Attention K‑drama lovers!
🎥 Here are some 15 locations throughout South Korea where I’ve visited and also used as filming locations for Korean movies, shows, or music videos!
Do you recognize any of these locations from your favorite K‑drama?
Gwanghwamun Square (광화문광장)
Find King Sejong in Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul where the Korean tv series “City Hunter” (Korean: 시티헌터) was filmed in 2011. It’s where Lee Min Ho arrives in Seoul for the first time.
Bukchon Hanok Village (북촌한옥마을)
Visit the neighborhood in Seoul, where 2013 Korean drama “The Heirs” (상속자 들) filmed a scene. It’s where Lee Min Ho finds Park Shin Hye at the dream catcher shop.
N SEOUL TOWER (N서울타워)
Overlooking the city from the top of South Mountain, Namsan Seoul Tower has love locks and cable cars. Featured in “Boys Over Flowers”, “My Love From Another Star”, “Rooftop Prince.”
Seongsu Station (성수역)
Find this wall mural off of Seongsu Station, Seoul where “Goblin: The Lonely and Great God” of episode 3 was filmed.
Graffiti Tunnel Sinchon (신촌벽화터널)
In Sinchon, Seoul, walk through this tunnel where the popular K‑drama “Goblin” was filmed. It’s the scene of Gong Yoo and Lee Dong Wook walked through the Tunnel after buying green onions for Kim Go Eun.
Into the Storm (폭풍속으로 세트장) in Uljin (울진)
In Uljin County, Gangwon-do, you can find the 2004 movie “Into The Storm” (Korean: 폭풍 속으로) movie scene. (Source: AsianWiki)
Jumunjin Beach (주문진해변)
I haven’t visited here yet! In Gangneung, Gangwon‑do, one of the most iconic scenes from the show “Goblin” is when Eun Tak first summons Kim Shin to the beach on her birthday.
남포동 Biff광장
If you like films enough, be sure to see BIFF Square or visit the Busan International Film Festival in October in Busan city. Similar to the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, US, you can see handprints of famous directors and actors when the BIFF Square premiered in 1996. Today, the square is a popular destination for shopping, food carts or reading the handprints.
Busan Gamcheon Culture Village, 부산 감천문화마을
An episode of “Running Man” (Korean: 런닝맨) tv series, which has been aired on SBS since 2010 and aired over 500 episodes, filmed a scene in the famous Gamcheon Cultural Village in Busan.
Gunsan (군산)
In Wolmyeongdong neighborhood (월명동) in Gunsan, Jeollabuk‑do, visit the Chowon Photo Studio.
Also in Gunsan, the Binhaewon Chinese Restaurant (빈해원 식당) was used for the “Crash Landing on You” in episodes 11 and 12; it’s where Jeong‑hyuk faces a large group of gangsters and Se‑ri buys the restaurant with the request to the tenants to locate Jo Cheol‑kang. I loved this k-drama!
Most recently, the Netflix zombie apocalypse movie “Alive” (Korean: 알아있다) released in 2020 was also filmed in Gunsan.
Damyang Bamboo Forest (죽녹원)
In Damyang, Jeollanam‑do, the Juknokwon Bamboo Forest has posters throughout the forest where k‑dramas were filmed.
Naju Film Theme Park (나주 영상테마파크)
In Naju, Jeollanam‑do, has a variety of new and old buildings where k‑dramas were filmed:
My Country: The New Age (2019); The King In Love (2017); Goblin (2016‑17); Jang Young‑sil (2016); Moon Lovers (2016); Jeon Woo‑chi (2012‑13); Iljimae (2008); The Legend (2007); Jumong (2006‑07)
Suncheon Seonamsa Temple (선암사)
In Suncheon, Jeollanam‑do, majority of the drama “Damo” was filmed at the Seonamsa Temple.
Boseong Greentea Plantation (보성 녹차밭)
In Boseong, Jeollanam‑do, see the green tea fields to live out the scene from “Legend of the Blue Sea.” It’s the scene where Lee Min Ho meets Jun Ji Hyun in the past.
Aqua Planet Yeosu (아쿠아플라넷 여수)
Multiple scenes of “Legend of the Blue Sea” were filmed at the Yeosu Expo and Aqua Planet Yeosu in Yeosu, Jeollanam‑do province.
Cheongsando island in Wando (완도군)
Visit Wando, Jeollanam‑do, to see the village for ‘Pinocchio’ of yellow fields and petite houses.
And this concludes this mini guide of some places in South Korea where k-dramas, movies, or music videos were used as filming sites. If you want to visit any of these locations or if you’ve already visited a location, be sure to comment below and let me know!
Spot a mistake or new information? Feel free to contact me. Thanks for reading!
