
by Marion KDL and Mich KDL
We’ve come to the last month of 2018! Can you believe it — feels like this year has just flown by. How has 2018 been for you? Well, if you’re wondering how ours has been…
OUR HIGHLIGHTS

We’re excited to bring back our yearly KDL round-ups to — of course — round up the year! These will be published every Wednesday, with the first coming out on 5th December. There are 4 to look forward to, and we can’t wait for you to read them!
Read our 2017 round-ups here:
2017 Most Seen Locations | 2017 Most Frequented Neighborhoods | 2017 Fave Scenes & Sites

Another highlight for this month is our brand new Search by Overseas Locations page — truly a labour of love for both of us! We realised that there were quite a number of overseas travels in K-Dramaland this year, and of course over the years of our drama viewing. So, we’ve decided to compile everything in a handy list for reference! This way, we’ll all be able to keep track of where our fave dramas and its characters have been to — because, who knows? There might be a K-Drama filming site (or two) in your city. You’d be surprised!
KISS, KISS, KISS

I (Mich) picked up onย Twelve Nights about 2 weeks ago, after Marion’s constant encouragement (“It’s a show you’d really like!” she said) — and I’m glad I did! While I thought Hyun-oh and Yoo-kyung’s first kiss was kind of sweet (and him going in for a second — hello~), it was their kiss outdoors in the rain that made me a little more wistful, especially with no prior warning that Hyun-oh had to depart for Japan that very evening.
OUR FAVORITE STAPLES

Hello Olympic Park! We’re glad to finally have you on our list. This isn’tย really considered a ‘staple’, but it is quite a surprise that it’s newly listed on KDL, considering that there are lots of other K-Drama filming locations connected with this one area. These includeย Olympic Hall [์ฌ๋ฆผํฝํ],ย Olympic Gymnastics Arena [์ฌ๋ฆผํฝ์ฒด์กฐ๊ฒฝ๊ธฐ์ฅ] and evenย Eat. Coffee & Simply Food — Olympic Park Branch [์นดํ์ ์ฌ๋ฆผํฝ๊ณต์์ ].
SPOTLIGHT ON AN AREA: MAPO-GU

The Mapo District [Mapo-gu/๋งํฌ๊ตฌ] has been put back in the spotlight in recent dramas like Devilish Joy, Matrimonial Chaos, The Third Charm and Mama Fairy and the Woodcutter. Quite specifically, the neighborhoodsย Hapjeong-dong [ํฉ์ ๋],ย Seogyo-dong [์๊ต๋] andย Yeonnam-dong [์ฐ๋จ๋], with their quaint shops, cozy cafes, and unhurried, tree-lined streets. It’s no wonder 2018 dramas have been so keen to feature these neighborhoods and their very varied locations!
As always, thanks for following and supporting us on KDL, whether it’s through the daily updates, our special blog posts, or even through submitting a location/photographs! Every contribution helps to grow the largest collection of K-drama locations online — by K-drama fans, for K-drama fans ๐
Till the next Saturday Summary — read on below to check out the newest location additions from the past month! Wishing you and your loved ones a wonderful time together this festive season — see you all in 2019ย โฅ
NEWLY ADDED FILMING LOCATIONS

