Gwanghwamun Plaza coexits with tradition and modernity. Its beautiful night view is one of the most popular attractions to foreigners visiting Korea. If you would go to this plaza, you would better take Incheon Airport Railroad at Incheon Int’l Airport or Gimpo Int’l Airport and then transfer to subway line 5 at Gongdeok Station, get off and come out of exit 9 at Gwanghwamun Station.
There are exhibition halls of King Sejong’s story and Admiral Yi Sun-shin’s story, below the surface of this plaza, that visitors can experience some of Korea’s History. This exhibition hall is open from 10 am to 9 pm. Entrance is free.
How about enjoying night views intimately and making memoirs at Gwanghwamun Plaza while you are travelling in Korea?
<Ever-changing sky of Gwanghwamun>
Let’s try to photograph subtle changes in color of ever-changing night sky of Gwanghwamun Plaza at sunset. From vague pink to royal blue night sky... The addition of showy artistic lightings to varying color-sense of northwest sky and aesthetic beauty of Gwanghwamun are enough to draw watchers’ admiration.
<Sculptures standing high above Gwanghwamun Plaza>
There are various sculptures at Gwanghwamun Plaza. A bronze statue of Admiral Yi Sun-shin, one of heroes in the Koreans, at the southernmost of this plaza and a statue of King Sejong who created Hangul, Korean alphabet, many inventions like Cheugugi-a rainfall gauge-, sundial have been getting big spotlights from visitors.
<Night view around Gwanghwamun Plaza>
Buildings such as The National Museum of Korean Contemporary History to make you feel its modern beauty gorgeously and Sejong Center for the Performing Arts having its delicate artistic senses brighten deepening night sky of Seoul beautifully.
<Directions : Transfer to Subway Line 5 at Gongdeok Station of Incheon Airport Railroad → exit 9 at Gwanghwamun Staion → Gwanghwamun Plaza>
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