How I'd walk Itaewon · Haebangchon

이태원·해방촌 · 7 stops

a Friday, early evening to late

Itaewon is a night, not a day — and a going-out night at that. I'd come on a Friday around five or six, while it's still light: shop first, eat up in Haebangchon, then walk the hill as the sun goes and let the bars have the rest. Friday or Saturday, though — the clubs don't open midweek.

One person's route, in the order I'd walk it. No photos, no rankings.

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the route

1. TWL

TWL Shop · Noksapyeong-daero 40na-gil

Browse, but don't buy tonight — there's too much good here to choose well.

~9 min · up into Haebangchon

2. SATE

사테 · Sinheung-ro

Fill up here — the food's the point, not the drink. It fills up, so book if you can.

~2 min · further up Sinheung-ro

3. Hills & Europa

힐즈앤유로파 · Sinheung-ro

One more, with the records on — the pudding is not optional. A DM ahead helps.

~7 min · up, and time it for sunset

4. Sinheung Market

해방촌 신흥시장 · Sinheung-ro

5. cul sec

큐섹 · Noksapyeong-daero

6. Drinks, and a dance

NYAPI · Bolero

7. FAUST

파우스트 · Bogwang-ro 60-gil

The rest of the route is in the app: why each stop, in what order, and how long between them, along with what to order at every one.

End on the techno at Faust and go home whenever it lets you — and if no taxi comes, the night buses from Itaewon station are the better wait.

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