Last Empress (2018), โก added by Marion KDL
โ Introducing the Emperor’s girlfriend [E4]: Samcheonggak [์ผ์ฒญ๊ฐ]
โ On a fake date [E4]: Olympic Park [์ฌ๋ฆผํฝ๊ณต์]
Encounter (2018), โก added by Mich KDL
โ Exploring [Teaser]:ย Casa Lafayette 269
โ Exploring [Teaser]:ย Cafรฉ del Angel – Jacqueline Fumero Boutique
โย Donghwa Hotel (exterior):ย Lotte Hotel Seoul [๋กฏ๋ฐํธํ
์์ธ]
โ Donghwa Hotel (driveway and interior):ย Nexon Korea Building [๋ฅ์จ์ฝ๋ฆฌ์]
โ ‘Hotel Havana’ [E1]: Hotel Nacional de Cuba
โ Rounding up a serendipitous evening [E1]: Parque Central (Central Park Havana)
โ Returning to Korea [E1]: Incheon International Airport (ICN) [์ธ์ฒ๊ตญ์ ๊ณตํญ]
โ Jin-hyeok’s university [E2]:ย Dongguk University (Myeongjin Hall)
โ Convenience store [E2]:ย CU — Sungeui Jungang Branch [CU ์ญ์์ค์์ ]
โ Seen from the apartment [E2]:ย Dongho Bridge
โ Tipsy and stumbling [E2]:ย Eujiro 1-ga Station
โ Jin-hyeok’s house (?) [E2]: House Yonghyeon 1il 4sa-dong [์ฉํ1.4๋]
Memories of the Alhambra (2018), โก added by Marion KDL
โ ‘Hostel Bonita’ [Teaser]:ย House in Barri Vell, Girona
Feel Good To Die (2018), โก added by Mich KDL
โ MW Food company building [E1]:ย DDMC [๋์๋์งํธ๋ฏธ๋์ด์ผํฐ]
โ Making a drunken scene [E1]: Worldcupbuk-ro 44gil [์๋์ปต๋ถ๋ก44๊ธธ]
โ Feeling lost [E2]: Jeongbalsan-ro Crossing [์ ๋ฐ์ฐ๋ก์ฌ๊ฑฐ๋ฆฌ]
Mama Fairy and the Woodcutter (2018), โก added by Mich KDLย (unless otherwise stated)
โ Yi-hyun & Kim Geum’s House
โ Bathing in the stream [E1]:ย Gapyeong Yongchu Waterfall [๊ฐํ ์ฉ์ถํญํฌ]
โ A village party [E1]: Sinwon Temple [์ ์์ฌ]
โ Looking for the hairdresser’s [E2/7]: Ehwa University Street [์ดํ์ฌ๋๊ธธ]
โ ‘Living amongst humans’ montage [E3]: Culture Station Seoul 284 [๋ฌธํ์ญ์์ธ284]
โ Arriving in the wrong city [E3]:ย Mokpo Station [๋ชฉํฌ์ญ]
โ Spotted by Jeom Soon [E3]:ย Dohwaso Children’s Park [๋ํ์์ด๋ฆฐ์ด๊ณต์]
โ Having hangover soup [E4]:ย Moraenae Seolleongtang — Ilsan Branch [๋ชจ๋๋ด์ค๋ํ ์ผ์ฐ์ง์์ ]
โ Announcing the death of a fairy [E4]:ย Busosanseong Fortress [๋ถ์์ฐ์ฑ]
โ The employment agency [E5]:ย Hapdong Employment Agency [ํฉ๋์ง์
์๊ฐ์]
โ Being interviewed [E6]: Mimesis Art Museum [๋ฏธ๋ฉ์์ค ์ํธ ๋ฎค์ง์]
โ Banished to the human realm [E6]: Hamhwaru [ํจ์ ํจํ๋ฃจ/ๅธๅๆจ]
โ Walking away [E8]: Seongmisan-ro 29gil [์ฑ๋ฏธ์ฐ๋ก29๊ธธ]
Fluttering Warning (2018), โก added by Marion KDL
โ Yoojeong Entertainment: Insight Building [์ธ์ฌ์ดํธ๋น๋ฉ]
โ Treating mom [E4]: Seoul Medical Center [์์ธ์๋ฃ์]

The Third Charm (2018), โก added by Mich KDL
โ Joon-young/On Family house
โ Taking the ferry to volunteer [E9]: Oepori Ferry Pier [์ธํฌ๋ฆฌ์ ์ฐฉ์ฅ]
โ Picking up a guide book [E11]:ย Fonte de Letras Livraria
โ Backpacking [E11]:ย Benagil Cave (Algar de Benagil)
โ Backpacking [E11]:ย Roman Temple of รvora [Templo romano de รvora]
โ Joon-young’s fave hangout [E11]:ย Fountain of Green Windows [Chafariz das Janelas Verdes]
โ A drink on the last day [E11]:ย Restaurante Ponto Final
โ Departing/arriving [E11]: Incheon International Airport (ICN) [์ธ์ฒ๊ตญ์ ๊ณตํญ]
โ Young-jae’s apartment [E12-16]:ย Yongsan The Prime [์ฉ์ฐ๋ํ๋ผ์]
โ 7-Eleven [E14/15]:ย Yongsan The Prime [์ฉ์ฐ๋ํ๋ผ์]
โ Ri-won’s real estate office building [E13]: Novak Building [๋
ธ๋ฐ๋น๋ฉ]
โ Spotted buying instant food [E13]: 7-Eleven — Seogyo 8th Store [์ธ๋ธ์ผ๋ ๋ธ ์๊ต8ํธ์ ]
โ Collecting So-ri’s birthday cake [E13]: Padaria Mosz Lisbon
โ So-ri’s final resting place [E13/15]: Prazeres Cemetery [Cemitรฉrio dos Prazeres]
โ An overdue treat [E14]: Ssangdaepo Restaurant [์๋ํฌ ๋ณธ์ ]
โ Chat between the past and present [E14]: Famus Ground [ํ์ด๋จธ์ค ๊ทธ๋ผ์ด๋]
โ Passing by [E14]:ย Broister [๋ธ๋ก์ด์คํฐ]
โ A blind date [E14]: Milky Way Cafรฉ [๋ชฝ๋ง๋ฅด๋จ์ธ๋์ ์ํ์๋ค๋ฐฉ]
โ Joon-young’s confession [E15]: Eunhaeng Children’s Park [์ํ์ด๋ฆฐ์ด๊ณต์]
โ Se-eun’s apartment [E16]: Diat Central Officetel [๋์๋จ์ผํธ๋ด ์คํผ์คํ
]
Dokgo Rewind (2018), โก added by Marion KDL
โ Fighting opponents [E1]: Gangchon Rail Park [๊ฐ์ด๋ ์ผํํฌ]
โ On a first date #1 [E3]: E-land Cruise aka Hangang River Ferry Cruise [์ด๋๋ํฌ๋ฃจ์ฆ]
โ On a first date #2 [E3]: Swan Paddle Boats Yeouido Hangang Park
Where Stars Land (2018)
โ A confession [E22]: Duksung High School [๋์ฑ์ฌ์๊ณ ๋ฑํ๊ต], โก added by Iris 27

