🎆Seasonal Night Events

Cherry trees + Lotte Tower reflection

• ·Cherry trees ringing the lake
• ·Lotte Tower reflected in the water at night

💡 Free. In a normal year Seoul’s cherry blossoms are in full bloom around Apr 10 (KMA Seoul-station normal) — it shifts every year. Pair with Seoul Sky.

Car-free cherry-blossom road

• ·Car-free cherry-blossom boulevard during the festival
• ·Blossom walk after dark

💡 Free. Yeoseo-ro behind the National Assembly closes to cars for the Yeouido Spring Flower Festival (2026 edition: festival Apr 3–7, road closed Apr 1–8, ydp.go.kr; 2027 dates not yet announced). Very crowded.

Fireworks night over the Han River

• ·Fireworks teams from several countries over the Han River
• ·Free to watch from the riverside park

💡 Free to watch from the park; some zones are ticketed. Roads around Yeouido close from mid-afternoon (2026: 15:00–24:00) — take the subway (hanwhafireworks.com). The organizer says 2027 returns to Yeouido.

Fireworks over Gwangalli Bay

• ·Fireworks around Gwangan Bridge, watched from Gwangalli, Igidae and Dongbaekseom
• ·Fireworks over the sea

💡 Free to watch from the beach areas; for any paid seating see the organizer (bfo.or.kr).

Themed lantern installations

• ·Themed lantern installations along the stream
• ·Easy downtown evening stroll

💡 Free, evenings only. 2025–26 edition: Dec 12–Jan 18 (culture.seoul.go.kr) — it has ended, and the next edition’s dates are not yet announced.

Night lantern parade through Jongno

• ·UNESCO-listed lantern parade
• ·Traditional culture fair the next day (2027: Sun May 9)

💡 Free to watch. On UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list since 2020.

Projection mapping on the Zaha Hadid facade

• ·Seasonal light-art on the curved DDP facade
• ·Large-scale projection mapping

💡 Free. The 2026 autumn edition ran Sep 3–13; a 2026 winter edition is listed as planned from Dec 17 (festival.seoul.go.kr — the 2025 winter edition ran Dec 18–31). Confirm dates on ddp.or.kr.

Riverside Christmas market

• ·Christmas market by the Han River
• ·Seasonal illuminations across the city

💡 Romantic Hangang Christmas Market 2026: Dec 18–27 at Ttukseom Hangang Park, listed as planned (festival.seoul.go.kr). Stalls are paid; other markets and illuminations announce their own dates.

Lantern-lit hanok palaces by night

• ·Joseon palaces illuminated after dark
• ·Lantern-lit Moonlight Tour through Changdeokgung

💡 Changdeokgung Moonlight Tour 2026: spring Apr 16–May 31 (₩30,000, lottery then open sales; foreigner-only sessions booked through Creatrip) and autumn Sep 10–Oct 17 (kh.or.kr). Each run sets its own dates, lottery window and booking channel.

⚠ Tickets go by lottery — apply in the window the organizer announces

A garden lit up for winter

• ·LED light displays across the arboretum
• ·A winter day-trip from Seoul

💡 Adult ₩11,000 (65+ ₩9,000). The lighting festival runs from early December to mid-March every year (morningcalm.co.kr).

Illuminated pavilion reflected in the pond

• ·Lit Silla-era pavilion mirrored in the pond
• ·A classic Gyeongju night view

💡 Adult ₩3,000; open daily 09:00–22:00, tickets until 21:30 (gyeongju.go.kr). The city warns that arriving close to the cut-off can mean no entry — it is busy after dark.

Silver-grass festival with evening lighting

• ·Silver-grass fields lit in the evening
• ·Seoul Eulalia Festival in October

💡 Seoul Eulalia Festival 2026: Oct 17–23 at Haneul Park, with a lighting show and evening programs (festival.seoul.go.kr).