Where Visitors Line Up on the Old City Wall at Sunset: Naksan Park, the KPop Demon Hunters Spot (Free, Always Open)
Ask where to watch the sunset in Seoul these days and many visitors will say Naksan. Walk up along the old city wall and the lights along the stones flick on as the sky turns, and it is the backdrop of that scene in KPop Demon Hunters.
No ticket, any time
Naksan Park (41 Naksan-gil, Jongno-gu) is always open and free. The Naksan Exhibition Hall inside is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., also free.
Seoul's city media hub calls this wall path one of the city's signature sunset spots. As the sun sets, lights come on along the wall and the sunset slides straight into a night view.
Where Rumi and Jinu sat
On Seoul's official KPop Demon Hunters route, Naksan Park is the backdrop of the scene where Rumi and Jinu meet and open up about their pain.
Foreign visitors have grown with K-pop's popularity, and the filming spot gets crowded with people taking photos. That is why rows of people sitting along the wall at dusk keep showing up on social media.
2.1 km of wall, about an hour
The Seoul City Wall loops about 18.2 km over Bugaksan, Inwangsan, Namsan and Naksan. The Naksan section runs 2.1 km from Hyehwamun to Heunginjimun (Dongdaemun Gate), about an hour on foot.
Behind the Catholic University campus you can compare stones laid in different eras, each shaped differently.
Getting up there
The closest route is from Hyehwa Station (Line 4) Exit 2, about a 10-minute walk, uphill through the Ihwa-dong lanes.
To walk less, take village bus Jongno 03 from Dongdaemun Station Exit 5 or Changsin Station (Line 6) Exit 3 and get off at the Naksan terminal. Walking up along the wall from Dongdaemun Station Exit 1 takes about 21 minutes.
Before you go
Time your climb to the sunset and take it slowly, so you can stay until dusk turns to night.
The wall is a protected heritage site: do not climb onto it or damage it. If you drive, the park car park right below the central plaza has 29 spaces at 300 won per 10 minutes. Park office: 02-743-7985.
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Source Seoul Parks (Seoul city) Checked 2026.10.19 16:10
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Seoul Parks (Seoul city) ↗Seoul city media hub (Aug. 31, 2026) ↗Seoul city media hub (Mar. 24, 2026) ↗Seoul city KPop Demon Hunters route ↗Photo credit
Wikihyo (Wikimedia Commons) · CC0 1.0Central Seoul and Namsan seen from Naksan Park (daytime, April 2026). Wikihyo / CC0.
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Wikihyo (Wikimedia Commons) · CC0 1.0The walking path beside the city wall in Naksan Park (April 2026). Wikihyo / CC0.
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Rtflakfizer (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA 4.0The Naksan section of the Seoul City Wall and the path beside it (August 2017). Rtflakfizer / CC BY-SA 4.0.
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한국의 멋 (Wikimedia Commons) · CC0 1.0The Naksan Park name stone (August 2023). 한국의 멋 / CC0.