City Hall Station

• Exit2 Deoksugung Palace

  Directly above the station. Stone wall path is a Seoul classic walk.
• Exit4 Seoul Library

  Free public reading inside the 1926 building. Stunning interior.
• Exit5 Seoul Plaza & stream

  • Seoul Plaza Winter ice rink, summer fountain, year-round civic events.
  • Cheonggye Plaza 5-min walk north. Start of the Cheonggyecheon stream walk.

  For Seoul Plaza, the winter ice rink or summer fountain, and Cheonggye Plaza where the stream walk starts, about 5 minutes north.

• Exit7 Toward Namdaemun Market

  8-min walk south. 600-year-old market, food alleys, tax-free shopping.
• Exit8 Bukchangdong Sundubu Korean · 1 min walk
• Exit12 Yurimmyeon Memil-guksu · 1 min walk

12 exits in total · exit data: OpenStreetMap

• Deoksugung Palace's Daehanmun Gate ~1 min walk
• Seoul City Walking Tours ~2 min walk
• Deoksugung Palace ~3 min walk

Eats near here10 within 600m

• Yurimmyeon🍴Memil-guksu · 157m
• ENBukchangdong SundubuKorean · 248m
• The Ninth GateFrench · 280m
• Toh LimChinese · 336m
• Pierre GagnaireFrench · 336m
• MugunghwaKorean · 336m
• Gwanghwamun GukbapDwaeji-gukbap · 432m
• Nampo MyeonokNaengmyeon · 450m

• 2026 Seoul Outdoor Library 서울야외도서관 · Myeongdong Ends Nov 1 · ~2 min walk
• Burberry Trench Popup 롯데백화점 본점 · Myeongdong Ends Sep 17 · ~6 min walk
• Brabantia Premium Living Pop-Up 롯데백화점 본점 · Myeongdong Ends Sep 30 · ~6 min walk
• Park Sun-ki Exhibition: The Origin of Space 신세계백화점 본점 · Myeongdong Ends Sep 13 · ~8 min walk

About

The civic heart of Seoul. Deoksugung Palace, the city library inside the old City Hall, and the seasonal Seoul Plaza skating rink (winter) or fountain (summer), all on one block above the station.

Nearby stations

• 2 Euljiro 1(il)-ga Station Lotte Department Store · Food street ~6 min walk
• 5 Gwanghwamun Station Gwanghwamun Square · Palaces ~10 min walk
• 4 Hoehyeon Station Namdaemun Market · Gate ~10 min walk

Times are straight-line from the station, about 75 m a minute.