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Anyone who is interested in cities will definitely want to see the city from above.

When coming to Seoul, it is common to visit high-rise observatories such as Namsan Tower and Lotte Tower.

Although it may be a bit physically demanding, anyone can go for free and the views from the 'mountains' scattered throughout are very attractive.

Among them, Inwangsan Mountain is easy to climb and has a great view.

If Namsan Tower can view the buildings within the four main gates surrounded by mountains from the south,

Inwangsan Mountain is from the northwest Forbidden palace - low-rise residential area - high-rise building - Namsan You can see the scenery.

In the past, Inwangsan Mountain was difficult for ordinary civilians to access.

Now that is a thing of the past and anyone can walk around like going to the mountains behind the neighborhood.

The starting location of the hiking trail is the entrance to Inwangsan Park, located at San 1-24, Sajik-dong, Jongno-gu.

Start hiking along the castle wall from the point where the castle wall is a road.

The view around Dongnimmun Station just after climbing up the fortress wall.

Soon, it was buried under Namsan Tower.

(From left) Expanded view to include Jeong-dong~Sogong-dong~Hoehyeon-dong~Seoul Station~Yongsan

Just a short walk along the castle walls will give you this experience.

The remaining half of the views, from Seoul Government Complex to Jongno and Euljiro to Myeongdong, are also filled.

Lotte Tower can also be seen in the distance.

Next, Gyeongbokgung Palace comes into view.

Seochon in the front, Samcheong-dong and Bukchon in the background

The group of high-rise buildings visible in the distance at the back left seem to be high-rise residential and commercial complexes in Cheongnyangni, which has recently been actively redeveloped.

If you zoom out a little, you can see the entire area at a glance.

Yeouido visible in the distance on the right

63 Building and Park One are easily visible.

The view of Namsan Tower and the four main gates that make you feel like you came up for this view.

Looking at the group of white buildings at the bottom of the photo, I found out that they are residential-commercial complexes, but even though apartment complexes are rare in this area, they don't seem to have as many floors as the surrounding buildings.

If the weather had been better, it would have looked even better with the blue sky in the background.

Gyeongbokgung Palace seen from above, turning northward.

The main buildings appear more three-dimensional and are clearly distinguished from one another.

A fairly large area from Hyoja-dong to Seochon. A large neighborhood with low-rise buildings

There are things to see here, such as Tongin Market and Sejong Village Street.

The group of buildings on the lower right appears to be Baehwa Girls' Middle School, High School, and University.

The scenery of Pyeongchang-dong seen below Bukhansan Mountain.

View of Hongeun-dong, Seodaemun-gu

Hongeun 2-dong, which was impressive among the harmonious combination of mountains and residential areas, has a clear boundary between the mountains and the mountains, as if drawing a line.

To the right is the Swiss Grand Hotel.

And Yongsan, a hot place visible in the distance that has become the center of government affairs.

You can easily determine the location of Yongsan with the Raemian Cellitus Apartments standing tall on the banks of the Han River.

Leaving behind a beautiful view, I descended in the opposite direction of the way I came up.

I was curious about the old modern building I discovered while descending the mountain, so I looked it up.

The main building of the (former) Gyeonggi Provincial Gapjong Commercial School, a registered cultural property built in 1926.

Even today, its history continues as Gyeonggi Commercial High School.

The Cultural Heritage Administration explains that it is Gyeonggi-do's first provincial school and Korea-Japan Engineering Middle School, where Korean students competed fiercely with Japanese students.

It's fun to see new buildings like this when you look at the city from above.

20-minute walk from Dongnimmun Station Exit 3

Once you arrive, start hiking along the fortress wall from here.

Course I chose.

(However, instead of walking from Dongnimmun Station, I walked from Gyeongbokgung Station, which is farther on the map.)

Or, if you walk from the beginning of the castle wall, go to stop 1 below and start.

Additionally, the modern brick house called ‘Dilkusha’ on the way is also a cultural asset worth seeing.

Start climbing from the beginning of the castle wall that looks like this.

If you search for ‘Hanyangdoseong Inwangsan Sunseong Information Rest Area’, it appears.

If Domi Gallery lives in Seoul or comes to visit someday, be sure to climb Mt. Inwang!