Top50 Glasses Jongno Branch [Tax Refund Shop](으뜸50안경 종로점)

– Homepage
top50glasses.com/

Top50 Glasses is an optical chain brand that offers high-quality eyewear and contact lenses at near-lowest prices through distribution innovation. With reasonable pricing and reliable eye exams, it leads price disruption in the optical market.

– Address : 5F, 70, Jongno, Jongno-gu, Seoul

※ Presentation Information
– Fair Day
Monday – Sunday

– Information and Guides
02-734-5050

– Opening Hours
10:00~20:00

– Day Off
Seollal (Lunar New Year’s Day) & Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day) holidays

– Parking
Not available

– Restroom
Available

– Items for Sale
Medicines / medical devices

◎ Nearby Tourism Infobox

⊙ Kumkang Land Rover – Jongno Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (CL종로지점(금강 랜드로바))

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⊙ Sonjung Bossam (손정보쌈)

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Sonjung Bossam offers dishes with a modern touch by reinterpreting traditional meals. Passed down for three generations, this restaurant values sincerity and careful attention in food making in order to serve every customer a heartwarming meal. Sonjung Bossam’s signature dish Premium Gabri Bossam takes only the rarest pork cut, the blade-end fatback called “gabri” in Korean, and boils the meat using the restaurant’s secret recipe for tender, juicy meat. The restaurant also serves their own special version of spicy stir-fried fish roe and intestines and haemultang (spicy seafood stew), boasting a generous amount of various seafood and rich broth. All meals are prepared wholeheartedly as if they are being served to a family.

⊙ Bosingak Belfry (보신각 터)

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– Homepage
tour.jongno.go.kr

– Tel
+82-2-2133-2641

Bosingak Belfry is also known as Jonggak. It was the site in which a large bell, used to keep the time in Seoul, was found during the Joseon period (1392-1897). Bosingak Belfry was burned down during the Korean War (1950-1953) and was reconstructed in 1979. The original bell was moved to the Gyeongbokgung Palace, and a new bell was forged in 1985. At midnight, January 1, the bell at the Bosingak Belfry is rung to welcome the new year. Many people gather around the belfry to make a wish for their new year.

⊙ Uyungmyeongwan Cheonggyecheon Main Store (우육면관청계천점)

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Uyungmyeongwan is a noodle restaurant specializing in uyungmyeon (beef noodle soup) located near Cheonggyecheon Stream. Its flagship dish is the uyungmyeon, which harmonizes tender meat with rich broth. In addition, they also sell freshly made sugyo (Chinese-style boiled mandu) filled with shrimp, pork, and young cabbage daily. Loved by locals and tourists alike for its clean yet flavorful broth and chewy noodles.

⊙ NKDB North Korean Human Rights Exhibition Hall (북한인권전시실)

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– Homepage
nkdb.org/nkhrmuseum

The NKDB North Korean Human Rights Exhibition Hall is a permanent exhibition space dedicated to North Korean human rights. Although it is a small space, it resonates deeply and serves as a “dark tourism” site that records and testifies to the ongoing reality of human rights violations in North Korea. The North Korean Human Rights Information Center (NKDB), which operates this exhibition hall, is the organization that collects and archives the most extensive records of human rights concerning North Korean residents in the world. The testimonies and records presented here represent a living history, a story unfolding in the present, unavailable elsewhere. Through donated North Korean artifacts, including these records, visitors can glimpse the present-day North Korea and encounter artwork by North Korean defectors.

⊙ Alive Museum (Insa-dong Branch) [박물관은 살아있다(인사동점)]

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– Homepage
www.alivemuseum.com

– Tel
+82-2-1544-8506

The Alive Museum is a media theme park located in Insa-dong. The exhibition here is made up of optical illusion art, large objet, and digital media pieces, which allow you to delve into the land of mystery. It is made up of different sections like the Insadong Photo Studio, Game Village, and the Toy Village.

⊙ Dynamic Maze (Insa-dong) (다이나믹 메이즈 (서울 인사동점))

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– Homepage
www.dynamicmaze.com

– Tel
+82-1544-8506

Dynamic Maze is an indoor space in Insa-dong dedicated to an exciting adventure: A maze filled with obstacles, requiring participants to work together and overcome the barriers through quickness and focus. Go through the hall of mirrors, climb the wall, and cross the suspension bridge to finally escape from the maze.

⊙ Insa Chilgi – Insa Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (인사칠기 인사)

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– Homepage
www.insagallery.co.kr

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⊙ Beautiful Tea Museum (아름다운 차박물관)

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– Homepage
www.tmuseum.co.kr

– Tel
+82-2-735-6678

Located in Insa-dong, The Beautiful Tea Museum aims to promote Korean tea culture. It preserves and exhibits tea related utensils and items, featuring those from the ancient Gaya and Joseon period as well as items from abroad such as China and Tibet. The museum also displays original tea pots and other ceramics made by young artists and ceramists. Inside the museum is a tea house named “Tea Story,” serving a wide variety of teas. Visitors can also purchase tea leaves from all over the world at the Tea Shop.

⊙ Tapgol Park (탑골공원)

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– Tel
+82-2-731-0534

Tapgol Park is the first modern park in Seoul. Having been the site of the Buddhist temple of Wongaksa Temple since 1467, the land was turned into a park in 1897. The park has a significant presence in Korean history, being the place where the March 1 Independence Movement began in 1919. One can find historical sites that hearken back to the struggle, such as the Palgakjeong Pavilion, the center of the movement; cultural heritage sites such as the Ten-story Stone Pagoda of Wongaksa Temple Site and the Stele for the Construction of Daewongaksa Temple at Wongaksa Temple Site; and monuments such as the independence movement relief plate, murals, the statue of Son Byeong-hee, and the statue of Han Yong-un.

Top50 Glasses Jongno Branch [Tax Refund Shop](으뜸50안경 종로점)