Jamsil Arena

Gangnam & Southern Seoul


Hosts Korean Basketball League matches from November to March; play-offs until May.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Gangnam & Southern Seoul attractions

1. Tangent

0.81 MILES

Hyundai Development Company commissioned Daniel Libeskind to work with Seoul-based firm Himma on its headquarters opposite COEX Mall. The result, Tangent,…

2. Gangnam Style Sculpture

0.88 MILES

The horse dance in Psy's music video for 'Gangnam Style' has been iconified as a giant pair of bronze hands on a stage on the east side outside COEX Mall…

3. SMTown coexartium

0.91 MILES

This five-level interactive shrine to K-Pop in the COEX Mall has already become a pilgrimage hot spot for fans since opening in 2018. The photo hall is…

4. Starfield Library

0.97 MILES

More like a 13m-tall, neon-lit, designer shrine to books than a library, you can't actually take anything away here, but there are desks, sofas and…

5. Prugio Valley

1.02 MILES

Looking like a giant music speaker crossed with a slab of Swiss cheese, this incredible steel-clad building was designed by Unsangdong Architects.

6. Bongeun-sa

1.03 MILES

Located in the heart of ritzy Gangnam, the shrines and halls of the Buddhist temple Bongeun-sa, with its tree-filled hillside location, stand in direct…

7. Lotte World Folk Museum

1.27 MILES

The Folk Museum at Lotte World uses imaginative techniques like dioramas, scale models and moving waxworks to bring scenes from Korean history to life…

8. Lotte World

1.29 MILES

This huge complex includes an amusement park, an ice-skating rink, a cinema multiplex, a department store, a folk museum, a shopping mall, a hotel,…