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Seasons & Events

Seoul by season — festivals, holidays and the practical rules that only apply at that time of year.

The Money Deadline Is Friday, February 5! Seoul’s Open/Closed Map for Seollal 2027 [First Edition] — What Shuts and What Stays Open over the Feb 6–9 Long Weekend, the Free Palaces, and the 3 Things That Get Confirmed in January

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Seollal (Korean Lunar New Year) 2027 falls on Sunday, February 7. The holiday runs Saturday Feb 6 to Monday Feb 8, plus a substitute day on Tuesday Feb 9 — four days off. Banks stop for all four, so the exchange deadline is Friday Feb 5. What closes (markets, family restaurants, department stores for two days), what stays open (convenience stores, chains, and palaces for free), and the KTX booking and palace dates that get confirmed in January, projected from the 2026 record.

For 25 Minutes From 1:10 pm, No Plane in Korea Takes Off or Lands! November 19, 2026 Is Suneung Day—Offices Open at 10, the Subway Adds Trains From 6 am, and Here Is How a Traveler Gets Through the Day [Pending Official Details]

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Thursday, November 19, 2026 is Suneung, Korea’s national college entrance exam. Last time (November 13, 2025), aircraft takeoffs and landings were restricted nationwide during the English listening section from 1:10 to 1:35 pm, offices and companies started at 10 am or later, the subway ran extra trains from 6:00 to 8:10 am, and cars were kept 200 m from exam sites. Flights, the morning commute and etiquette, sorted.

A 7°C Drop From November! Seoul in December Averages 0.2°C With Lows of −3.4°C—Sunset at 5:23 pm, 6.4 Snow Days, and a Dry, Sunny Cold: What to Wear and What to Pack

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Seoul’s December normals: an average of 0.2°C, highs of 4.2°C, lows of −3.4°C. Rain and snow are scarce at 22.6 mm for the month, with 162.9 hours of sunshine, so it is a dry, bright cold. Sunset is 5:23 pm by month’s end. Dress in three layers, thermal base, mid-layer, windproof shell, and be ready to peel them off indoors, where ondol heating runs hot. Packing list included.

Two Three-Day Weekends in Early October! Korea 2026: Foundation Day Sat 3 Oct Plus a Monday Substitute, Hangeul Day Fri 9 Oct—What Gets Crowded, What Closes, and the Rooms and KTX Seats to Book in September

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Autumn in Korea is full of holidays: Chuseok has barely finished before two more national days arrive in October. The 2026 calendar lines up unusually—National Foundation Day on Saturday 3 October, Hangeul Day on Friday 9 October—so early October is expected to produce two separate three-day breaks. Here’s the thing: the weather is as settled as it gets, and domestic travel demand peaks at the same moment. Book rooms and KTX in September, and travel on the middle day.

The Best Two Weeks to Run Are Late September to Mid-October! Seoul’s Four Autumn Routes—the Han for Night Runs, 5.8 km of Cheonggyecheon Through the Centre, Hills on the City Wall, Loops in Olympic Park, Plus Lockers, Changing and a Bath

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People who run while travelling see a city twice: once as a visitor, once at the speed of someone who lives there. Seoul is unusually good at the second one. Here’s the thing: there is a river, and the paths along both banks run for tens of kilometres without a break. Late September to mid-October brings 15–20°C mornings, the best of the year. Bag in a subway locker, bath at a jjimjilbang afterwards—four routes and the practical bits, sorted.

Midday Sun Flattens the Walls! Photographing Seoul’s Alleys in Low Morning Light—Verticals, Depth, the Fragment Over the Panorama, and Six Courtesies for the People Who Live There

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The Seoul photographs that stay with people are usually not the famous buildings—they are the unnamed lanes: houses stacked up a slope, faded walls, steep flights of steps. Here’s the thing: these are not attractions, they are neighbourhoods. Shoot in low morning light, work the verticals and the depth, keep your voice down early and late, frame so faces are not identifiable, and follow every no-photography notice. Photographing them has to coexist with the lives lived in them.

Turning Back Is Not a Failure! A Real Mountain an Hour Away by Metro—Skip the Summit on a First Hike and Aim for a Mid-Mountain Viewpoint in Three to Four Hours, With Three Rules: Grip, a Litre of Water, Down Two Hours Before Sunset

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One of the better things about Seoul is that a proper trailhead is about an hour away by metro, changes included. Here’s the thing: proper is the operative word—the upper section is granite scrambling with chains and rails. For a first hike, aim for a mid-mountain viewpoint and a three-to-four-hour round trip. Grippy soles, at least a litre of water, and start down two hours before sunset: those three rules are non-negotiable.

Free, and Stopping Halfway Costs Nothing! Seoul Forest and the Yeonnam-dong Walk—a Morning That Needs No Plan, Quietest on a Weekday

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Pack an itinerary too tightly and the second half of a trip suffers. Here’s the thing: leaving one morning unplanned makes the whole thing easier, and Seoul has two places built for it—a large park near the river and a green corridor along a railway that no longer runs. Neither charges admission. Seoulog covers how to walk each, and what autumn mornings add.

Free, 24 Hours, Five Minutes From the Station! The Han River Evening Seoul Chooses Every Autumn—Chicken on the Lawn, 4,800-Won Han River Ramen and the Moonlight Rainbow Fountain, All in One Night [Things Worth Doing in Korea #16]

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Ask someone in Seoul where they go on an autumn evening and most will say the Han River. You spread a mat, have chicken delivered, cook ramen in the convenience-store machine, and when it gets dark a fountain pours off Banpo Bridge. Here’s the thing: for foreigners it’s become the most Korean night of the trip. Seoulog lays out which park, what to eat, where to run, how to rent a bike and when to catch the fountain.

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