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Gwanghwamun Market
- 📅 Dates
- Dec 12, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025
- 📍 Location
- B172 Sejong-daero, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- 🎫 Admission
- Free
- 🕘 Hours
- 17:30-21:30
- 🎪 Venue
- Gwanghwamun Square
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Seoul Tourism Organization
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-2-337-3692
⚠️ This festival's listed dates have passed
The dates above are from the most recent official schedule. Many Korean festivals are annual events held around the same time each year, but the next date has not been officially confirmed yet — please check the official website or a Google search below before planning a trip.
Overview
Gwanghwamun Market takes place along with the Seoul Lantern Festival to support local small businesses and promote Seoul night tourism. The market features local store owners and businesses that exhibit and sell seasonal decor, handcrafted items, and winter snacks.
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
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📊 How busy this area gets
Visitor-volume index for 종로구, from Korea Tourism Organization big data. 1.00 = that area's own yearly average, so this compares the area against itself — not against Seoul.
The index covers the whole district, not the festival ground itself. Use it to pick a month, not a day. · Apr 1.04 / Oct 1.09
🅿️ Nearby attractions — with actual parking capacity
Most sites only say "parking available." These are official figures from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, so you can judge before you drive.
Names and addresses here stay in Korean on purpose. Google Maps cannot give directions inside South Korea, and NAVER Map / KakaoMap find these places only under their Korean names — copy an address above and paste it straight in.
🏮 Traditional market days during the festival
Korean country markets open only on days ending in fixed digits — every 5 days. These are the actual dates they open while the festival runs, so you can add one to the same trip.
Names and addresses here stay in Korean on purpose. Google Maps cannot give directions inside South Korea, and NAVER Map / KakaoMap find these places only under their Korean names — copy an address above and paste it straight in.
🎪 Other festivals nearby at the same time
Overlapping dates, within 60 km.
Nearby Attractions
Places near the festival venue, described in English by the Korea Tourism Organization. Distances and times are road-based driving estimates from NAVER route search — useful for taxi trips — and can change with traffic. Places under 1 km in a straight line are marked “walkable”. Anything more than 15 km away by road is left out.
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Korean address for map apps서울특별시 종로구 세종로 -
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Korean address for map apps서울특별시 종로구 세종대로 175 (세종로) -
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Korean address for map apps서울특별시 종로구 세종로 -
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Korean address for map apps서울특별시 종로구 세종대로 172 -
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Korean address for map apps서울특별시 종로구 종로 1
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