as well as cultural properties related to the history of Seoul.

Museum · Korea Univ. Stn. (Line 6)

Established in 1970 by the King Sejong Memorial Society to honour and preserve the virtue and achievements of King Sejong the Great.

Museum · Jegi-dong Stn. (Line 1)

A multipurpose Korean medicine cultural complex founded to showcase the excellence and safety of traditional Korean medicine through specialised exhibitions, education and hands-on programmes.

Park · Sindap Stn. (Line 2)

Long ago the villages of Wonmal (Woncheon), Neommal (Wolchon) and Gandeme (Jungsan) were scattered across the Dapsimni area, and the park is named Gandeme after Jungsan in the middle. Dongdaemun-gu, with its fertile farmland east of the Joseon-era Hanseong city walls, and

Park · Samseong Stn. (Line 2)

Named after the neighbourhood, the park has been a valued local retreat since it was laid out in 1998. Several legends explain the name Dapsimni; one tells how, in the early Joseon dynasty, the monk Muhak was searching for a site for the capital

Park · Hoegi Stn. (Line 1, Gyeongui-Jungang Line)

The only hill park and the symbolic park of Dongdaemun-gu, a district short of green space. Once occupied by a military unit, with large rock faces exposed on cut slopes 15–20 m high, the site was turned into a park in 1992. Inside the park, for more than 50 years

Park · Yongdu Stn. (Line 2)

Under a plan to build and operate a waste treatment facility beneath a neighbourhood park site in Dongdaemun-gu, the upper level was turned into a park in keeping with its surroundings, giving residents an eco-friendly space for rest, culture, exercise and other outdoor...

Park · Cheongnyangni Stn. (Line 1, Gyeongui-Jungang Line)

Korea's first arboretum. A lush, free forest trail with 100 years of history, best walked in spring and autumn.

Library · Sindap Stn. (Line 2)

Public library in Dongdaemun-gu. Free entry and reading, with heating and air conditioning.

Library · Yongdu Stn. (Line 2)

Public library in Dongdaemun-gu. Free entry and reading, with heating and air conditioning.

Library · Sinseol-dong Stn. (Lines 1, 2, Ui-Sinseol Line)

Public library in Dongdaemun-gu. Free entry and reading, with heating and air conditioning.

Library · Anam Stn. (Line 6)

Public library in Dongdaemun-gu. Free entry and reading, with heating and air conditioning.

Library · Jungnang Stn. (Gyeongui-Jungang Line)

Public library in Dongdaemun-gu. Free entry and reading, with heating and air conditioning.

Study & youth space · Hoegi Stn. (Line 1, Gyeongui-Jungang Line)

A lounge, study and community space free for all young people, part of the Seoul Youth Center Orang network.

Sports facility · Junggok Stn. (Line 7)

Public indoor pool in Dongdaemun-gu. Six-lane adult pool and a three-lane children's pool. Open swim is 3,700 won per session. There is also a gym. Open swim time slots change monthly, so check before you go.

Sports facility · Cheongnyangni Stn. (Line 1, Suin-Bundang Line, Gyeongui-Jungang Line, Gyeongchun Line)

Public indoor pool with open swim sessions.

Sports facility · Yongmasan Stn. (Line 7)

Outdoor badminton court in Dongdaemun-gu. 3 courts. Open 24 hours.

Sports facility · Sindap Stn. (Line 2)

Outdoor basketball court in Dongdaemun-gu. 15,179.7 m². Open 24 hours.

Sports facility · Yongmasan Stn. (Line 7)

Outdoor basketball court in Dongdaemun-gu. Basketball court. Open 24 hours.