Most Seoul family guides squeeze one museum between Gyeongbokgung in hanbok, N Seoul Tower and shopping. This itinerary is built the other way around. For families staying four nights with kids aged 5 to 9, it spends one full day each in Yongsan (the Children's Museum of the National Museum of Korea plus the main museum), Seodaemun (the Seodaemun Museum of Natural History) and Magok (the Seoul Botanic Park greenhouse). What sets the order is not preference but the reservation calendar and closure days. Only one venue needs booking, and half the work of this guide is fitting the two Monday-closing venues and the winter short hours that start in November into your weekdays. If this is your first Seoul and you also want palaces and observation decks, use the standard Seoul 4 nights 5 days itinerary instead.
How the days are split
The allocation comes first: two travel days (arrival and departure) and three full days, one zone per day. Yongsan pairs the reserved Children's Museum session with the main museum; Seodaemun pairs the natural history galleries with lunch in Yeonhui-dong; Magok pairs the greenhouse with a lakeside walk. You stay four nights in one hotel on the Hongdae-Gongdeok axis and never move luggage.
| Day | Plan | Transport, notes |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Arrive in Seoul, check in, dinner near the hotel | No museum bookings on arrival day; just confirm reservations |
| Day 2 | Yongsan: Children's Museum 9:30 session → main museum → Mirror Pond | Gyeongui-Jungang Line to Ichon Station; Exit 2 connects via the Museum Nadeulgil walkway |
| Day 3 | Seodaemun: natural history museum (arrive in the morning) → Yeonhui-dong lunch and afternoon | Seodaemun 03 village bus from Sinchon Station Exit 3 or 4. Closed Mondays |
| Day 4 | Magok: Seoul Botanic Park greenhouse and themed garden → Open Forest and Lake Garden | Magongnaru Station Exits 3-4 connect directly. Last greenhouse entry 16:00 (Nov-Feb). Closed Mondays |
| Day 5 | Check out, head to the station or airport | All paid sightseeing finishes within Days 2-4 |
The reservation calendar sets the schedule. Children's Museum bookings open at midnight KST 14 days before the visit date. Once your travel dates are fixed, grab the Yongsan date at D-14 midnight and slot Seodaemun and Magok into the remaining days. The weekday rule is simple. The Seodaemun Museum of Natural History and the Seoul Botanic Park paid zone rest every Monday (the next day if that Monday is a public holiday), while the National Museum of Korea, main building and Children's Museum alike, has no closures in November 2026. The permanent galleries' quarterly closure falls on the first Monday of March, June, September and December (June 1, September 7, December 7 in 2026), and the Children's Museum's 2026 closure days are the same dates. So a Monday among your touring days (Days 2-4) is your Yongsan day. The museum holiday closures (January 1, Seollal and Chuseok at the NMK and Seodaemun; the botanic park's only regular closure is Monday) never fall in November, so the only calendar item to watch is the weekly Monday; only when a Monday is declared a public holiday do Seodaemun and the botanic park shift their closure to the next day. The exception is the first week of December, when December 7 (Monday) closes Yongsan's galleries too (for year-end and holiday closures, see the practical-details table). If the trip is close, work date by date: for visit dates whose D-14 has already passed, check remaining slots; for dates whose window hasn't opened yet, catch the midnight opening; failing both, use the same-day-returns routine in Day 2 or rebuild around the main museum.
Before departure: reservations, entry, transit card
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Children's Museum booking | Opens 14 days ahead at midnight KST on the National Museum of Korea site. One booking per person per day, up to 5 tickets, infants under 36 months included, no on-site ticketing |
| Visa and K-ETA | Nationals of countries under the K-ETA waiver, including the U.S., remain exempt through December 31, 2026 (Ministry of Justice extension). When you start an application on the official K-ETA site, a pop-up at the passport-scan step confirms whether you are exempt. If your passport needs a visa, check the latest guidance from your nearest Korean mission |
| Arrival declaration | Submit the e-Arrival Card online within 3 days before arrival (free). Holders of a valid K-ETA are exempt |
| Transit card | One T-money card covers subway, bus and AREX all-stop trains. Children under 6 ride free (up to three per adult); from 6, register a child card (550 KRW base fare) |
| Payments and connectivity | Credit cards work almost everywhere. eSIM or roaming; urban coverage is strong |
Three things matter for overseas families. First, even with a K-ETA-exempt passport, file the e-Arrival Card within 3 days before arrival (a valid K-ETA replaces it). Second, try creating the museum website account before departure: the official membership guide is written for Korean nationals and the Korean flow verifies a mobile number at step two, so if the English-site sign-up stalls, rebuild Day 2 around the main museum (see Day 2). Third, buy the T-money card right after landing at a convenience store or station. Single-ride tickets cost 100 KRW extra every time plus a 500 KRW refundable deposit, so for four days the card wins. Families arriving from elsewhere in Korea by KTX skip the entry rows entirely; only the booking and transit-card rows apply.
