Modern Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is a huge metropolis filled with skyscrapers of glass and concrete. However, the suburbs are very quiet and cozy, and Seoul itself can be described as a clean, interesting and safe city. True, the prices here are quite high.
The name “Seoul” is translated from the Korean language very simply – this word means “Capital”.
Originally, Seoul was surrounded by a seven-meter-high wall to protect it from wild animals and robbers, but then the city expanded beyond it, and the wall itself was destroyed. Nevertheless, several ancient fortress gates remained in the capital.
During the Korean War, almost 200,000 buildings, 55,000 apartment buildings and 1,000 businesses were destroyed in Seoul. After the end of hostilities, the city had to be rebuilt.
Seoul is one of the ten most expensive and densely populated cities in the world.
In the 1970s, street trams disappeared from the streets of Seoul, as they interfered with traffic and provoked traffic jams.
The inhabitants of Seoul make up a quarter of the total population of South Korea.
In Seoul, there is the world’s longest fountain – the rainbow bridge-fountain of Banpo, shimmering with all possible shades due to the skilful lighting, connects the banks of the Khan River.
The National Museum of Korea, founded in the middle of last century, is one of the most popular exhibition venues in the world.
Capital airport Inchon is considered one of the world’s leaders in terms of safety and comfort for passengers.
The fifth line of the Seoul metro is officially recognized as the longest in the world. In total, the subway consists of 9 “branches”.
In the suburbs of Seoul is located an extremely popular amusement park Lotte World – this is one of the largest similar parks on the planet that are not in the open air, but under a roof. Every year more than 6 million people come here.
On the Khan River in Seoul, there is an artificial floating island on which a three-story building with restaurants and reception rooms is erected. A piece of land keeps in place a massive buoy, with which the island is connected by means of thick chains.
Inhabitants of Seoul on the average sleep only for 4 hours per day. Save in this mode of vitality they are helped by useful plants – ginseng and kimchi.
In Seoul, there are a lot of motels, since boys are forbidden to bring their beloved to their home before marriage.
Seoul residents are obsessed with plastic surgery – according to statistics, every second city woman has changed some part of her body surgically. Most often, Koreans change the incision of the eyes, the shape of the lips or cheekbones, and on the day of majority they often receive a certificate for breast augmentation as a gift.
In Seoul, they calmly treat women in mini-skirts, but they do not take a deep décolleté in public.
Residents of Seoul because of the rhythm of their lives are very fond of coffee – coffee houses are located almost at every corner, even in the sleeping areas.
People in Seoul often brush their teeth in public toilets, as the services of dentists in the megalopolis are expensive, and it’s much easier to carefully monitor oral hygiene.
Koreans in general and metropolitan in particular people like to eat, but almost none of them have any problems with excess weight.
