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Wangsimni Station (왕십리역) Line 2 – Station #208, Line 5 – Station #540,...
Seoul Sub→urban would like to thank Meagan Mastriani for inviting us to and showing me around her work neighborhood of Wangsimni. Meagan writes about food, mostly, and you can check out her take on...
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Hanyang University Station (한양대역) Line 2 – Station #209
Put on your varsity jacket and turn on your Vampire Weekend, we’re going back to school. Quite obviously, Hanyang University Station serves the campus of Hanyang University (한양대학교). Founded in 1939...
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Sindap Station (신답역) Line 2 – Station #211-2
Given that my visit to Sindap coincided with Seollal, coming out of the station’s one exit reminded me a bit of the scene in Westerns when the protagonist steps out of the saloon onto an empty street,...
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Majang Station (마장역) Line 5 – Station #541
The further east you go along the Cheonggye Stream (청계천) the more the engineering of its western end gets stripped away and the more you’re able to step into its past. The process culminates in the...
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Oksu Station (옥수역) Line 3 – Station # 335, Jungang Line – Station # K114
Sitting on the north bank of the Han, just across from Apgujeong, the area around Oksu Station has none of the cross-water district’s glam, though it’s not without its charms. The west side of the...
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Sangwangsimni Station (상왕십리역) Line 2 – Station #207
I got to Sangwangsimni mid-morning on a late June day. It was hot, just starting to hint at the sweltering weather of Seoul’s worst months, but that didn’t seem to be stopping anyone from getting out...
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Janghanpyeong Station (장한평역) Line 5 – Station #543
‘You looking for a car?’ My girlfriend and I hadn’t walked more than twenty feet from the station when we were approached by a middle-aged man in a puffy coat. Milling about the intersection behind...
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Seoul Forest Station (서울숲역) Bundang Line – Station #K211
When one considers the geography of Seoul, it’s her mountains that seem to define her: the noble peaks of Bukhan serving as a backdrop to the city’s seats of power – Gyeongbokgung and the Blue House;...
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