The photo shows the Line 4 Hoehyeon Station platform (stock photo). Seoul subway base fare is 1,550 KRW by transit card, 550 KRW for children (as of 2026-10), and all three zones in this plan are reached by subway and a village bus.
Airport and station to hotel: base on the Hongdae-Gongdeok axis
The three zones (Ichon, Yeonhui-dong, Magok) cluster on Seoul's west side, so the base is not Myeongdong or Gangnam but the Hongdae-Gongdeok axis. The AREX airport railroad comes straight in from both Incheon and Gimpo, and the Gyeongui-Jungang Line runs to Ichon Station (the museum) without a transfer. Sinchon, where the Seodaemun village bus departs, is one or two stops away, and Magongnaru (the botanic park) is two AREX stops from Hongik Univ. Station, three from Gongdeok. Families arriving by KTX reach Gongdeok or Hongik Univ. Station from Seoul Station in one or two stops on the AREX all-stop train.
| Hotel area | Getting in (airport/station → hotel) | Getting out, and reaching the zones |
|---|---|---|
| Hongik Univ. Station area | AREX all-stop train direct from Incheon T1, 4,650 KRW by card (2026-10). Three stops from Gimpo Airport. Two stops from Seoul Station (KTX) on the AREX all-stop train | Reverse the same route to leave (see "heading back"). Ichon by Gyeongui-Jungang Line direct · Sinchon one stop on Line 2 · Magongnaru two AREX stops |
| Gongdeok area | AREX all-stop direct from Incheon. One stop from Seoul Station | Ichon by Gyeongui-Jungang direct; AREX plus Lines 5 and 6 make every zone at most one subway transfer (Seodaemun adds the village bus from Sinchon) |
| Seoul Station area | Walkable for KTX arrivals. From Incheon: all-stop 4,750 KRW (5,350 from T2), Express 13,000 KRW (posted discount fare; child 9,500 KRW; 43 min to T1, 51 to T2, 2026-10) | Shortest airport and KTX access on departure day. Ichon direct on Line 4, no transfer |
How to ride: AREX express and all-stop trains use separate platforms. The all-stop train just needs a T-money tap at the gate; the express needs its own ticket bought before boarding. All-stop cars have subway-style seating, fine with kids. Because it stops everywhere, the all-stop run takes longer than the express (43 minutes to Seoul Station from T1); check the official AREX timetable for exact times.
Heading back, count backward from your flight or train. For international departures, plan to reach the airport 3 hours before takeoff; add the AREX ride plus hotel-to-station walking and waiting, and most families should leave the hotel about 4 hours 30 minutes before the flight, plus another 30 minutes of margin with small children. KTX travelers have a 20-30 minute ride to Seoul Station; arriving an hour before departure covers weekend-afternoon crowds.
Zones and how long they take
| Zone | Anchors | Access (from Hongdae/Gongdeok) | Time to budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yongsan (Ichon) | Children's Museum, National Museum of Korea, Mirror Pond | Gyeongui-Jungang Line to Ichon, Exit 2, Museum Nadeulgil walkway | Full day (80-min session + 2 h galleries + outdoors) |
| Seodaemun (Yeonhui) | Seodaemun Museum of Natural History, Yeonhui-dong streets | Village bus Seodaemun 03 from Sinchon Station Exit 3/4 | Half day plus lunch (2-3 h of galleries) |
| Magok | Seoul Botanic Park: greenhouse, themed garden, Open Forest, Lake Garden | AREX/Line 9 Magongnaru Station Exits 3-4 | Half day plus walks (1.5-2 h greenhouse) |
| Hotel neighborhood | Dinner, convenience runs | On foot | Every evening |
Day 1, arrival: hotel and a reservation check
Don't be ambitious on arrival day. Get from the airport or station to the hotel, check in, and have dinner within walking distance. The Hongdae-Gongdeok axis has family-friendly rice-and-soup places, noodle shops and familiar chains on every block, so the first meal is low-stakes.
