Stories from this area

FitTrip NOW reads the work, memory, and everyday life behind familiar destinations.

• 🌳Seomjin River Train Village Rose ParkThe Gokseong World Rose Festival, Begun in 2011
• 🛕Seomjin River Train Village, former Gokseong Station buildingOld Gokseong Station, Opened in 1933
• 🏚️Seongbuk-dongA Hanok Citizens Saved Amid a Redevelopment Boom
• 🏠Seongbuk-dongA Museum, a North-Facing House, and an Entertainment House Turned Temple
• 💰Seongbuk-dongA Temple That Preaches Non-Possession Sits at the Center of a Wealthy Enclave
• 🌃Seongbuk-dongEmbassy Alleys and Seongbuk-dong Night Walks
• 🚶Seongbuk-dongFrom Hansung University Station to Gilsangsa Temple: The Complete Half-Day Route
• 🚇Seongbuk-dongOne Tunnel Changed the Price of Land
• 🐛Seongbuk-dongOrchards North of the Wall, Where a King Once Prayed for Silkworms
• 🖼️Seongbuk-dongPeople Who Lived on This Land Long Before It Became Wealthy
• 🕰️Seongbuk-dongThe Kansong Art Museum on a Day With a Special Exhibition, and a Day Without
• 🏛️Seongbuk-dongWhy a North-Facing House Sits in a Neighborhood of Business Tycoons
• 🌊Seongdangpogu Village and Ungpo's Gomgae LandingJoseon dynasty–2009. A river port erased by the railway came back as a sunset destination
• 🍜Seongsu-dongA Worker's Lunch and a Visitor's Dessert
• 🧱Seongsu-dongBehind the Pop-Up Stores, a Factory Still Runs
• 🗺️Seongsu-dongFrom the Handmade Shoe Street to Seoul Forest, the Complete Half-Day Route
• 🏭Seongsu-dongHow Eastern Seoul's Semi-Industrial Zone Took Shape
• ⚖️Seongsu-dongIn the Most Popular Neighborhood, Who Gets Pushed Out?
• 🖨️Seongsu-dongPrint Shops and Repair Garages, Seongsu's Small Manufacturing
• 📦Seongsu-dongSeongsu on a Monday After the Pop-Up Is Gone
• 🌳Seongsu-dongSeoul Forest Changes the Neighborhood's Direction
• 👞Seongsu-dongThe Street Where One Handmade Shoe Comes Together
• 🧱Seongsu-dongWhen a Brick Factory Becomes a Brand's Backdrop
• ⛰️SeopyeonjeApril 1993. A film carrying a singer's sorrow expanded national awareness of Cheongsan Island
• 🛕Seungseongyo Bridge at Seonamsa Temple1698. A woman who saved a suicidal monk became a bridge
• 🚉Siheung-dong, Mount Hoamsan & Hoapsa TempleA Station That Gave Up Its Name After 100 Years
• 🏯Siheung-dong, Mount Hoamsan & Hoapsa TempleA Unified Silla Earthen Fortress and the Hanuumul Well
• 🏗️Siheung-dong, Mount Hoamsan & Hoapsa TempleFrom a Neglected Neighborhood to the "Great Geumcheon Renewal"
• 📜Siheung-dong, Mount Hoamsan & Hoapsa TempleFrom Ingbeollo County to Siheung County
• 🚶Siheung-dong, Mount Hoamsan & Hoapsa TempleFrom the Origin of a Name to the Summit of Mount Hoamsan: The Complete Half-Day Route
• 🌇Siheung-dong, Mount Hoamsan & Hoapsa TempleOne of Mount Gwanaksan's Finest Sunsets
• ❓Siheung-dong, Mount Hoamsan & Hoapsa TempleThe Name Was Forgotten, But the Redevelopment Remains
• 🐯Siheung-dong, Mount Hoamsan & Hoapsa TempleThe Tiger That Appeared in Yi Seong-gye's Dream
• 🏷️Siheung-dong, Mount Hoamsan & Hoapsa TempleThe True Birthplace of the Name "Siheung"
• 🥾Siheung-dong, Mount Hoamsan & Hoapsa TempleThe Western Edge of Mount Gwanaksan, a Resident's Loop Trail
• 🚌Siheung, Jeongwang and BaegotAfter the train, the last leg of the commute begins at Jeongwang Station
• 🚉Siheung, Jeongwang and BaegotAt Oido Station, two rail services divide the routes toward industry and the sea
• 🏙️Siheung, Jeongwang and BaegotIn Baegot, everyday distance is calculated from the bus stop, not the rail station
• 🚆Siheung, Jeongwang and BaegotThe Seohae Line at Siheung City Hall does not directly pass Jeongwang or Baegot
• 🛤️Siheung, Jeongwang and BaegotWolgot Station places metropolitan rail over memories of the old Suin Line
• 🏛️Sikyeongjeong Pavilion and Jeong Cheol1560 (King Myeongjong, year 15). A pavilion built for someone else ended up producing the masterpiece of a younger poet who merely borrowed it
• 🛕Silsangsa Temple828 CE (3rd year of King Heungdeok of Silla). The first of Korea's Nine Mountain Seon Schools was founded not tucked into a mountainside, but out on open flatland
• 📍Sin Jae-hyo's HouseA System Built for Words Passed Only by Mouth
• 🏯Sinan's archipelago identityPresent day. The official tourism table's 1,025 islands and the “1,004 Islands” brand are different numbers
• 📍Sinheung-dong Japanese-Style House (former Hirotsu House)1930s. The house you've seen on screen — now you can actually walk into it
• 📍Song Hung-rok and the Dongpyeonje School19th century. An entire school of pansori began with one man's voice
• 🛕Songgwangsa TempleLate Goryeo–present. The temple that has produced more great monks than any other in Korea
• 📍Soswaewon Garden1530s (Joseon, reign of King Jungjong). A disciple, driven from public office by grief over his teacher's death, retreated to his hometown and left behind one of mid-Joseon's finest gardens
• 📍Sunchang Fermentation Theme Park areaA Sauce That Left the Kitchen and Became a Festival
• 🌳Suncheon Bay National Garden2013, 2015. To protect nature, people built a garden
• 🌊Suncheon Bay Wetland1990s–2006. A tidal flat that nearly became a golf course became a national ecological asset instead
• 🏛️Suncheon Open Film Location2006–present. Where soldiers once stood, visitors now travel between three different decades
• 🛕Suncheon Waeseong (Japanese Fortress)1598. Yi Sun-sin's final battle began as a fight to stop ships coming to rescue this fortress
• 📍Supyogyo and Namsomun-dongcheonA Stone Bridge from Cheonggyecheon Stands at the Foot of Namsan Because the Stream Was Covered
• 🛕Taeansa TempleTaeansa, Where Hyecheol Opened the Dongnisan School
• 📍Taepyeong Salt Farm1953. A salt farm created for refugee settlement and increased production became industrial heritage
• 📍The Battle of Myeongnyang and Usuyeong1597 (King Seonjo, year 30). A victory monument stolen by Japan and taken to Gyeongbokgung Palace was returned to its rightful place by the sea after liberation
• 📍The Birthplace of Poet Kim Nam-ju1945–1994 (with the 1979 Namminjeon Incident). A poet's childhood home, where he spent nine years imprisoned, now hosts an annual literary festival in his honor
• 🏛️The Birthplace of Poet Ko Jeong-hee1948–1991. The poet who first spoke in a woman's voice within 1980s Korean literary circles grew up in this village
• 📍The closure of Cheonghaejin851 (King Munseong of Silla, year 13). The state abolished the maritime base and forcibly relocated its people