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Korean fried chicken and bowls of ramyeon arranged for a picnic beside the Han River

How to Have a Han River Picnic Like a Local

A practical Han River picnic guide for choosing a park, using delivery zones, making ramyeon and following Seoul's tent and waste rules.

People sitting on the terraced riverside steps of the Han River with the Seoul skyline and a bridge behind them

Places7 min

A Slow Sunday in Seoul

Coffee, a river or a mountain, a bookstore, one shop, a long dinner. How to spend a Sunday in Seoul without seeing anything — and what's actually closed.