One task matters tonight: re-check reservations and weekdays. Is the Children's Museum mobile ticket confirmed? Does a Monday fall on Day 3 or 4? Do the last-entry times (Nov-Feb: 16:00 at the botanic park; 16:00 weekdays and 17:00 Saturdays-holidays at Seodaemun) clash with your plan? Museum trips with kids fail not from getting lost but from a miscounted reservation window or closure day.
Day 2, Yongsan: the Children's Museum and the main museum
Why we book the 9:30 session
Leave Ichon Station toward Exit 2 and the underground walkway called Museum Nadeulgil carries you to the museum's west entrance, rain or cold notwithstanding (Line 4 and the Gyeongui-Jungang Line share the exit).
The Children's Museum is the hands-on wing of the National Museum of Korea, and its official guide names ages 5 to 9 as the main audience. Admission is free but reservation-only. The rules, verbatim from the official guide: bookings open at midnight 14 days before the visit date and stay open until 50 minutes after each session starts; one booking per person per day; up to 5 tickets; infants under 36 months count toward the number; no on-site ticketing; mobile tickets are checked at the entrance. Five sessions run daily (9:30, 11:00, 13:00, 14:30, 16:00; 80 minutes and 280 people each). If you fail to enter within 30 minutes of your session start without cancelling, the booking auto-cancels and the no-show block lasts 60 days, so if your child melts down, cancel before the session starts. From visits on December 15, 2026, the auto-cancel window tightens to 20 minutes. Families with four or more children can bring the non-reserved members in together with the five reserved ones after showing family documents on site.
Book the 9:30 first session. A child's energy peaks in the morning, the visit ends before 11:00, and lunch plus a whole afternoon at the main museum remain. The 16:00 session ends at 17:20, already past the main museum's 17:00 last entry on days without the Wednesday/Saturday night hours. If you missed the window, same-day returns exist: voluntary cancellations drop back at any time, and no-show seats return to sale 30 minutes after a session starts (20 minutes from December 15 visits; booking stays open until 50 minutes after each session starts, and booking for same-day visits is unavailable 0:00-0:30). A session already underway leaves little viewing time, so aim for the next one.
The main museum, the kid version
After the session, have lunch inside the complex, then walk over to the main building. Per the museum's official facilities list there are the Gyeongcheonsa Pagoda restaurant and a food court indoors, the Mirror Pond restaurant outside, plus cafes and a CU convenience store on the grounds. The permanent galleries are free with no reservation. Hours are 9:30-17:30 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday (last entry 17:00) and until 21:00 on Wednesday and Saturday. Security screening has run at the entrance since June 2024, so lock backpacks in the lockers and walk light.
With kids, skip completeness and aim at two anchors. One is the Ten-story Pagoda of Gyeongcheonsa Temple standing at the end of the first-floor Path to History: a full ten-story stone pagoda indoors lands on children without explanation. The other is the Room of Quiet Contemplation, which holds just two Pensive Bodhisattva statues in a dark, hushed room; for a child untroubled by dark rooms, five minutes is enough for it to stick. Use those two as poles and stop wherever your child stops. Two hours is plenty; park the adult wishlist for the next Seoul trip.
Mirror Pond, outdoors and the ride back
In fair weather, loop the Mirror Pond and the outdoor gardens (open 7:00-22:00); if your child is spent, ride straight back from Ichon and rest at the hotel. The Yongsan day aims not at "a lot" but at "no friction."
Day 3, Seodaemun: natural history and Yeonhui-dong
Seodaemun Museum of Natural History
Kalguksu in Yeonhui-dong fits the Seodaemun day's route. Stock photo.
From Sinchon Station (Line 2) Exit 3 or 4, ride the Seodaemun 03 village bus to the Seodaemun Museum of Natural History stop (bus 7738 from Hongje Station Exit 3 or 4 on Line 3 reaches the same stop; board at the branch-line stop, not the median busway). A district-built natural history museum with surprising scale and density; for a child deep in the dinosaur-and-minerals phase, this is often the biggest hit of the whole trip.