Devilish Joy (2018), โก added by Marion & Mich KDL
โ Homemade food [E14]:ย Jinju Restaurant [์ง์ฃผ์๋น]
KBS Drama Special: The Tuna and The Dolphin (2018), โก added by Mich KDL
โ Waiting for an arrival:ย Bojeong-dong Cafรฉ Street [๋ณด์ ๋์นดํ๊ฑฐ๋ฆฌ]
โ A confrontation:ย Moon’s Wine and Brunch [๋ฌธ์ค ์์ธ ์ค ๋ธ๋ฐ์น]
โ A confession ruined: STUDIO 63 [์คํ๋์ค63]
โ Visit to the aquarium: Lotte World Aquarium [๋กฏ๋ฐ์๋ ์์ฟ ์๋ฆฌ์]
The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (2018), โก added by Mich KDL
โ Namsan Tower aka N Seoul Tower [N์์ธํ์]
Dae Jang Geum Is Watching (2018)ย โก all added by Mich KDL
โ The convenience store: 7-Eleven — Baekseok Byzantium Store [์ธ๋ธ์ผ๋ ๋ธ ๋ฐฑ์๋น์ํฐ์์ ]
โ Ordering frozen pork [E2]: Ilmi Kalguksu [์ผ๋ฏธ์นผ๊ตญ์]
Twelve Nights (2018), โก all added by Marion KDL
โ Re-encounter Guest House:ย Gahoe Hanok Experience Hall [๊ฐํํ์ฅ์ฒดํ๊ด]ย
โ Chae-won’s apartment building: Apartment Building Samcheong-dong
โ Fateful meeting [E1/4]: Crosswalk Hyoja-ro
โ Being dropped off [E1]: Anguk Station [์๊ตญ์ญ]
โ Walking up after a kiss [E3]: Staircase Samcheong-ro
โ Flashback to Japan [E4]: Shibuya Crossing [ๆธ่ฐท้ง
ๅไบคๅทฎ็น]
โ Heart to heart with a good friend [E4]: Observation Platform Namsan Mountain
โ Saying goodbye [E4]: Myeong-dong Station [๋ช
๋์ญ]
โ An unwanted blind-date [E7]: Cafรฉ Zino [์ง๋
ธ ํ์ฃผ]
The Beauty Inside (2018)ย โก added by Marion KDL
โ An overnight trip [E11]: The Ananti Cove / Annan Tea Cove [์๋ํฐ ์ฝ๋ธ]
โ A new necklace [E11]: Petite France [์๋ ํ๋์ค]
โ The Reunion [E15]: Bookstore BookNStory [ํ๋ฏธ ์์ ]
โ Wrapping up a drama shooting [E15]: Dalssi Market [๋ฌ์จ๋ง์ผ]
Terius Behind Me (2018), โก added by Marion KDL (unless otherwise stated)
โ On an NIS mission: Krzywe Koลo, Warsaw
โ Part time job: B.sagam Kimbab — Yatap Branch [์์ฌ๊ฐ๊น๋ฐฅ ์ผํ์ ]ย โก added by Thom Musni
โ Another part time job [E23]: Eojjeoda Eodal [์ด์ฉ๋ค์ด๋ฌ]
My ID is Gangnam Beauty (2018), โก added by Monica
โ Buying breakfast [E9]:ย GS25 — Seongbuk Branch [GS25 ์ฑ๋ถ๋์๋ฌธ์ ]
Rich Manย (2018), โก added by Thom Musni
โ Doing an ultrasound [E13/14]:ย Seoul Dong In Hospital [์์ธ๋์ธ๋ณ์]
Father Is Strangeย (2017),ย โก added by Chelle
โ Buying drinks [E24/28]:ย Taplay — Yeouido Branch [ํญํ๋ ์ด ์ฌ์๋์ ]ย
Father I’ll Take Care of You (2016-17), โก added by Marion KDL
โ Making a wish [E1]: Shifen [ๅๅ], Taiwan
Jealousy Incarnate (2016),ย โก all added by Marion KDL
โ Location scouting [E1]:ย Wat Pho [เธงเธฑเธเนเธเธเธดเน]
โ Sharing a small umbrella [E2]:ย Phraeng Phuthon Road [เธเธเธเนเธเธฃเนเธเธ เธนเธเธฃ]

