Real K-Drama Filming Locations You Can Actually Visit in Korea (From Goblin to Crash Landing on You)

By the Hallyu101 Editorial Team

Most "K-drama filming locations" lists are built for search engines, not for anyone actually packing a bag — they string together fifteen sets with no addresses, no transit directions, and no mention of whether the place is even still there. The three shows below are different: their locations are single, specific, ownable spots — a public sea wall, a temple forest path, a converted quarry — that fans have been physically walking to for years, long after the shows themselves finished airing. That's the filter we used. If a location required a private studio tour, a demolished set, or guesswork about which alley was "probably" the one on screen, it didn't make this list. What's here are places you can look up on a map right now, get a bus to, and stand in.

Quick Facts — Read This First

Goblin (2016–17) streaming	Listed on Netflix internationally — confirm your region's catalog before you fly
Reply 1988 (2015–16) streaming	Listed on Netflix internationally (also on Viki in some regions) — confirm your region's catalog before you fly
Crash Landing on You (2019–20) streaming	Listed on Netflix internationally — confirm your region's catalog before you fly
Cheapest full day out	Jumunjin Breakwater (Goblin) and the shared Bukchon/Cheonggyecheon spots are free to enter
Common myth to know before you go	Reply 1988's neighborhood was a built set in Uijeongbu, not a real Ssangmun-dong street — see below

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Goblin: Jumunjin Breakwater and the Fir Forest at Woljeongsa

Goblin gave fans two locations that have basically become pilgrimage sites on their own, and they're on opposite ends of the province. The first is Jumunjin Breakwater (주문진 방파제) in Gangneung, Gangwon-do — the open-sea pier where Ji Eun-tak blows out her birthday candles in episode 1 and unknowingly summons Kim Shin. It's a real, working public pier at 1609 Haean-ro, Jumunjin-eup, Gangneung-si, with no admission fee. The easiest route is an express bus from Seoul to Gangneung or Jumunjin, then a short taxi or walk from the Jumunjin bus terminal. One practical warning worth repeating from local guides: waves periodically wash over the breakwater without much notice, so local guides advise treating it like the working harbor it is, not a photo backdrop.

The second location is about an hour inland: the fir tree forest path at Woljeongsa Temple, inside Odaesan National Park near Pyeongchang. It's a roughly one-kilometer walk from the temple's Iljumun Gate to Geumganggyo Bridge, lined with more than 1,700 fir trees, and both the path and the "Hantal" bridge along it appear in the drama. Temple admission fees at Woljeongsa have reportedly been dropped following Korea's broader 2023 abolition of cultural-property viewing fees at many temples, though a parking fee of roughly 3,000–5,000 won still applies if you're driving — it's worth double-checking current signage on-site, since fee policies at individual temples have shifted more than once in recent years.

Reply 1988: The Real (and Not-So-Real) Ssangmun-dong

This is the one where the "actually visit" premise gets more complicated, and it's worth being upfront about that rather than sending readers to a street that doesn't exist. Reply 1988 is set in and named after Ssangmun-dong, a real Seoul neighborhood — but the show's iconic residential street, where the five families' houses sit side by side, was a built set constructed in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, not an actual street in Ssangmun-dong. The high school scenes, meanwhile, were filmed at a real school, but in a different city again: Sinmyeong Girls' High School's exterior work took place at a school in Incheon, at 42 Yongcheon-ro 205beon-gil, Namdong-gu. So if you're hoping to walk the actual neighborhood block from the show, that specific spot isn't publicly walkable the way Jumunjin's pier is — the more honest version of this location is treating Ssangmun-dong itself (a real, still-existing Seoul district near Ssangmun Station) as the spiritual visit, while understanding the show's most photographed street was a set, not a location.

Crash Landing on You: Pocheon Art Valley

Pocheon Art Valley, in Gyeonggi-do, is a decommissioned granite quarry that the city converted into a public park in 2003, and its cliff-and-lake setting stood in for the North Korean countryside during some of the drama's early, quieter scenes between the two leads. As of 2026, admission runs 5,000 won for adults, 3,000 won for teenagers, and 1,500 won for children, with an optional monorail ticket (2,300/1,800/1,300 won by age group) to skip the uphill walk. Hours run 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday (last entry 6 p.m.) and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday through Sunday and public holidays (last entry 8 p.m.), and the park closes on the first Tuesday of every month — worth checking before you plan a visit around a specific date. It's roughly a 1.5 to 2 hour trip from central Seoul by car or organized day tour; public transit options exist but involve transfers, so budget extra time if you're going independently.

