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Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul, at night on 11 December 2024, two nights before that year's Winter Festa opened — the lit market huts and Christmas tree, Sejong Center on the left, Gwanghwamun Gate at the top (Seoul Metropolitan Government photo)
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WINTER FESTA: **49 DAYS.**. **14 Dec 2026 – 31 Jan 2027**. Twice last year's run, almost all free.
The November 2019 Seoul Lantern Festival on Cheonggyecheon — a lit lantern model of old Seoul Station (서울역), its base signed 2019 서울빛초롱축제
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IT'S NOT IN **NOVEMBER.**. The lantern festival was November until 2021. Now it's part of December's Winter Festa.
The top of Cheonggyecheon at Cheonggye Plaza during the November 2014 Seoul Lantern Festival — the plaza waterfall, lantern boats on the stream and crowds on the lower path
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LIT UNTIL **11 P.M.**. 2025: under a kilometre of free lanterns, Cheonggye Plaza to Samil Bridge.
Gwanghwamun Market on Gwanghwamun Square, December 2023 — red-roofed wooden huts with string lights around a lit Christmas tree, visitors walking between the stalls
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THE CHRISTMAS MARKET IS **FREE.**. 2025: **45 booths**, 17:30–21:30, no ticket, no reservation.
The Seoul Plaza skating rink in front of the old Seoul City Hall building, January 2015, children and adults skating with traffic cones on the ice
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SKATE AN HOUR FOR **₩1,000.**. In front of City Hall, skates and helmet included.
Citizens in hanbok swinging the wooden striker against the bronze Bosingak bell at the New Year's Eve ceremony, 2024 (Kuki News photo)
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33 STRIKES AT **MIDNIGHT.**. 31 Dec: subway to **2 a.m.**, but trains skip Jonggak near midnight.
Red-lit lanterns of a Joseon royal court orchestra — seated musicians with drums, gayageum and haegeum — at the November 2014 Seoul Lantern Festival
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THE WHOLE EVENING: **₩1,000.**. Rink **₩1,000**; market, lanterns and light show free. **Full guide → epickor.com**

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WINTER FESTA: 49 DAYS.

14 Dec 2026 – 31 Jan 2027. Twice last year's run, almost all free.

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