Film a K-pop moment at Seoul’s free HiKR Ground

K-pop Ground on the second floor

K-pop Ground occupies the second floor of HiKR Ground, run by the Korea Tourism Organization. Its subway and coin-laundry sets echo K-pop music videos, and visitors can shoot photos and videos.

Besides the backdrop, visitors choose the music and lighting for their own performance clips.

Tours Oct 15, Dance Crew Oct 20

According to the latest operating notice, group visits and regular docent tours resume on Thursday, October 15, and HiKR K-POP DANCE CREW starts on Tuesday, October 20. On October 13–14, only individual walk-ins are possible, and construction may restrict some floors. The notice does not say whether every filming set will be fully available.

Dance Crew teaches current K-pop choreography and films a Reel, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 11:00, 14:00, 16:00 and 18:00. Participants book through Naver or sign up on site, first come, for each session, and gather at the second-floor sub-information desk 10 minutes before the start. Each booking ID covers one participant.

Opening hours

Floors 1–4 open Tuesday–Sunday, 10:00–20:00 KST, and close on Mondays. Last admission is 20 minutes before closing, at 19:40. Regular admission is free; paid programs are announced separately.

Tours and language support

The official visitor guide lists Korean-language docent tours at 10:30 and 15:30, Tuesday–Sunday, lasting about 40 minutes, resuming October 15. English, Chinese and Japanese tours have no fixed daily schedule and are announced separately.

The information center handles foreign-language tours and group visits: +82-2-729-9497, hikr@knto.or.kr.

Getting there and the terrace

HiKR Ground is at 40 Cheonggyecheon-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul, a two-minute walk from Exit 5 of Jonggak Station on Line 1. The HiKR Lounge terrace on the fifth floor of the same building overlooks Cheonggyecheon Stream.