Locations That Show Up in More Than One Drama

Two Seoul spots are worth knowing because they've been filmed in repeatedly, which makes them efficient if you're short on time: Cheonggyecheon, the restored stream running through central Seoul, appears across multiple productions including Goblin and Crash Landing on You, and it's free, centrally located, and walkable any time of day. Bukchon Hanok Village, the traditional hanok neighborhood between Gyeongbokgung and Changdeokgung palaces, has shown up in both Goblin and Reply 1988 among many other productions — it's also free to walk through, though it's a residential neighborhood with actual people living there, so quiet hours and no-photography signs on private homes are worth respecting.

Drama / Location	City	Nearest transit	Admission
Goblin — Jumunjin Breakwater	Gangneung	Express bus to Gangneung/Jumunjin, then walk/taxi	Free
Goblin — Woljeongsa Fir Forest	Pyeongchang	Bus/car to Odaesan National Park entrance	Free (parking ~3,000–5,000 won)
Reply 1988 — Ssangmun-dong (district — spiritual visit only; actual street set was built in Uijeongbu, see above)	Seoul	Ssangmun Station, Line 4	Free (public street)
Crash Landing on You — Pocheon Art Valley	Pocheon	Car or day tour from Seoul (~1.5–2 hrs)	5,000 won (adult) + optional monorail
Multiple dramas — Cheonggyecheon	Seoul	Multiple central Seoul subway stations	Free
Multiple dramas — Bukchon Hanok Village	Seoul	Anguk Station, Line 3	Free

Why These Specific Shows Still Pull Visitors, Years Later

It's worth asking why these three, out of the hundreds of K-dramas made in the last decade, are the ones fans keep physically traveling for. Part of it is availability: all three have stayed continuously accessible on Netflix internationally since well after their original broadcast run, so unlike terrestrial-only dramas that quietly fall out of circulation, new viewers keep discovering Goblin, Reply 1988, and Crash Landing on You years after the fact — which means the pool of people who might want to visit these places never stops growing. Part of it is specificity: a pier, a temple forest path, and a converted quarry are single, ownable spots you can point to on a map, unlike vaguer claims that a show was "filmed all over Seoul," which gives fans nothing concrete to plan around. And part of it is that local tourism infrastructure caught up to the fandom rather than the other way around — Jumunjin's breakwater now has informal photo-spot signage referencing the drama, and travel agencies run dedicated day tours to Pocheon Art Valley specifically because Crash Landing on You made it a destination. That combination — durable streaming access, one concrete location instead of a diffuse claim, and local businesses reinforcing the fan pilgrimage — is a pretty reliable predictor of which filming locations turn into actual, sustained tourism rather than a one-season spike.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Goblin pier real and free to visit?
Yes. Jumunjin Breakwater in Gangneung is a real, public working pier with no admission fee. It's the exact spot from the drama's opening episode.

Was Reply 1988 actually filmed in Ssangmun-dong?
Not the way most viewers assume. The neighborhood street set was built in Uijeongbu, and the school scenes were filmed at a real school in Incheon. Ssangmun-dong itself is a real Seoul district you can visit, but it isn't where the show's most iconic street scenes were physically shot.

How much does it cost to visit Crash Landing on You's Pocheon Art Valley?
As of 2026, 5,000 won for adults, 3,000 won for teenagers, and 1,500 won for children, plus an optional monorail ticket. Confirm current pricing on-site, since park fees can change seasonally.

Can I watch these dramas internationally before I go?
All three — Goblin, Reply 1988, and Crash Landing on You — are listed on Netflix internationally as of this writing. Exact catalog availability varies by country, so check your local Netflix library before you travel.

What's the most efficient way to see multiple locations in one trip?
Pair a Seoul-based day (Cheonggyecheon and Bukchon Hanok Village, both free and centrally located) with a separate day trip to either Gangneung/Pyeongchang for the Goblin locations or Pocheon for Crash Landing on You — the coastal and quarry locations are in different directions from Seoul, so trying to combine them in a single day isn't realistic.

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