# Seoul Attractions by Subway Station

> Of all Seoul subway stations, 안국역 is named most often as the nearest station by attractions, restaurants and shops, with 129 places.

Seoul Tourism and Medical Tourism Data groups the 2,206 attractions, restaurants and shopping places published by the Seoul Tourism Organization by subway station and line. 1,896 of them (85.9%) name a station.

- Data as of: Lists downloaded 9 Oct 2026
- Canonical URL: https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/data/seoul-tourism-by-subway-station

- Station named most often: 안국역 (129 places)
- Entries naming a station: 1,896 (85.9% of 2,206)
- Line named most often: Line 3 and Line 2 (455 places each)
- Median distance to an attraction: 370 m (406 entries with a distance)

## Which Seoul subway stations have the most attractions, restaurants and shops?

안국역. 51 attractions, 65 restaurants and 13 shopping places name it as their nearest station, 129 in all. Second is 경복궁역 with 92 and third is 홍대입구역 with 63.

**The ten subway stations named most often by attractions, restaurants and shops** (places)

- 안국역: 129
- 경복궁역: 92
- 홍대입구역: 63
- 명동역: 61
- 성수역: 58
- 압구정로데오역: 56
- 이태원역: 54
- 시청역: 43
- 종로3가역: 41
- 회현역: 40

**The fifteen subway stations named most often as the nearest station** (number of places, lists downloaded 9 Oct 2026)

| Rank | Station | Attractions | Restaurants | Shopping | Total |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | 안국역 | 51 | 65 | 13 | 129 |
| 2 | 경복궁역 | 36 | 46 | 10 | 92 |
| 3 | 홍대입구역 | 8 | 35 | 20 | 63 |
| 4 | 명동역 | 12 | 37 | 12 | 61 |
| 5 | 성수역 | 3 | 27 | 28 | 58 |
| 6 | 압구정로데오역 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 56 |
| 7 | 이태원역 | 5 | 44 | 5 | 54 |
| 8 | 시청역 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 43 |
| 9 | 종로3가역 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 41 |
| 10 | 회현역 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 40 |
| 11 | 광화문역 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 38 |
| 12 | 신사역 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 33 |
| 13 | 을지로입구역 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 32 |
| 14 | 종각역 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 31 |
| 15 | 신촌역 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 30 |

Station names are as written in the transport column of the source.

The top three add up to 284, or 15.0% of the 1,896 entries that name a station. A station here is the one written as nearest in the transport column of the source.

## Which Seoul subway stations lead for attractions, restaurants and shopping separately?

안국역 leads for both attractions (51) and restaurants (65), while 성수역 leads for shopping (28).

**The five stations named most often, for attractions, restaurants and shopping separately** (number of places, lists downloaded 9 Oct 2026)

| Rank | Attractions | Restaurants | Shopping |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 안국역 (51) | 안국역 (65) | 성수역 (28) |
| 2 | 경복궁역 (36) | 경복궁역 (46) | 홍대입구역 (20) |
| 3 | 시청역 (18) | 이태원역 (44) | 압구정로데오역 (18) |
| 4 | 종로3가역 (13) | 명동역 (37) | 회현역 (16) |
| 5 | 광화문역 (12) | 압구정로데오역 (35) | 안국역 (13) |

The number in brackets is how many places name the station as nearest.

The same lists by district are in [Seoul Attractions by District](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/data/seoul-attractions-by-district), [Seoul Restaurants by District](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/data/seoul-restaurants-by-district) and [Seoul Shopping Places by District](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/data/seoul-shopping-by-district).

## How do the places near Seoul subway stations divide by line?

Line 3 and Line 2 share first place with 455 each. A transfer station is counted once for each line it serves.

**Attractions, restaurants and shopping places by subway line** (number of places, lists downloaded 9 Oct 2026; a transfer station counts once for each line)

| Line | Attractions | Restaurants | Shopping | Total |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Line 3 | 136 | 262 | 57 | 455 |
| Line 2 | 80 | 286 | 89 | 455 |
| Line 4 | 69 | 188 | 51 | 308 |
| Line 6 | 42 | 155 | 52 | 249 |
| Line 1 | 69 | 109 | 55 | 233 |
| Line 5 | 62 | 135 | 27 | 224 |
| Line 9 | 24 | 101 | 11 | 136 |
| Gyeongui-Jungang Line | 23 | 74 | 31 | 128 |
| Line 7 | 15 | 65 | 12 | 92 |
| Suin-Bundang Line | 8 | 56 | 24 | 88 |

A place can be counted under several lines, so the line counts add up to more than the number of places.

Line 3 splits into 136 attractions, 262 restaurants and 57 shopping places. Line names were read as written in the source, and the table shows the ten lines named most often.

## How far is the walk from Seoul subway stations to an attraction?

The median for the 406 attractions with a distance is 370 m. For restaurants it is 320 m and for shopping places 312 m.

