48 photographed places and the films, series and music recorded here, with sources, access notes and what you can still visit.
Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Geunjeongjeon hall and courtyard at Gyeongbokgung, Seoul · 2024-06-05 09:09:51. City context, not a production still. Resized from an official Commons derivative.The city through culture
On screen in Seoul.
The most-documented productions in this city's shared records.
Movies
The Host7 sourced claims
Television
Itaewon Class4 sourced claims
Vincenzo4 sourced claims
Music
BTS · Idol1 sourced claim
BTS · Mikrokosmos1 sourced claim
BTS · Run1 sourced claim
PSY · Gangnam Style1 sourced claim
Koreana · Hand in Hand1 sourced claim
Jebi Dabang Compilation 20151 sourced claim
Look again at a familiar street
Places with stories.
48 reviewed photographs of exact sites. A photograph shows the place today; it is not a production still or a filming position.
Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Geunjeongjeon courtyard, Gyeongbokgung · photographed 2024-06-05 09:09:51. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the credited Commons derivative.Geunjeongjeon courtyard, Gyeongbokgung
한국저작권위원회 · CC BY 4.0 · Changdeokgung book storage exterior. Source summary and embedded metadata disagree on 2018/2019; date unresolved. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the credited Commons photograph.Changdeokgung book storage exterior
Dwxn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Naksan Park · photographed 1 June 2024, 16:24:37. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the credited Commons derivative.Naksan Park
João Trindade · CC BY 2.0 · Jongmyo Shrine — complex reference · photographed 25 January 2010, 01:58:37. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the credited Commons derivative.Jongmyo Shrine — complex reference
Ji-soo Seo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Haneul Park — former landfill reference · photographed 4 October 2015, 14:50:00. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the credited Commons derivative.Haneul Park — former landfill reference
Christian Bolz (크리스티안 볼츠) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gyeongui Line Forest Park · photographed Taken on 6 October 2017, 11:17:45. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the credited Commons derivative.Gyeongui Line Forest Park
Brit in Seoul · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mangwon Hangang Park · photographed 2018-06-03. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the credited Commons image.Mangwon Hangang Park
Konkukeditor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ilgam Lake, Konkuk University · photographed 2011-08-25. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the credited Commons image.Ilgam Lake, Konkuk University
kallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Yeouido Hangang Park · photographed 2022-12-01. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the credited Commons image.Yeouido Hangang Park
Joongwon Lee - SKKU DOA · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jeongdong-gil · photographed 2019-06-24. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the credited Commons image.Jeongdong-gil
Striker9498 · CC0 · Jonggak Station — station-name sign · photographed 2024-04-13. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the credited Commons image.Jonggak Station — station-name sign
Seonghan Lee · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cheongdamdaegyo Bridge · photographed 15 April 2018 from the south bank. Location context, not an animation frame or production still.Cheongdamdaegyo Bridge
Jaeseop An · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jamsugyo Bridge · photographed 1 May 2014. Location context, not a production still; no access conditions inferred.Jamsugyo Bridge
Piotrus · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yangjae Citizen's Forest Station · photographed 13 October 2013 (Exit 3). Station context, not a production still.Yangjae Citizen's Forest Station
Christian Bolz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Yongma Land · photographed 14 November 2015, after the park's 2011 closure. Location context, not a production still or current admission information.Yongma Land
Get your bearings
Map & full archive.
Every Place and Moment record, including sites not yet ready for a pin. A marker is a site reference, not a filming position or a route; access and city-boundary status stay as researched.
Existing geography to build from
1 inherited World connections · 6 Place records. These records retain their original research status.
6 matching inherited Place records · 4 remaining source leads
Choose a named place below the map. Pins come from existing subject evidence; they are not a route or a new access certification.
Complete inherited record access
Includes restricted and unmapped-in-this-view records. Map eligibility never removes a record from this list.
Doijissal Supermarket · public access
Doijissal Supermarket
32 Songijeong-ro, Ahyeon-dong, Mapo-gu
Described in the place’s facts.
Inherited access advice: A working corner shop: buy something if you take a photo. Buses 600 or 7013 to Ahyeondong Furniture Store Complex, a few minutes’ walk. Reconfirm before visiting.
Doijissal Supermarket on Songijeong-ro, April 2021; the lane rising on the right leads to the stairs. · Aaaatu · CC BY-SA 4.0
It plays Woori Supermarket. Ki-woo drinks soju under its parasol while his friend Min-hyuk talks him into taking over his tutoring job.
