Nuldam Space Haebangchon

Nuldam Space is a small vegan café on the Haebangchon hillside whose name means 'a space that holds you'. Opened in 2017, this is the brand's first shop. Its best-known feature is a wall of 365 letter boxes, one for each day of the year: you write a postcard to yourself or someone you care about, seal it with wax, and drop it into the box for the date you choose, and the café mails it on that date the following year. The building has three levels. You order and write at the counter on the ground floor, the second floor has quiet window seats, and the rooftop looks over Haebangchon's tightly packed houses with Namsan Tower above. The whole menu is plant-based. The black-sesame cream latte is the drink most people mention, alongside almond cream lattes, matcha drinks, an elderflower ade, vegan cakes and croffles. It is a calm stop on the way to or from Sinheung Market, and a sweet idea for anniversaries or a trip you want to remember.