Photo credits

The places behind the pictures

The neighbourhood photographs show real locations in Seoul, with their authors, sources and licences below. Generated editorial concept imagery is identified separately. Historical photographs are not a live view or evidence of an available room.

A morning in an imagined hanok room

AI-generated concept of a bright, imagined hanok room in morning light; not a real accommodation listing — AI-generated concept image — not a property listing.

This editorial image expresses the atmosphere of a stay. It does not depict a verified accommodation, available room, actual view or included facilities. It is not credited as a documentary photograph and does not carry the location photographs’ Creative Commons licences.

Cheonggyecheon — From above

Sunlit Cheonggyecheon in Seoul with green stream banks, walking paths, an arched bridge and city buildings, photographed in June 2024. — 20240602 175752 Cheonggyecheon 02.jpg · Dwxn · 2 June 2024

Photographer: Dwxn
Original title: 20240602 175752 Cheonggyecheon 02.jpg
Photograph date: 2 June 2024. Date supplied by the photographer.
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Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Display treatment: Resized and re-encoded as WebP. The full photographic composition and original colours are retained; no scene elements were generated or added. The gallery and thumbnails retain the original frame.
Image reuse: The web copies retain the source image’s CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. This image licence does not cover the site design or unrelated material.
Source checked: 2026-10-27

Cheonggyecheon — Along the water

A view from the Cheonggyecheon walking path showing people, stepping stones, flowing water and a stone bridge — Seoul-Cheonggyecheon-04.jpg · w00kie · 2006

Photographer: w00kie
Original title: Seoul-Cheonggyecheon-04.jpg
Photograph date: 2006. Archival photograph. The source description says 1 May 2006 and camera metadata says 27 April 2006; only the year is used here.
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Licence: CC BY 2.0
Display treatment: Resized and re-encoded as WebP. The full photographic composition and original colours are retained; no scene elements were generated or added. The gallery and thumbnails retain the original frame.
Image reuse: The web copies retain the source image’s CC BY 2.0 licence. This image licence does not cover the site design or unrelated material.
Source checked: 2026-10-27

Cheonggyecheon — City lanterns

Colourful lanterns strung over Cheonggyecheon, with people walking beside the stream and Seoul buildings in the background — Cheonggyecheon 2008-04-21.jpg · Gaël Chardon · 21 April 2008

Photographer: Gaël Chardon
Original title: Cheonggyecheon 2008-04-21.jpg
Photograph date: 21 April 2008. Archival photograph. The source summary and camera metadata agree on the date; no time zone is asserted.
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Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
Display treatment: Resized and re-encoded as WebP. The full photographic composition and original colours are retained; no scene elements were generated or added. The gallery and thumbnails retain the original frame.
Image reuse: The web copies retain the source image’s CC BY-SA 2.0 licence. This image licence does not cover the site design or unrelated material.
Source checked: 2026-10-27

Cheonggyecheon — Still reflections

Trees and blue sky reflected in Cheonggyecheon beside lush green banks in Seoul, photographed in June 2024. — 20240602 175752 Cheonggyecheon 07.jpg · Dwxn · 2 June 2024

Photographer: Dwxn
Original title: 20240602 175752 Cheonggyecheon 07.jpg
Photograph date: 2 June 2024. Date supplied by the photographer.
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Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Display treatment: Resized and re-encoded as WebP. The full photographic composition and original colours are retained; no scene elements were generated or added. The gallery and thumbnails retain the original frame.
Image reuse: The web copies retain the source image’s CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. This image licence does not cover the site design or unrelated material.
Source checked: 2026-10-27

Cheonggyecheon — An unexpected neighbour

A white egret wading through Cheonggyecheon beside green riverbanks in Seoul — Seoul · Jeremy Thompson · 9 June 2011

Photographer: Jeremy Thompson
Original title: Seoul
Photograph date: 9 June 2011. The photographer describes the location as Cheonggyecheon river.
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Licence: CC BY 2.0
Display treatment: Resized and re-encoded as WebP. The full photographic composition and original colours are retained; no scene elements were generated or added. The gallery and thumbnails retain the original frame.
Image reuse: The web copies retain the source image’s CC BY 2.0 licence. This image licence does not cover the site design or unrelated material.
Source checked: 2026-10-27

Cheonggyecheon — After dark

Cheonggyecheon at night with illuminated walking paths, a bridge and city lights reflected in the stream — Cheonggyecheon Seoul 3.jpg · kallerna · 3 December 2022

Photographer: kallerna
Original title: Cheonggyecheon Seoul 3.jpg
Photograph date: 3 December 2022. Date on the source file page; camera time zone is not established.
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Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Display treatment: Resized and re-encoded as WebP. The full photographic composition and original colours are retained; no scene elements were generated or added. The gallery and thumbnails retain the original frame.
Image reuse: The web copies retain the source image’s CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. This image licence does not cover the site design or unrelated material.
Source checked: 2026-10-27

Myeongdong shopping street in Seoul

Photographer: Izzatfikry99
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Licence: CC BY 4.0
Display treatment: Responsive crop to fit the page layout.

Hongdae street along Eoulmadang-ro in Seoul, photographed in December 2014

Photographer: Minseong Kim
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Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Traffic and buildings along a street in Gangnam, Seoul, at dusk

Photographer: kallerna
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Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Traditional hanok houses along Bukchon-ro 11-gil in Jongno, Seoul

Photographer: Basile Morin
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Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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An evening street in Seongsu-dong, Seoul

Photographer: CartoonChess
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Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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The front of Yongsan Station in Seoul, photographed in December 2013

Photographer: Douglas Paul Perkins
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Licence: CC BY 3.0
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Seokchon Lake and the surrounding cityscape in the Jamsil area of Seoul

Photographer: Christophe95
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Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Sources & review

Editorial review: 27 October 2026 · Korea Standard Time

Attribution for the seven location photographs follows their supplied credit records. Original file pages provide licence details and image history. The room concept is separately labelled as AI-generated. The Cheonggyecheon photographs are credited above. They were taken in different years and do not represent a single continuous visit or current conditions.