Seoul, day by day: the stops that matter, with where to eat and what to see between them.
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Set your starting pointHan showed up here for the famous pandoro and a flat white between rehearsals. Go early - the line wraps the block by 11am.
MapThe cramped Gangnam office of the 'No More Dream' days, where seven trainees shared one dorm and one dream. Its walls are covered in marker messages from ARMY across the world - the most emotional wall in K-pop.
MapNayeon's go-to for mayak gimbap and bindaetteok. She filmed a Weverse live wandering the food alley here.
MapThe ssambap restaurant where trainee-era BTS ate after practice, a short walk from the old BigHit building. The interior is lined with signed posters and fan notes; the members still mention it fondly.
MapNayeon's go-to for mayak gimbap and bindaetteok. She filmed a Weverse live wandering the food alley here.
MapFelix's injeolmi bingsu pick. The whole group stopped by after a Gocheok soundcheck last tour.
MapHan showed up here for the famous pandoro and a flat white between rehearsals. Go early - the line wraps the block by 11am.
MapThe glass tower BTS's success built. ARMY gather outside for comebacks and birthdays, and the surrounding 'Yongridan-gil' alleys have grown a whole ecosystem of fan cafés and cup-sleeve events.
MapThe bridge Seoul lights purple when it wants to say 'Borahae' back - lit for the 10th anniversary in 2023 and again for the 2026 comeback, its fountain running BTS-themed shows over the Han.
MapHongjoong's sunset photo dump spot. Grab convenience-store ramyeon and watch the rainbow fountain off Banpo Bridge.
MapWhere BTS performed 'IDOL', 'Mikrokosmos' and 'Dynamite' in hanbok for The Tonight Show in 2020 - one of the most-replayed stages of the pandemic era, palace and group presented to the world together.
BTS's home stadium ground: Love Yourself opened here in 2018 and Speak Yourself: The Final closed here in 2019 - the bookends of the era that took them from Seoul to the world's stadiums.
MapThe plaza and steps of the 'Dear Class of 2020' graduation performance. On Seoul's official BTS map with 'Boy With Luv' as its theme - and a fifteen-minute walk from HYBE HQ, so the two make one pilgrimage leg.
MapFelix's injeolmi bingsu pick. The whole group stopped by after a Gocheok soundcheck last tour.
MapThe cramped Gangnam office of the 'No More Dream' days, where seven trainees shared one dorm and one dream. Its walls are covered in marker messages from ARMY across the world - the most emotional wall in K-pop.
The ssambap restaurant where trainee-era BTS ate after practice, a short walk from the old BigHit building. The interior is lined with signed posters and fan notes; the members still mention it fondly.
MapThe glass tower BTS's success built. ARMY gather outside for comebacks and birthdays, and the surrounding 'Yongridan-gil' alleys have grown a whole ecosystem of fan cafés and cup-sleeve events.
MapWhere BTS performed 'IDOL', 'Mikrokosmos' and 'Dynamite' in hanbok for The Tonight Show in 2020 - one of the most-replayed stages of the pandemic era, palace and group presented to the world together.
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