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Seoul City Mediahub articles, Dec 2024 and Feb 2025

Gwangjang Market · 'Public restroom for everyone'

Seoul City's Mediahub reports that the public restroom in the middle of Gwangjang Market was renovated with universal design, with a 1st-floor restroom usable by wheelchair users and caregivers with infants.

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Location guide
Middle of the market (check on-site signs for the exact entrance)
Facilities
1F accessible men's/women's restrooms, changing table, handwashing; 2F-3F men's/women's restrooms; emergency bells
Free / opening hours
No fee or hours in the articles, so not in the free filter. Market Mon-Sat 09:00-18:00, food alley daily 09:00-23:00 (per the article)
Getting there
Line 1 Jongno 5-ga Exit 8, or Lines 2/5 Euljiro 4-ga Exit 4 (per the article)

Based on Seoul City Mediahub articles (Dec 2024, Feb 2025). The articles do not state whether it is free or its hours, so check the current situation on site.

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How to do it

  1. Use the “NAVER Map” button above to find Gwangjang Market.
  2. Inside the market, follow the ‘화장실’ (restroom) signs to the middle. If you can't find it, show the sentence below to a vendor.
  3. The market is listed as closed on Sundays, so on days when only the food alley is open, check on site whether the restroom is open.

Korean to show on the spot

공중화장실이 어디에 있어요?

Where is the public restroom?

장애인 화장실은 1층에 있나요?

Is the accessible restroom on the 1st floor?

Sources checked