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Jagalchi Market

  • ★ 4.8
  • Nampo and Jagalchi
  • Busan

Jagalchi Market is Korea's largest fish market, born from Busan's wartime waterfront, where you pick live seafood downstairs and eat it upstairs.

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Gwangjang Market

  • ★ 4.8
  • Jongno and Insadong
  • Seoul

Gwangjang Market is a market at 88 Changgyeonggung-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, open daily 09:00-23:00.

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Gukje Market

  • ★ 4.6
  • Nampo and Jagalchi
  • Busan

Gukje Market grew out of postwar Busan and still runs as a maze of stalls, its food alleys ladling bibim dangmyeon, yubu pockets and chungmu gimbap.

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Bupyeong Kkangtong Market

  • ★ 4.5
  • Nampo and Jagalchi
  • Busan

Bupyeong Kkangtong Market runs Korea's first regular night market in Busan, tin-can history by day and cart food at plastic tables after dark.

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Millak Raw Fish Town

Millak Raw Fish Town stacks hoe vendors at the end of Gwangalli Beach in Busan; buy your sliced fish downstairs and eat it upstairs facing the bridge.

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Haeundae Traditional Market

Haeundae Traditional Market packs one covered lane behind Busan's busiest beach with tteokbokki counters, grilled hagfish and gukbap kitchens.

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Mangwon Market

  • ★ 4.3
  • Hongdae and Yeonnam
  • Seoul

Mangwon Market is a market at 27 Poeun-ro 6-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, open daily 10:00-21:00.

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Gyeongdong Market

Gyeongdong Market in Cheongnyangni, set up in June 1960 for agricultural goods, sells medicinal herbs and seafood and has Korea's largest ginseng zone.

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Garak Mall

Garak Mall, formerly Garak Market, is a modernized market for fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy and seafood, with theme zones on Korean food experiences.

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Seoul Central Market

Seoul Central Market, by Dongmyo Shrine, is one of Korea's three largest markets since the Korean War, with alleys of seafood, banchan and sweet breads.

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Dongnimmun Yeongcheon Market

Dongnimmun Yeongcheon Market near Seodaemun Station began as a tteok rice cake alley in the 1960s and now sells kkwabaegi, tteok-bokki, meat, fish and fruit.

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Yeonseo Market

Yeonseo Market is one of the liveliest in Eunpyeong-gu, a maze of alleyways to explore, with food stalls in the center selling fish or jokbal.

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Daerim Jungang Market

Daerim Jungang Market is a Chinatown market in Yeongdeungpo-gu, seen in the movie The Outlaws, with vendors selling dumplings and Yeonbeon sausage sundae.

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Seoul Folk Flea Market

Seoul Folk Flea Market is the largest flea market in Korea, selling traditional goods and traditional food so visitors can shop and eat under one roof.

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