Signal (2016),ย โก all added by Mich KDL
โ Tracing footsteps [E9]: Yangpyeong Intercity Bus Terminal [์ํ์์ธ๋ฒ์คํฐ๋ฏธ๋]
โ Psychiatric hospital [E11]: National Forensic Psychiatry Hospital [๊ตญ๋ฆฝ๋ฒ๋ฌด๋ณ์]
Valid Love (2014-15)
โ A late-night snack [E6]: Incheon Art Platform, โก added by Marion KDL
โ A heart-to-heart talk [E13]: Cafe Island in the Woods, โก added by Marion KDL
โ Workplace [E13]: Cafรฉ Farandole [ํ๋๋], โก added by dam.mo
Marriage Not Dating (2014), โก added by Marion KDL
โ A blind date and a confession [E1]: Imperial Palace Hotel [์ํ๋ฆฌ์ผ ํฐ๋ฆฌ์ค ํธํ
]
โ Being accused [E1]: Seoul Central District Court [์์ธ์ค์์ง๋ฐฉ๋ฒ์]
I Can Hear Your Voiceย (2013), โก added by Marion KDL
โ Explaining a friendship break-up [E11]: Hollys Coffee — Yangpyeong-dong [ํ ๋ฆฌ์ค์ปคํผ ์ํ๋์ผ์ฑํ์ฌ์ ]
City Hunter (2011), โก added by Marion KDL
โ A trip with friends [E1]: Damoen Saduak Floating Market [เธเธฅเธฒเธเธเนเธณเธเธณเนเธเธดเธเธชเธฐเธเธงเธ]
Star’s Lover (2009), โก added by Marion KDL
โ Meeting Lee Ma-ri [E1]: Seoul National University (SNU) [์์ธ๋ํ๊ต]
โ Lee Ma-ri’s agency [E1]: EL Tower [์ํ์]

Boys Over Flowers (2009), โก added by Marion KDL
โ Showing the woman of Jun-pyo’s life [E6]: Heart of Voh [Coeur de Voh], New Caledonia
Smile Again (2006), โก added by Marion KDL
โ Jae-myeong’s residence [E2/3]: Meggenhorn Castle [Schloss Meggenhorn]
โ Taking a rest [E2]: Mรผnzplatz Square, Zurich
Lovers in Paris (2004), โก added by Marion KDL
โ Gi-ju’s residence [E1-3]: Townhouse Marcel Dassault [Hรดtel Marcel Dassault]
โ Making wishes [E1/2]: Place de l’Estrapade, Paris
Full House (2004), โก added by Marion KDL
โ Staying in Shanghai[E1]: Oriental Riverside Hotel Shanghai
NEWLY ADDED MOVIES

Illang: The Wolf Brigade (์ธ๋) (2018)
โ Namsan Cable Car [๋จ์ฐ ์ผ์ด๋ธ์นด], โก added by Chelle
NEWLY ADDED MVs

GOT7: ‘Teenager’ (2017) , โก added by Marion KDL
โย Gangchon Rail Park [๊ฐ์ด๋ ์ผํํฌ]
MONSTA X [๋ชฌ์คํ์์ค]: ‘All In’ (๊ฑธ์ด)ย (2016), โก added by Mich KDL
โย Suncheon Open Film Set [์์ฒ ๋๋ผ๋ง์ดฌ์์ฅ]
Ryu Won-jeong [๋ฅ์์ ]: โLucky Charm (๋ณต๋ฉ์ด)โย (2018), โก added by Chelle
โย Second Model Apartment [์ 2์๋ฒ์ํํธ]
NEWLY ADDED CFs

TONYMOLY Floria Nutra Energy 100 Hours Cream CF with MONSTA X (2018)
โย La Chinata [๋ผ์น๋ํ]
โ Vegebox [๋ฒ ์ง๋ฐ์ค ๋ฐฑํ์นดํ๊ฑฐ๋ฆฌ์ ]
Oreo Korea CF with WINNER (2018)
โย Seongsan Bridge [์ฑ์ฐ๋๊ต]
NEWLY ADDED CONCEPT SHOOTS
Jung Yong-hwa of CNBLUE [์ ์ฉํ] (2017): Do Disturb – 1st Mini Album
โย Bonjour Hawaii [๋ด์ฅฌ๋ฅด ํ์์ด]