**Distance from the subway exit to attractions, restaurants and shopping places** (entries with a distance)

| List | With a distance | Median | 300 m or less | 500 m or less | Over 1 km |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Attractions | 406 | 370 m | 36.9% | 64.3% | 7.1% |
| Restaurants | 1,131 | 320 m | 47.6% | 73.1% | 4.4% |
| Shopping | 297 | 312 m | 47.8% | 74.1% | 2.0% |

Shares = places within the distance ÷ places with a distance

The share within 500 m of a station exit is 64.3% for attractions, 73.1% for restaurants and 74.1% for shopping places. Attractions have the most entries beyond 1 km, with 29. Distances are the values written in the source.

## How many entries name one of the Seoul subway stations?

1,896 of the 2,206 entries on the three lists (85.9%). A station is named by 429 attractions, 1,161 restaurants and 306 shopping places.

**Entries that name a subway station** (number of places, lists downloaded 9 Oct 2026)

| List | Places on the list | With a station | Share |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Attractions | 506 | 429 | 84.8% |
| Restaurants | 1,373 | 1,161 | 84.6% |
| Shopping | 327 | 306 | 93.6% |
| Total | 2,206 | 1,896 | 85.9% |

Entries with an empty transport column, or with only a bus stop, are not in the station tables. The number of attractions that close on Mondays is in [How Many Seoul Attractions Are Closed on Mondays?](https://seoulmeditourinfo.org/en/articles/seoul-attractions-closed-on-monday).

## What should you keep in mind when reading the figures on places near Seoul subway stations?

This is the list of places featured on Visit Seoul, the city's official travel guide. It is not a census of every attraction in Seoul. A district's count is the number of places the guide lists there, not the number that exist. The dataset is updated monthly, so the figures are those of the download date.

A station's count is not the number of places around it. It is the number of listed places that name it as their nearest station. A place between two stations is written under one of them only, and where the directions include a bus transfer the first subway station was counted. The restaurant and shopping lists likewise cover only places featured in the travel guide.

## Where do the figures on places near Seoul subway stations come from, and how were they calculated?

The figures are Seoul Tourism and Medical Tourism Data's own counts from "Seoul tourist attractions", a dataset the Seoul Tourism Organization publishes on the Seoul Open Data Plaza, downloaded on 9 Oct 2026. The file has 2,502 rows in five languages, with the same place listed once per language, so only the 506 Korean rows are counted. Districts are read from the address column, and subway stations and distances from the transport column.

The figures are Seoul Tourism and Medical Tourism Data's own counts from "Seoul restaurants for visitors", a dataset the Seoul Tourism Organization publishes on the Seoul Open Data Plaza, downloaded on 9 Oct 2026. The file has 6,632 rows in five languages, with the same place listed once per language, so only the 1,373 Korean rows are counted. Districts are read from the address column, and subway stations and distances from the transport column.

The figures are Seoul Tourism and Medical Tourism Data's own counts from "Seoul shopping places for visitors", a dataset the Seoul Tourism Organization publishes on the Seoul Open Data Plaza, downloaded on 9 Oct 2026. The file has 1,288 rows in five languages, with the same place listed once per language, so only the 327 Korean rows are counted. Districts are read from the address column, and subway stations and distances from the transport column. Seoul Tourism and Medical Tourism Data calculated the combined station ranking, the counts by line, and the median distances and shares.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which subway station has the most attractions?

안국역. On the list downloaded 9 Oct 2026, 51 attractions name it as their nearest station.

### How were the station counts made?

Seoul Tourism and Medical Tourism Data read the station written as nearest in the transport column of the source and counted the entries. They are not counts of places within a set distance on a map.

### How are transfer stations counted?

In the station tables a transfer station is one station. In the line table it is counted once for each line the source writes for it.

### Are the distances walking distances?

The source does not say. The values are those written beside the exit number in the transport column.

### How many entries have no station name?

310 of the 2,206 entries on the three lists. They are not in the station or line tables.

### What date do the figures on Seoul Tourism and Medical Tourism Data refer to?

The files downloaded on 9 Oct 2026. The source is updated monthly, so the current lists may differ.

## Sources

- [Seoul tourist attractions (dataset, five languages)](https://data.seoul.go.kr/dataList/OA-21050/S/1/datasetView.do) - Seoul Tourism Organization, Seoul Open Data Plaza, 10 Jun 2021, updated on the 7th of each month, KOGL Type 1
- [Seoul restaurants for visitors (dataset, five languages)](https://data.seoul.go.kr/dataList/OA-21054/S/1/datasetView.do) - Seoul Tourism Organization, Seoul Open Data Plaza, 10 Jun 2021, updated on the 7th of each month, KOGL Type 1
- [Seoul shopping places for visitors (dataset, five languages)](https://data.seoul.go.kr/dataList/OA-21053/S/1/datasetView.do) - Seoul Tourism Organization, Seoul Open Data Plaza, 10 Jun 2021, updated on the 7th of each month, KOGL Type 1
- [Korea Open Government License, Type 1: attribution (in Korean)](https://www.kogl.or.kr/info/licenseType1.do) - Korea Open Government License (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism), attribution required, commercial use and changes allowed