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Lights of Cheonggyecheon
Dec 11 – 31
Photo: 한국관광공사
Festival facts
- Dates
- Dec 11 – 31
- Hours
- 18:00–22:00
- Place
- Seoul · Cheonggye Plaza and Cheonggyecheon area, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Address
- 서울특별시 중구 태평로 1가 1 청계천 청계광장 일대
- Fee
- Free
- Host
- The Kyunghyang Shinmun
- Organizer
- 2026 Lights of Cheonggyecheon Organizing Committee
- Contact
- 02-904-1159
About the festival
Lights of Cheonggyecheon, which first illuminated Seoul’s winter nights in 2015, returns for its twelfth winter at Cheonggye Plaza in Seoul for 21 days, from December 11 to 31. This year’s theme, “Light Up Tomorrow,” introduces a storytelling festival that expresses citizens’ dreams and hopes through light. Alongside the distinctive trees, photo zones, and Dream Light Train rides that have been popular each year, a large screen will show videos featuring dream drawings by child artists with developmental disabilities and dream messages submitted by citizens. The festival lights up Cheonggye Plaza daily from 18:00 to 22:00 and is free for everyone to visit.
Source: 한국관광공사 TourAPI
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