The shop is still trading, and a picture of the scene hangs outside.
By 2020 the parasol and drinking spot had gone, replaced by an ice-cream freezer. Inside, Chapagetti and Neoguri, the two noodles in the film’s jjapaguri, were stacked side by side.
Seoul’s Parasite course starts here.
Evidence and coordinate precision
building position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: surviving.
Inherited access advice: Open to walkers. Buses 7016 or 1711 to the northern end; the opening on the east side gives the film’s angle. Best after dark, on a wet night. Reconfirm before visiting.
The stairs at the northern end of the Jahamun Tunnel, seen from the city’s Parasite photo zone, September 2020 (cropped). · Aatu Dorochenko · CC BY-SA 4.0
The tunnel is 458 metres long and joins Cheongun-dong to Buam-dong.
Soaked, the family runs down the staircase at the tunnel’s northern end on the way home.
The long stairs were chosen to show the gap between the Kims’ low home and the Parks’ house on the hill.
In 2020 the city began adding signs and photo zones to its Parasite sites.
Evidence and coordinate precision
area position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: surviving.
Inherited access advice: Quiet residential lanes. About 30 minutes’ walk from Hansung University station, or the Seongbuk 09 bus to the Seongbuk village stop. Reconfirm before visiting.
The Seonjamdan altar site on Seonjam-ro, Seongbuk-dong, September 2016. · 1997au · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ki-woo walks this lane to the Parks’ for his first tutoring lesson.
Seongbuk-dong is an old, wealthy village of large houses on quiet lanes, with cafés and galleries.
There is no Park house at the top: it was a set, built elsewhere.
Evidence and coordinate precision
area position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: surviving.
One record per explicitly reconciled site, with its separate cultural connections. The map starts with sites that have reviewed public visiting conditions. The research view also shows verified approximate site references with restricted or unconfirmed access; these records have no public subject destinations. Only individually reviewed, licensed imagery appears. Unresolved geography remains searchable.
24 of 24 draft site records · 24 of 24 Moments
0 mapped site references · Reviewed public visiting conditions. Private sites and unresolved coordinates are excluded.
Records 1–24 of 24 · Page 1 of 1
Korea House
Geometry unresolved · Access under review
BTS
2018 Billboard cover shoot. Photography association; no image reproduction rights inferred.
Association evidence
PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.
Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.
Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.
Nodeul Island
Dolmang · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nodeul Island · photographed 2006-09-19. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the credited Commons derivative.
Geometry unresolved · Access under review
BTS
2021 Season’s Greetings shoot. Keep separate from the bridge music-video record.
Association evidence
PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.
Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.
Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.
Geunjeongjeon courtyard, Gyeongbokgung
Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Geunjeongjeon courtyard, Gyeongbokgung · photographed 2024-06-05 09:09:51. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the credited Commons derivative.
Geometry unresolved · Access under review
BTS
2020 Tonight Show performance of Idol. Courtyard association, not the whole palace as a stage.
Association evidence
PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.
Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.
Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.
Gyeonghoeru Pavilion, Gyeongbokgung
eimoberg (a flickr user) · CC BY 2.0 · Gyeonghoeru Pavilion, Gyeongbokgung · date uncertain. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the credited Commons derivative.
Geometry unresolved · Access under review
BTS
2020 Tonight Show performance of Mikrokosmos. Separate from the Geunjeongjeon performance.
Association evidence
PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.
Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.
Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.
Hangangdaegyo Bridge near Nodeul Island
[제1한강교] 한국민족문화대백과사전 · 한국학중앙연구원 (Academy of Korean Studies) · KOGL Type 1 · Hangangdaegyo, captioned 제1한강교 by the archive. Undated historic bridge context; not a current bridge condition or exact filming viewpoint. Full frame and source marks retained; resized without enlargement.
Geometry unresolved · Access under review
BTS
Run music-video running scenes. Bridge footprint must be verified separately from Nodeul Island.
Association evidence
PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.
The visitor listing identifies the museum at 39 Namdaemun-ro. Its current museum role is separate from the fictional law firm.
Check the museum operator for current admission arrangements and closures. Public museum access does not establish access to any filming area or clear photograph reproduction rights.
Supporting source
PROBABLE · Current operator information supports this limited state/access record, not a filming footprint, coordinate or image licence.
Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.
Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.
Yeouido Hangang Park — Seogang Bridge area
Alexey Komarov · CC BY 3.0 · Seogang Bridge from the Yeouido riverbank · photographed 8 April 2016. Camera coordinates recorded on the Commons file page fall in Yeouido Hangang Park beside the bridge; this does not establish the filming position. Location context, not a production still.
Geometry unresolved · Access under review
The Host
The monster’s first attack was filmed near the bridge’s south end. The family’s container shop was a temporary set, removed after filming.
Association evidence
PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.
Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.
Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.
Jamsil Bridge — north-end river filming area
Katsujiro Maekawa · CC0 · Jamsil Bridge · photographed 21 December 2021 from the Jamsil Railway Bridge sidewalk. The whole span is shown; it does not isolate the north-end filming area. Location context, not a production still.
Geometry unresolved · Access under review
The Host
The opening fishermen scene was filmed in the river below the bridge’s north end. No visitor viewpoint is established.
Association evidence
PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.
Kimmo Räisänen · CC BY 2.0 · Hangang Railway Bridge · photographed 19 May 2008 from high above Yeouido. The whole crossing is shown; it does not isolate the north-end structure used in filming. Location context, not a production still.
Geometry unresolved · Access under review
The Host
Nam-joo’s chase used a platform beneath the bridge. This is a filming record, not a public-access recommendation.
Association evidence
PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.
Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.
Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.
Sewoon Cheonggye Shopping Center — Geumga Plaza
Geometry unresolved · Access under review
Vincenzo
The wider-complex source identifies Geumga Plaza; the specific Cheonggye listing refines the identity to 160 Cheonggyecheon-ro. Exact screen rooms and building geometry remain unresolved.
Association evidence
PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.
Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.
Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.
The tourism board’s specific Sewoon Cheonggye listing identifies Geumga Plaza at 160 Cheonggyecheon-ro, Jung-gu. Its nearby list separately names Sewoon Shopping Center; do not treat the whole complex as one exact filming footprint. Individual screen rooms, entrances and geometry remain unresolved.
Supporting source
PROBABLE · Limited source-review note; does not certify a location pin, current admission or reproduction rights.
Approximate site point — not an entrance · Access under review
PSY
Seoul Metropolitan Government records that PSY chose Seoul Plaza to keep his promise to perform where the most citizens could see him once Gangnam Style reached the top of the Billboard charts; the concert on 4 October 2012 drew about 80,000 fans. Plaza association only; the stage footprint is not established.
Association evidence
PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.
Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.
Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.
Wikipedia’s Gangnam Style article independently describes the free concert outside Seoul City Hall attended by more than 80,000 fans; Seoul Plaza is the lawn in front of City Hall.
Supporting source
PROBABLE · Limited source-review note; does not certify a location pin, current admission or reproduction rights.
The individually matched Seoul Tourism Organization listing identifies 서울광장 at 110 Sejong-daero, Jung-gu and publishes reference coordinates [126.9779845, 37.5658528] (reviewed 2026-10-10 in docs/city-expansion/seoul/programme-truth.proposed.json). General site reference only; no stage, entrance, route or current access is inferred.
Supporting source
PROBABLE · Approximate site position only. No entrance, route or camera-position precision.
Approximate site point — not an entrance · Access under review
Koreana
The opening ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at Seoul Olympic Stadium on 17 September 1988; the Games’ official song, Hand in Hand, was performed by Koreana. Band members later described that opening-ceremony stage as the pinnacle of their career. Stadium association only; no stage or audience position is established.
Association evidence
PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.
The individually matched Seoul Tourism Organization listing identifies 서울올림픽주경기장 at 25 Olympic-ro, Songpa-gu and publishes reference coordinates [127.075940589715, 37.5161987797456] (reviewed 2026-10-10 in docs/city-expansion/seoul/programme-truth.proposed.json). General site reference only; no stage, entrance, route or current access is inferred.
Supporting source
PROBABLE · Approximate site position only. No entrance, route or camera-position precision.
Approximate site point — not an entrance · Access under review
Jebi Dabang musicians
The operator’s label CTR Sound lists Jebi Dabang Compilation 2015, eleven acts including Ha Heon-jin, Kim Il-du, Choi Go-eun and Kim Mastah, among compilations by musicians who have performed at the Sangsu-dong venue every year since 2015. A venue compilation is not evidence that its tracks were recorded inside the café.