Three floors: the Earth Environment Hall on 3F for the planet, rocks and minerals; the Evolution of Life Hall on 2F with the dinosaurs; the Human and Nature Hall on 1F; and a large dinosaur skeleton in the central hall that grabs kids the moment they walk in. Starting on 3F and working down flows naturally.
Winter hours are the day's key variable. From November through February it runs 9:00-17:00 on weekdays and 9:00-18:00 on Saturdays and holidays, with ticketing and entry closing one hour before closing time. On a weekday, 16:00 is the hard entry deadline; 17:00 on Saturdays. There is no advance sale, on-site ticketing only, so tickets are never the worry; arriving in the morning is what makes the 2-3 gallery hours plus lunch fit. Rates: adults 7,000 KRW, teens (13-18) 4,000 KRW, children (5-12) 3,000 KRW, free at 4 and under (posted rates, 2026-10). Closed every Monday, and the next day when Monday is a public holiday.
Yeonhui-dong lunch and afternoon
The museum sits beside the low-rise Yeonhui-dong neighborhood, so walk down for lunch. The default is Yeonhui-dong Kalguksu, a noodle house known for its rich beef-bone broth, boiled pork and white kimchi; noodles also share well with kids. Check the shop's latest notices for hours and closing days before you go. Weekend lunchtimes get crowded, so going early is safer. If noodles aren't your family's thing, the streets around Saruga Shopping Center carry enough rice places and bakeries that alternatives are easy. Shape the afternoon around your child's battery: Yeonhui-dong lanes if there's energy left, or an early Line 2 ride back from Sinchon if not.
Day 4, Magok: Seoul Botanic Park
The greenhouse and the themed garden
Exits 3 and 4 of Magongnaru Station (AREX and Line 9) open straight into the park's Open Forest. Seoul Botanic Park splits into free and paid zones: the Open Forest, Lake Garden and Wetland are free year-round, and what you pay for is the Themed Garden (greenhouse plus outdoor themed garden). Paid-zone rates: adults 5,000 KRW, teens 3,000 KRW, children 6-12 2,000 KRW, free under 6 (posted rates, 2026-10). Tickets are valid on the day only.
The greenhouse is the day's center: a large conservatory presenting plants of twelve tropical and Mediterranean cities as city-by-city gardens, tropical inside however cold it is outside. Walking under banana-scale leaves does more for a 5-to-9-year-old than any label text. The Botanic Culture Center that houses the greenhouse has a cafe for a snack stop, and the Children's Garden School and the registered-heritage Magok Culture Hall (a former drainage pump station) share the paid zone. The outdoor themed garden, planted with native Korean species as traditional gardens, carries less in November, so set expectations on the greenhouse.
Apply the winter timetable first. From November through February the paid zone runs 9:30-17:00 with last entry at 16:00, and it closes every Monday (next day if a holiday), same as Seodaemun. Morning arrival, 1.5-2 hours in the greenhouse, then lunch and a free-zone walk matches the clock. The Themed Garden gate is also a 10-minute walk from Yangcheon Hyanggyo Station Exit 8 if you want the ticket office directly, but stroller families will find the station-connected Magongnaru side easier.
Open Forest, Lake Garden and the ride back
For lunch, rather than settling for the culture-center cafe, head out to the blocks around Magongnaru Station: an office-district lunch scene with plenty of family-sized tables. In the afternoon loop the Lake Garden (it's in the free zone, so no re-entry worries), then ride the AREX back. Last night of the trip; dinner near the hotel, unhurried. Remember your child has now walked three days straight.
Day 5, departure
Check out and head for the station or airport. For international flights, with the 3-hours-before rule, leaving the hotel about 4 hours 30 minutes before departure covers the AREX ride, walking and waiting (with small children, add another 30 minutes). For an afternoon flight or train, leave luggage at the hotel or in station lockers and fill half a day on foot near the hotel. We don't recommend wedging any session-based or last-entry venue into departure day: moving with kids always takes longer than the adult math says.
