Mapo, Seoul: Oil Tank Culture Park

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Oil Tank Culture Park is a hidden attraction that emerging in Seoul and has not been widely known to travellers yet. It is close to another attraction Haneul Park. Let's see what a great place it is!

Oil Tank Culture Park| Information

Hours: Park, 24hrs / T1~T6, 10:00~18:00

Closed days: Park, all times on duty / T1~T6, close on Mondays

Oil Tank Culture Park | Why Recommending?

• Even in downtown of Seoul, you can enjoy healing time while taking a walk among the beautiful scenery.
• Leave flattering photos where professional photographers always go!
• It's as beautiful as Haneul Park, but with less crowds.
• Audio guides are available in English, Chinese, and Japanese as well as in Korean, making it an easy tour to go!

Oil Tank Culture Park | Review

1. Oil Tank Culture Park, emerging spot where photographers always go!

Of course, there's a reason why professional photographers love to take shot at Oil Tank Culture Park:

• Right along with the stunning natural landscape
• The vintage feel of the old tanks is blending together to create a new cultural sensibility.

If you're curious, check it out with #문화비축기지 or #OilTankCulturePark on Instagram and drop by this insta-worthy hidden attraction!

2. Oil Tank Culture Park, popular filming location

Many K-pop stars, including BTS and Wanna One have visited the Oil Tank Culture Park. It is rapidly emerging as hippie places that use as a studio and filming location. If you are an Army but didn't know notice of this, click here to fact check ;) → Run BTS! 2019 - EP.86
Wannable, do you remember? It was on the comeback show of I Promise You on 180319!

Come visit the Oil Tank Culture Park before it becomes more popular and too crowded!

3. Oil Tank Culture Park: Don't like places with many crowds? Come to the Oil Tank Culture Park instead of the Haneul park!

Haneul Park is crowded with many tourists and locals. Even though it is nice to visit but strangely, I get tired even though I just go for a short time to Haneul Park. Maybe it's because of the crowds out there. If you want to take a great picture with a nice background, you have to wait in line.

If you would like to have leisure time, you can consider visiting the Oil Tank Culture Park that located right next to Haneul Park? The view here is relatively spacial with fewer crowds compare to Hanuel Park.

4. T6(Community Center) : A rest area consisted of a cafe and library

The Mapo Oil Tank Culture Park consisted of six oil tanks that reconstructed into a cultural space with its own individuality and characteristics. Keep an eye on T6! If you walk a lot and your legs hurt, you can take a break at the cafe and library located in the basement of T6. I'd like to keep the secret that the cafe atmosphere is awesome.

Cafe ㅣ If you are tired of walking, have a cup of coffee at the cafe located in the basement of T6 and take a break!

Library ㅣ This is a public library that open to everyone, and you too, of course. :)

Audio-guide rental: Available from 10:00 ~ 17:00

Where to rent: Information building (near the main gate)

Supported languages: Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese

Free of charge! Please note that you need to rent with it a passport.

Most of you who are reading this blog might have been to Haneul Park or the World Cup Park for the silver grass. The Oil Tank Culture Park should be less familiar. If you go visit and feel it with your own eyes, you'll know that it's as cool as Haneul Park or the World Cup Park. If you're going to Mapo-gu by any chance, why not stop by the Oil Tank Culture Park and take pleasant photos like a professional photographer?

Oil Tank Culture Park| How to Get There

1. Please use the exit 2 of World Cup Stadium stn.

2. Take the escalator on the left after getting out of exit 2.

3. Turn right and go up the stairs and you will see the World Cup Stadium.

4. Go straight alongside the World Cup Stadium on the left.

5. You'll see signs for the Oil Tank Culture Park(문화비축기지) from time to time. Go straight towards the left side to the main gate while the right to the back gate.

7. Can you see that green sign? Keep going straight along the main road until you see the traffic light.

8. Can you see the Oil Tank Culture Park across the road? You are there!

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