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Seoul Haru is a Seoul information service that requires no account or payment.
The service is planned to be supported by advertising revenue in the future.
Explore Seoul using city population and crowding data, place information, nearby dining and events. Filter by purpose, area and distance to plan your visit.
Location features
Location permission is used to find nearby places and calculate distances.
Precise GPS coordinates are not stored in visitor analytics. Other features work without location permission.
Live data & updates
Live places use Seoul's city data for 121 official areas to provide
crowding, estimated population and population trends.
Our retrieval time may differ from Seoul's source update time. Provider delays or temporary connection problems can affect freshness.
โข Live: current according to the source timestamp.
โข Recent data: the source data is somewhat older.
โข Delayed update: the source is old or the last successful data is being used.
Hidden gems (Korean)
The 86 hidden gems are recommended using purpose, distance, time of day and place characteristics
.
Hidden gems are separate from Seoul's live population areas;
live crowding and population estimates are not provided. Their place descriptions remain in Korean.
Reading crowding and population figures
Total population alone cannot be used to compare crowding across every place.
Places differ in area, capacity, layout and use.
โข The same number of people can feel very different in a large park and a narrow alley.
โข Crowds at entrances, alleys or event venues can differ from an area's overall crowding level.
💡 Alongside estimated population, consider theQuiet · Moderate · Busy · Crowdedcrowding level when planning a visit.
Public data sources & limitations
Seoul Haru uses public data from the Seoul Metropolitan Government and Seoul Open Data Plaza.
Crowding and population figures use Seoul's city data. Events and traffic use the city's relevant public datasets.
Source data is combined with place information and your filters to provide search, recommendations and visualizations.
Figures may differ from on-site conditions because of the provider's methodology, coverage and update timing.
Data sources
Seoul Metropolitan Government ·Seoul Open Data Plaza ยท
Seoul TOPIS
Crowding and recommendations are planning references and may differ from actual conditions.