Association evidence
PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.
Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.
Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.
The operator CTR identifies Jebi Dabang at 24 Wausan-ro and its 2012 founding; the name borrows from writer Yi Sang’s historical dabang and is not the same historical premises.
Supporting source
PROBABLE · Limited source-review note; does not certify a location pin, current admission or reproduction rights.
The individually matched Seoul Tourism Organization listing identifies 제비다방 at 24 Wausan-ro, Mapo-gu and publishes reference coordinates [126.923121576185, 37.5466267825636] (reviewed 2026-10-10 in docs/city-expansion/seoul/programme-truth.proposed.json). General site reference only; no stage, entrance, route or current access is inferred.
Supporting source
PROBABLE · Approximate site position only. No entrance, route or camera-position precision.
Source-reviewed leads, held off the map until identity, coordinates and current access are reviewed. No source photographs are reproduced. The search and category controls above also filter this section.
Dwaejissalsyupeo supermarket
Parasite · The city identifies the supermarket at 32 Songijeong-ro as the film’s Woorisyupeo. The 2020 address does not establish current operation.
Research status and source
official location association; geometry and current state pending. Coordinates unresolved; no complete access clearance; image rights not secured.
Seoul Metropolitan Government · Published 2020-02-17 · Checked 2026-10-09
Jahamun Tunnel stairs
Parasite · The city identifies the stairs at 219 Jahamun-ro with the rain-soaked return home. No exact walking route or camera point is established here.
Research status and source
official location association; geometry and current state pending. Coordinates unresolved; no complete access clearance; image rights not secured.
Seoul Metropolitan Government · Published 2020-02-17 · Checked 2026-10-09
Sky Pizza
Parasite · The city identifies the shop at 86 Noryangjin-ro 6-gil as Pizza Age, the family’s part-time employer. Current business identity and access need reconfirmation.
Research status and source
official location association; geometry and current state pending. Coordinates unresolved; no complete access clearance; image rights not secured.
Research candidates, not approved callouts. Launch requires 100 verified locations, 20 reviewed Worlds and three evidence-reviewed, implemented callouts per category.
Movies
ParasiteResearch and implementation gates
Specific city connection and canonical World identity
Place / Moment evidence
Coordinate and historical-state review
Image rights and visitor access
Subject implementation and QA
OldboyResearch and implementation gates
Specific city connection and canonical World identity
Place / Moment evidence
Coordinate and historical-state review
Image rights and visitor access
Subject implementation and QA
The HostResearch and implementation gates
Specific city connection and canonical World identity
Place / Moment evidence
Coordinate and historical-state review
Image rights and visitor access
Subject implementation and QA
TV
Itaewon ClassResearch and implementation gates
Specific city connection and canonical World identity
Place / Moment evidence
Coordinate and historical-state review
Image rights and visitor access
Subject implementation and QA
VincenzoResearch and implementation gates
Specific city connection and canonical World identity
Place / Moment evidence
Coordinate and historical-state review
Image rights and visitor access
Subject implementation and QA
Queen of TearsResearch and implementation gates
Specific city connection and canonical World identity
Place / Moment evidence
Coordinate and historical-state review
Image rights and visitor access
Subject implementation and QA
Music
BTSResearch and implementation gates
Specific city connection and canonical World identity
Place / Moment evidence
Coordinate and historical-state review
Image rights and visitor access
Subject implementation and QA
BLACKPINKResearch and implementation gates
Specific city connection and canonical World identity
Place / Moment evidence
Coordinate and historical-state review
Image rights and visitor access
Subject implementation and QA
PSYResearch and implementation gates
Specific city connection and canonical World identity
Place / Moment evidence
Coordinate and historical-state review
Image rights and visitor access
Subject implementation and QA
Research boundaries
Seoul; studios and locations elsewhere in Korea remain outside the city.
No transport routes, stays, events or new image permissions are inferred. Existing imagery is reproduced only where the subject package records cleared rights.
Destination research starting point; not evidence for every proposed World.
About this city
Seoul is a new city on Where It Was and is still growing. Photographs show each place today, not production stills; map markers are site references, not filming positions, and access is as researched, so check before you visit.
Music location collection
Music, in place.
Music videos, cover images and recording history. Each connection links to its source. 5 named locations have supported map pins; locations awaiting coordinates remain below.
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