Parks · Our pick in Seoul

Olympic Park

City park·Songpa

The 1988 Olympic park

The park of the 1988 Olympics in Songpa, with an earthen fortress wall and a lone tree on a grassy hill.

Our take

  • The lone tree
Address
Songpa, Seoul
Nearest metro
Bangi
950 m · 12 min walk
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About Olympic Park

Olympic Park, in Songpa, was laid out for the 1988 Seoul Olympics and includes the earthen walls of Mongchontoseong (ksponco.or.kr).

Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Olympic Park before you go.

What’s nearby

Distances from Olympic Park are approximate, measured in a straight line (as the crow flies). Times are approximate too: walking at about 80 metres a minute, cycling at about 12 km/h and driving at typical city-traffic speeds. Traffic and routes vary.

Nearest metro stations

  1. BangiLine 5950 m12 min walk

Key sights

  1. Lotte World Tower2.5 kmWalk 32 minCycle 13 minCar or taxi 16 min
  2. COEX6.4 kmCycle 32 minCar or taxi 29 min
  3. The DDP12 kmCar or taxi 48 min
  4. N Seoul Tower13 kmCar or taxi 52 min
  5. Changdeokgung14 kmCar or taxi 56 min
  6. Bukchon15 kmCar or taxi 58 min
  7. Gyeongbokgung15 kmCar or taxi 59 min

Main railway stations

  1. Suseo Station (SRT)4.1 kmCycle 20 minCar or taxi 22 min
  2. Seoul Station15 kmCar or taxi 57 min
  3. Yongsan Station15 kmCar or taxi 57 min

Location

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