Practical details
| Venue | Hours (Nov-Feb) | Closed | Rates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Museum, NMK | 9:30-17:20, 5 sessions (80 min, 280 each) | None in Nov 2026; Dec 7 (Mon) closure; Jan 1, Seollal, Chuseok | Free, reservation required | Opens D-14 at midnight, 5 tickets max, infants counted, no on-site ticketing, no booking for same-day visits 0:00-0:30 |
| National Museum of Korea (main) | Mon·Tue·Thu·Fri·Sun 9:30-17:30 (entry to 17:00), Wed·Sat to 21:00 | Gallery closures first Mondays of Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec (2026: Jun 1, Sep 7, Dec 7); Jan 1, Seollal, Chuseok | Permanent galleries free (paid specials separate) | Ichon Stn Exit 2 walkway; security screening |
| Seodaemun Museum of Natural History | Weekdays 9-17, Sat/holidays 9-18 (entry closes 1 h early) | Every Mon (next day if holiday); Jan 1, Seollal, Chuseok day | Adults 7,000 · teens 4,000 · children 5-12 3,000 · 4 and under free | No advance sale, on-site only. Sinchon + bus 03, or Hongje + bus 7738 |
| Seoul Botanic Park Themed Garden | 9:30-17:00, last entry 16:00 | Every Mon (next day if holiday) | Adults 5,000 · teens 3,000 · children 6-12 2,000 · under 6 free | Open Forest, Lake Garden, Wetland free year-round. Magongnaru Exits 3-4 |
| Mirror Pond and museum outdoors | 7:00-22:00 | None | Free | Same-day stroll with the main museum |
All rates are posted rates checked in October 2026, ages in international reckoning.
Adjust by situation
| Situation | Day changed | Drop | Add | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Monday falls on Days 2-4 | That Monday | Seodaemun/Magok | Yongsan (Children's Museum + main museum) | Both Monday-closers rest; the NMK runs normally on November Mondays. Swapping order beats shifting all dates; moving the Children's Museum date itself means cancelling and rebooking |
| Missed the reservation window | Day 2 | Children's Museum session | Main museum + Mirror Pond and gardens; retry same-day returns | The main museum is free with no booking, so the day still works. Voluntary cancellations drop back at any time, so a morning check is worth it; aim for the next session rather than one already underway |
| Your child is deep in dinosaurs | Days 3-4 | Half of Magok | Longer Seodaemun stay; compress the greenhouse | A child obsessed with one subject gets more from depth than variety. Seodaemun's three floors genuinely absorb more time; the greenhouse keeps its core even at 1.5 hours |
| A sibling under 36 months | Density of Days 2-4 | Two anchors per day | One anchor per day plus a hotel nap | Infants count toward the 5-ticket booking cap, so reserve them in. All three zones charge nothing for infants (botanic park under 6, Seodaemun 4 and under), but halving the daily density is what saves the trip. The Children's Museum sets aside a play zone for infants 36 months and under |
Food: one answer per neighborhood
Meals in this plan are pre-decided by zone, which keeps decisions short. Yongsan day: inside the museum complex (Gyeongcheonsa Pagoda restaurant, food court, Mirror Pond restaurant) without breaking the route. Seodaemun day: kalguksu and boiled pork at Yeonhui-dong Kalguksu. Magok day: pick among the restaurants around Magongnaru Station. Dinner is near the hotel (Hongdae-Gongdeok) every night. Prices vary too much by shop to tabulate, and old favorites keep irregular hours, so check each shop's latest notice before going.
Budget for four, 4 nights 5 days
For a family of four (two adults, a 7-year-old, a 5-year-old), plan roughly 1.0-2.44 million KRW spent in Seoul (about $750-1,830; 10,000 KRW ≈ $7.5, derived from the October 2026 ECB reference rate, planning assumption). Intercity trains, buses and flights vary too much by origin and are excluded. Totals round the row sums.
