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Christmas in 1980s New York at The Hyundai Seoul in Yeouido: Opens Nov. 10, Booking Nov. 5

Why NOW picked itSet a phone alarm: the first booking window is Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. and last year it sold out in 30 minutes. Visitors from abroad can book through Klook or use the on-site foreigner desk.

On Nov. 10, The Hyundai Seoul opens a Christmas village on its 5th-floor Sounds Forest built as 1980s-90s New York. It is reservation-only, so the first booking window, Nov. 5 at 11 a.m., is the real starting line.

13 red-brick buildings and a yellow taxi

This year's theme is 'Christmas in New York City'. Thirteen red-brick buildings up to 10 m tall are fitted with billboards, neon signs and a yellow taxi.

The story: in a city that never sleeps, the brand's bear Harry struggles to deliver gifts, and alley cats step in to help.

Book on the app at 11 a.m. on Nov. 5

H Village is by reservation. The first window opens Nov. 5 at 11:00 on The Hyundai Hi app.

Last year about 45,000 people were connected at once and the first slots were gone in 30 minutes. If you miss it, QR codes on floors 2-4 let you join an on-site waiting list.

If you are visiting from abroad

Foreign visitors can reserve in advance through online travel agencies such as Klook, and an on-site waiting desk for foreigners will operate. That route avoids needing the Korean app.

Lit Yeouido towers across the Han River at night
Lit Yeouido towers across the Han River at night

Admission is not announced yet

The sources checked do not give admission or opening hours. The Hyundai Department Store has run H Village every year since 2022 and has counted more than 1.5 million visitors in total.

Sources & context

2026-10-31T07:26:33.446Z

Pinpoint News · 2026-10-30 ↗Etoday · 2026-10-30 ↗ZDNet Korea · 2026-10-26 ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikimedia Commons ↗
Photo creditkallerna (Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Hyundai Seoul in Yeouido, photographed in December 2022. Archive photo of the building, not of this year's Christmas Village. Photo: kallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped to landscape and resized

Photo creditBryan Dorrough (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY 2.0

Yeouido lit up at night (2010; not a photo of the Christmas Village). Bryan Dorrough / CC BY 2.0. Wikimedia Commons

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