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[oregonjoy]

2009 Regular Flea Markets for Foreigners



Seoul Global Center is pleased to invite you to the Flea Market for Foreigners.

The purpose of this event is to sustain a friendly and cooperative relationship between domestic and international residents in Seoul. We believe the event serves the foreigners' interests by sharing used goods, and benefits all residents in Seoul by exchanging cultures, practicing recycling and donation. This is a joint event between Seoul Folk Flea Market and Seoul Metropolitan Government. Any foreigner can be part of the event as a seller, and just visiting is more than welcome. No application fee.



1. Overview of the event

(1) Date: March 28, 2009 (Saturday) 12:00-16:00

(2) Location: Seoul Folk Flea Market at Sinseol-dong (Please refer to the map)

(3) Fee: No application fee & donations in free



2. Maps



- Directions

(1) Bus: #2013, #300 get off at Cheonggye 8(pal)-ga, Hwanghakgyo(Bridge)-3(sam)

#2221, 2219, 721, 2112, 303, 9403, 370 Sinseol-dong station

#9403, 721, 370 Dongdaemun post-office

(2) Subway: Line #1 (Red line) Exit 6 / Line #2 (Green line) Exit 9 or 10)

- Free shuttle bus service (Reservation required)

(1) For sellers: 10:30am picking up in front of the Press Center Building

(2) For visitors: 11:45am, 12:15am, 12:45am the same as above

[craigwalsh]

Maps arent showing up, give it a poke with a stick and see if they will spring into life! lol!
Mny Thx

[lifeinkorea]

What are they planning? If you are a selling you bring your stuff to the bus? They have room to move all of the items?

Can you just show up as a customer with something you want to sell? Or, do you have to leave early, around the time of the bus arrival for sellers?

Also, who would you make reservations with if you wanted to make use of the "free" shuttle bus?

[mooninsf]

http://english.seoul.go.kr/today/news/city/1255960_3326.html

this site is for the market

[lifeinkorea]

[verve]

[madoka]

[lifeinkorea]

Well, they should look at the year again. Just because I didn't note the years were different doesn't settle the confusion.

Why don't they update that page with the correct date? If it is as stated in this thread, it would be nice to verify it on their site as well.

[itaewonguy]

how is this one different from the The Seoul Folk Flea Market will open April 26 near Hwanghakgyo Bridege on Cheonggyecheon 8-ga. The new flea market featuring about 900 booths will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.



Seoul City plans to develop the Seoul Folk Flea Market into a major international tourist attraction on par with similar flea markets in Sydney, Beijing, Prague and Paris.

ummm don't they need a vast ethnic diversity of people for this???

we all know this market is going to be 99.4% korean booths selling the same things!

[bassexpander]

Great.

Now, if I can get exact confirmations on this stuff, I have a place to sell/trade blu-rays.

[betchay]

The Seoul Folk Flea Market opened last year, April 26, 2008.

The Foreigner's Flea Market this Saturday is a special event wherein foreigners are given booths (tables really) to sell their used stuff. My friend's group will be there. The group is composed of a Filipina, Indians, Sri Lankans and Russian. They will have seven tables.

There will be another Foreigner's Flea Market in April and I and a few other Filipina friends are thinking of joining that one.

[ryoga013]

[madowlspeaks]

so does this 'fleamarket' (regardless if it is for foreigners or not) happen EVERY weekend?

[ChinaBoy]

Frankly, I find the term "Foreigner Flea Market" offensive. Segregation isn't PC.

[madowlspeaks]