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Below Namsan, the Hill Climbed by People Who Arrived in Seoul

People with no room on the flatland climbed the slope below Namsan. Haebangchon's stairs and houses are a map of the people who arrived in Seoul after the war.

Today's Haebangchon is known for cafés, restaurants and night views, but the neighborhood's basic grammar is the slope. People with no room on the flatland attached houses to the hillside, and stairs and narrow paths connected daily life instead of large roads. Without knowing this terrain, even Haebangchon's current commercial district is hard to explain Fact.

Look at the stairs before the view

To visitors, a hill means photos and a view; to residents, it is the daily route they climb every day. FitTrip's route suits starting from the lower end and climbing selectively while checking the physical burden, rather than conquering the highest point.

Below Namsan, those who arrived

Before they were hillsides with good views, Haebangchon and Huam-dong were spaces of settlement. People who returned after liberation, people who came south, refugees and migrants during and after the Korean War built houses below Namsan. This first step is a chance to physically trace that map of migration.