Gyeongbokgung Palacehotple.korea Renting hanbok and posing in front of the throne hall or Gyeonghoeru Pavilion is one of the most posted things travelers do in Seoul, and hanbok wearers get in free.
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The original 2021 store of the brand that set off Korea's bagel craze still draws hour-long queues of locals and overseas visitors, and its cluttered British-deli interior is all over Instagram.
London Bagel Museum opened its first shop here in Anguk in September 2021, and this small two-floor space is still the one people line up for. Inside, Union Jack bunting, old books and handwritten labels surround wooden crates stacked with more than twenty kinds of bagels, from plain and sesame to the much-photographed potato cheese and the sweeter cheese honey. Staff bake throughout the day, so the shelves refill while you queue to pick. You order and pay on the ground floor, then either take your bag to go or climb to the cosy upstairs room with its rustic wooden tables. Soups and coffee round out a simple breakfast or brunch. Expect a crowd at almost any hour; a welcome tea is set out by the door for people waiting outside. The red-brick facade and striped awning make the classic photo, and the tray of bagels you carry out is the second one. Bukchon's hanok lanes start a few minutes uphill, so it fits easily into a morning walk.
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Gyeongbokgung Palacehotple.korea Renting hanbok and posing in front of the throne hall or Gyeonghoeru Pavilion is one of the most posted things travelers do in Seoul, and hanbok wearers get in free.
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Bukchon Hanok Villagehotple.korea The sloping lane of tiled roofs on Bukchon-ro 11-gil is the hanok photo most travelers want, often taken in rented hanbok after a palace visit.