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Seongsu on a Monday After the Pop-Up Is Gone

Past the spot where an event ended and the space closed, a neighborhood that runs year-round appears. How to walk Seongsu without short-term events.

Seongsu is known for its many pop-up stores, but a pop-up runs, as the name says, only briefly before disappearing.

The scene after an event ends

Unlike the weekend when a flashy pop-up is open, on a weekday after the event ends only a closed space and a cleared spot remain. There is no need to see this empty spot only as a disappointment.

A neighborhood that runs year-round

Looking at the year-round workshops and stores instead of this empty spot reveals Seongsu's actual state, not dependent on events. Walking Seongsu without a pop-up is seeing this neighborhood's basic skeleton.