Seoul Chaekbogo

서울책보고

A used-book maze of dozens of shops

⚠ Closed Mondays

Hours

Tue–Fri 11am–8pm, Sat–Sun 10am–8pm; closed Mondays

Address

1 Ogeum-ro, Songpa-gu, Seoul

Rows of used bookshops line the aisles, each stall shaped by its owner's taste. Out-of-print titles, yellowed magazines and old school textbooks fill the shelves, and one lap eats an hour. On a rainy day you can fold your umbrella and just run your eyes along the spines. There are seats inside for reading.