Jeon Han
Jeon Han

24 Hours in Itaewon

Looking to spend a day in Itaewon? Here's how to do it best.

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From having some of the city's best foreign food to marveling at the Mosque, there's a whole world inside Itaewon. 

Eat, drink and be merry

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Check out a museum

  • Museums
  • Art and design
  • Hannam-dong
Project Space by Daelim Museum
Project Space by Daelim Museum
Project Space is a experimental exhibition space supported and run by Daelim Museum, but the name is not completely misleading as the gallery used to be an actual billliard room.
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  • Museums
  • Yongsan-gu
War Memorial of Korea
War Memorial of Korea
Learn all about Korea’s wartime history at this somber but historically important museum. 

Dance the night away

  • Clubs
  • Itaewon
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended
This is probably the trendiest club in Itaewon right now. It's not that spacious, but it feels like a foreign club. 
  • Things to do
  • Yongsan-gu
Pistil
Pistil
"Wait, what do you mean the food?" Cakeshop has given birth to a chill younger brother with great taste in music and it cooks too.    
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  • Nightlife
Moloko Plus
Moloko Plus
Inspired by the famous Stanley Kubrick film, A Clockwork Orange, this place recreates the milk bar scene where Alex and his “droogs” (a nickname he calls his group of friends) go. 
  • LGBTQ+
  • Itaewon
Gray Club
Gray Club
Think gay clubs are dusky, decadent and dungeon-like? Gray Club, which reopened recently, will show you how it’s done.
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  • Nightlife
  • Clubs
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended
Faust
Faust
Unlike most Korean clubs that are housed underground, Club Faust is located on the third floor, above an unmarked transgender bar on the second. 

Explore the lesser known parts of town

  • Things to do
Usandan-ro Muslim city
Usandan-ro Muslim city
Officially opened in 1976, the Seoul Central Masjid remains the only mosque in the city. In its splendid myriad of blue and white ceramic tiles, the mosque has become the center of the Usandan-ro area and attends to the several onlookers curious about its architecture and culture. 
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