Namdaemun Market

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Lonely Planet review

This huge night-and-day market dates back to the 15th century and has thousands of shops and stalls selling ginseng, dried seaweed, clothes, shoes, accessories, hiking gear, watches, handicrafts, sunglasses, spectacles and contact lenses. The variety and cheap prices attract both tourists and locals and food stalls offer cheap meals for the adventurous.

Different sections have different opening hours - wholesalers are open all night and although many shops close on Sunday, plenty of them and the stalls remain open. Alpha has two floors of toys and two floors of stationery. Shops in Hoehyeon underground arcade sell stamps, second-hand cameras and second-hand LPs, CDs and DVDs.