Markets South Korea

It's nothing less than the biggest market in Korea, and perhaps even one of the biggest in the world. Here, in no fewer than 26 shopping malls, you'll cross paths with 30,000 boutiques offering mostly ready-to-wear and accessories (especially shoes). Everything is here, at low prices, and you can spend hours here. Especially since, given its size, you don't need to know the sections (here too, everything is divided into specialities), you can spend hours shopping.

This traditional market is the largest market on the island. A veritable maze of small streets, it offers a beautiful glimpse of island delicacies, especially the (ultra-fresh) products of the sea. Street-food, clothes, dishes are of course also available. What we like about this market, like every other market in Korea, is that it's covered. This makes it ideal on rainy days or when the sun is shining too much. A 100% typical walk.

This old market, little known to tourists, is well worth a visit. The best place to buy blankets, duvets, sheets and mattresses, Korean or Western style, as well as traditional fabrics. The old market is covered and its small streets opening onto crowded shops are really typical. Next door is an open market where everything is sold, especially food (including all kinds of seeds and spices).

It is the largest flower market in South Korea, where plants, trees, cacti and bonsai are also sold. It is very popular because the prices are much more correct than elsewhere. Even if it is complicated to leave with a bonsai in your suitcase, this immense Jardiland is nevertheless worth a look, if only to see species that are not found here. A very pleasant floral and vegetal detour. It is recommended that you come early enough.

The Gukje market, better known as the International Market, is the best known market in the whole city of Busan, but certainly also in the whole of South Korea. It all began in 1945, at the end of the war, when the Koreans came here to sell various goods that had been left by the Japanese. You can find everything in this maze of streets: street food but also gadgets, clothes, electronic products....

This is Seoul's largest fish market. If it lives in the sea, shell or bone, there's a good chance you'll find it here! Noryangjin is open non-stop, although the best bargains come early in the morning. That's when you can also attend the fascinating fish auctions. As is often the case, you can buy fresh fish and have it cooked upstairs in one of the many restaurants.

This is the place for lovers of electronics and computers, who will find their happiness at a reasonable price. Other visitors will be amused to see this modern Asia in the extreme. But it's true that it's a bigger mess than a state-of-the-art electronics store, but by snooping around, you can find little things, especially those that tinker with computers. Feel free to haggle over prices. Target audience, not an indispensable one.

Like any good self-respecting port city, Mokpo also has its own market. Opened in 1908 as Dongmyeong-dong Fish Market, this covered market still offers stalls and stores that sell fresh, dried or fermented fish and seafood. The best way to visit it, (if you don't want to buy anything) is still in the early morning, when the merchants set up their stands. After that, the aisles fill up very quickly

Want to taste the thousand flavors of Jeju? Head for this covered market with countless delicacies: tangerines, omegi, crab croquettes, black pork, walnut pancake... You can choose to sit down or swallow your snacks as you stroll through the market's vibrant alleys. If you have just one thing typical of the island to try, it's tangerines. They have an incredibly smooth and sweet flavour and are seedless. In short, a market that's a great place to wander through. As with the rest of the traditional Korean markets, it's a unique experience.