| Namdaemun Market | | | | chartered market. It has evolved over the years |
| Namdaemun Market is a huge shopping area in | | | | to become what is known as the Seoul |
| Seoul, South Korea. According to the official guide | | | | Namdaemun Market. |
| book it is the largest and best general wholesale | | | | When walking around the market, you will notice |
| market in Korea. You can get almost any product | | | | that it is broken up in to regions which separate |
| at the market, ranging from "clothing and textile | | | | different products. There are regions for children's |
| products, everyday items, kitchen utensils, | | | | clothing, entire buildings for jewellery accessories, |
| handicrafts, accessories, imported merchandise, | | | | and many other sections. Take note however |
| food, miscellaneous articles, farm and fishery | | | | that it is not a high-fashion market (or at least the |
| products and much more". | | | | areas that I covered where not), so if you are |
| | | | looking for modern clothing at great prices you |
| Namdaemun Market is massive, and for one to | | | | might not be able to find any at this market. |
| see the entire market would take determination, | | | | There is a shopping district a few blocks from the |
| a lot of money and many, many hours. It covers | | | | market centre where you can get many more |
| approximately 66 000 m2 and has just under | | | | products which cater for the youth market |
| 10 200 stores. 50 000 people work at the | | | | (young adults specifically). |
| market, and they travel there everyday in | | | | To get to the market you have several choices - |
| approximately 8 500 vehicles. The number of | | | | you could go by bus (there are many buses from |
| daily visitors ranges quite a lot, and is in the region | | | | all over Seoul), by subway (Hoihyun/Namdaemun |
| of 300 000 - 400 000 people a day. Of that | | | | station on line number four), by express train (a |
| number, approximately 10 000 people are foreign | | | | five minute walk from the station) or by taxi. |
| visitors. | | | | So, if you get the chance and you have several |
| The market is very old, and was established | | | | hours to spare, go past Namdaemun Market and |
| several hundred years ago, in the year 1414 | | | | see what Korea has to offer. |
| when it was established as a government | | | | |