| Item | Budget | Standard | Comfortable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lodging, 4 nights (one family room/residence, planning assumption) | 480,000 KRW | 800,000 KRW | 1,400,000 KRW |
| Food, 4.5 days (whole family, planning assumption) | 400,000 KRW | 580,000 KRW | 850,000 KRW |
| Admissions total (posted rates) | 32,000 KRW | 32,000 KRW | 32,000 KRW |
| City transit (transit card, calculated) | 35,000 KRW | 35,000 KRW | 35,000 KRW |
| Sundries, snacks, souvenirs | 50,000 KRW | 80,000 KRW | 120,000 KRW |
| Total (intercity travel excluded) | ≈1.0M KRW | ≈1.53M KRW | ≈2.44M KRW |
The admissions row ending at 32,000 KRW is the structure of this plan: Seodaemun 20,000 (7,000 × 2 adults + 3,000 × 2 kids) plus the botanic park 12,000 (5,000 × 2 + 2,000 for the 7-year-old + the 5-year-old free), with the Children's Museum and main museum free. Fill the same four days with observation decks and theme parks and this row jumps into the hundreds of thousands. The transit row takes the family's one-way subway cost of 3,650 KRW (1,550 × 2 adults + 550, the 5-year-old free, 2026-10) about nine times over (round trips on the three touring days plus arrival- and departure-day legs), with margin for transfers. Overseas families add the Incheon Airport round trip (about 9,300-9,500 KRW per adult on the all-stop train from Terminal 1; 10,500-10,700 KRW from Terminal 2). Lodging and food rows are editorial planning assumptions, not posted prices, and if your children cross the age-5 (Seodaemun) or age-6 (botanic park) boundaries, redo the admissions row with the formulas above.
Season and weather
This plan gets stronger in late autumn and winter. The core of all three days is indoors, and the colder it is outside, the more dramatic the tropical greenhouse feels to a child. In early November the foliage around Namsan and the museum gardens still holds, so outdoor walks still attach. The calendar, though, outweighs the weather: from November 1 the Seodaemun museum (weekday close 17:00, entry to 16:00) and the botanic park paid zone (close 17:00, entry to 16:00) run winter hours, so "arrive in the morning" is the season's base skill at every zone. In the first December week the NMK gallery closure (Mon, Dec 7) applies, and January 1 closes the museums, so check dates first for those weeks.
The four things to hold on to
- D-14 midnight is the starting line: Children's Museum booking opens at midnight 14 days before your visit. Fix the Yongsan date first, then place the rest. Infants under 36 months count.
- Mondays mean Yongsan: the natural history museum and the greenhouse close every Monday; the NMK runs normally on November Mondays (Dec 7 excepted).
- 16:00 is the entry wall: in Nov-Feb, weekday Seodaemun and the greenhouse zone stop admitting at 16:00. Afternoon-heavy plans don't survive this season.
- Run each child's age through each venue: Seodaemun charges from 5, the botanic park from 6, the subway is free under 6. The same child computes differently at every gate.
Wrap-up
Seoul with kids over four nights is not about giving up landmarks; it is about packing one zone per day with a reserved session, galleries and neighborhood food. A stone pagoda and a play museum in Yongsan, dinosaurs and kalguksu in Seodaemun, the tropics in midwinter at Magok. The order is set by the reservation calendar and Mondays, and the 32,000 KRW admissions total says what this plan costs is planning, not money. Win the single D-14 midnight booking and the rest runs loose.
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What we verified
Tripop's editorial team checked the fares, hours and reservation rules in this article on October 30, 2026 against official pages of the National Museum of Korea (visitor guide, Children's Museum reservation guide, membership guide, notices, facilities), the Seodaemun Museum of Natural History (hours, rates, directions), Seoul Botanic Park (visitor and rate guide, Themed Garden pages, directions), the AREX airport railroad (express and all-stop fares), Seoul Metro (fare guide), and the official K-ETA portal with Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Foreign Affairs notices. The Children's Museum session table and the auto-cancel change effective December 15, 2026 are posted in the Children's Museum notice (Korean); whether overseas residents can complete the museum's website sign-up is not stated in official guides, and we say so plainly in the text. Official per-station travel times for AREX all-stop trains are published only per station page, so we did not print them. Photos are Pexels stock, not our own; we found no verified photos of the Seodaemun museum, the greenhouse interior or the Children's Museum, so none appear. Visiting in 2027 or later, re-check winter hours and entry rules (the K-ETA waiver runs through December 31, 2026). If anything differs from what you find, tell us and we will fix it.
Images: Pexels (Jueon Kim 김주언: NMK Path to History, Theodore Nguyen: Hoehyeon Station platform, ROMAN ODINTSOV: kalguksu, Nadine K: Namsan Park foliage), Pexels License.