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DDP Rooftop Sunset Tour 2026: Dates, Price (50,000 Won), and How to Book

Kim Taechoul, ReporterPublished KST
✓ Verified 2026-10-30 · against official sourcesOriginal source ↗A daily paper for first-time visitors to Korea · every morning · Korean · English · Japanese · Chinese · Vietnamese · Indonesian
Photo: Exterior of Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), where the Sunset Tour takes place on the rooftop · Korea Tourism Organization (KOGL Type 1)

Bottom line: DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza)'s rooftop sunset walk runs every Friday and Saturday from October 16 to November 21, 2026 — 12 sessions total. Today's session (Friday, October 30) is a live-music edition. It costs 50,000 won per person, requires advance booking on DDP's website, and runs with simultaneous Korean-English narration, so foreign visitors can join without an interpreter.

If you didn't know: each session caps at just 15 people, so showing up without a reservation usually means you won't get in. Walk-in registration only opens 20 minutes before the start, and only if seats remain — queue for that and miss it, and the round trip to DDP is wasted time. The October sessions start at 4:30pm and last 90 minutes, so missing that window means no second chance that day.

At a glance

runs October 16 to November 21, 2026, every Friday and Saturday, 12 sessions total · October sessions 16:30-18:00 (90 min), November sessions 16:00-17:30 · Fridays feature live music, Saturdays a singing-bowl meditation · 50,000 won per person (20% discount for veterans and active-duty military) · 15 spots per session, book ahead at ddp.or.kr · meeting point: DDP Lounge · getting there: Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station (Lines 2, 4, 5), Exit 1 · open to adults 18-70, ID required · inquiries: 02-2153-0310 / 0311 (phone only, no walk-in consultation).

The tour is run by the Seoul Design Foundation. Its dual-channel Korean-English narration is a first for DDP's tour programs, letting foreign visitors follow along without a separate interpreter. Friday sessions feature a live performance by a singer-songwriter or flutist, and Saturday sessions a guided singing-bowl meditation, both timed to sunset. The schedule can change with weather, so check DDP's website notice board again shortly before you go.

The next sessions are November 6 (Friday, live music) and November 7 (Saturday, singing-bowl meditation); this season's final session is November 21 (Saturday).

Journey stage: During the trip · Verified 2026-10-30

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