KPOP DEMON HUNTERS · NETFLIX 2025 · ANIMATED FILM
KPop Demon Hunters in Seoul: Real Backdrops You Can Visit
This is an animated film. These are real Seoul places that appear as backdrops — not filming locations.
KPop Demon Hunters is an animated film, but its Seoul is drawn from real places. Seoul City lists eight of them. Here are the ones you can visit, and the two you can't.
About the film
KPop Demon Hunters (케이팝 데몬 헌터스) is an animated musical film from Sony Pictures Animation, directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans. It was released on Netflix on Jun 20, 2025. The K-pop trio HUNTR/X (Rumi, Mira and Zoey) secretly hunt demons, and their rivals are the Saja Boys, a boy band of demons in disguise. The voice cast includes Arden Cho as Rumi and Ahn Hyo-seop as Jinu (Netflix Tudum).
Nothing here was filmed: the film is animated. The places below are real Seoul places that appear as backdrops. Each one is on Seoul City’s list of the film’s eight Seoul backdrops, so every card is marked Officially listed.
A night walk
Start at Naksan Park near Hyehwa and walk the fortress wall path after dark, the backdrop of Rumi and Jinu’s talk. N Seoul Tower is on the skyline from the wall. For the subway battle, see Cheongdam Bridge over the Han River, and Jayang Station, which appears in the film as “Seomyuwonji Station”. Search each leg on Kakao Map or Naver Map.
By day
Bukchon’s hanok rooftops are where Rumi and Jinu sing “Free”, but the village is a place where people live: visit quietly. Myeongdong is the Saja Boys’ “Soda Pop” street, and the COEX K-POP Square screen in Samseong is where HUNTR/X reveal their new single.
Night route
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Naksan Park fortress wall path 낙산공원 성곽길
Featured in (animated) · Officially listed · 3 sources cited · Checked Sep 29, 2026Rumi and Jinu's late-night talk takes place on the fortress wall path here, with hanok roofs below and N Seoul Tower in the distance (Seoul City).
A public park along the Seoul City Wall, open to walk at night.
Address: 41 Naksan-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul (Seoul City)
Nearest station: Hyehwa Station (Line 4), Exit 2. About a 20-minute walk to the park entrance, then about 5 minutes more to the top. ( Seoul City (Naksan Park course))
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Also on KDramaPins: Ihwa mural village nearby, from Our Unwritten Seoul (fan-spotted)
Sources: Seoul City: KPop Demon Hunters backdrops, 8 places; Seoul City: Naksan Park course; Netflix Tudum: KPop Demon Hunters locations guide
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N Seoul Tower 남산서울타워
Featured in (animated) · Officially listed · 2 sources cited · Checked Sep 29, 2026The Saja Boys perform at the tower. The film adds a stadium there that does not exist in real life (Seoul City).
The tower on Namsan is open to visitors; the stadium in the film is not real.
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Sources: Seoul City: KPop Demon Hunters backdrops, 8 places; Netflix Tudum: KPop Demon Hunters locations guide
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Cheongdam Bridge 청담대교
Featured in (animated) · Officially listed · 1 source cited · Checked Sep 29, 2026The backdrop of the subway battle over the Han River (Seoul City).
A Han River bridge. Look at it from the riverside.
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Jayang Station 자양역
Featured in (animated) · Officially listed · 2 sources cited · Checked Sep 29, 2026Appears in the animated film as "Seomyuwonji Station" (Seoul City).
A working subway station; stay behind the platform lines and keep clear of passengers.
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Sources: Seoul City: KPop Demon Hunters backdrops, 8 places; ELLE Korea (Seoul City list)
Day spots
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Bukchon Hanok Village 북촌한옥마을
Featured in (animated) · Officially listed · 2 sources cited · Checked Sep 29, 2026Rumi and Jinu sing "Free" on hanok rooftops here (Seoul City; Netflix Tudum).
People live in these houses. Keep your voice down, do not photograph residents or step into doorways, and never climb on roofs or walls.
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Sources: Seoul City: KPop Demon Hunters backdrops, 8 places; Netflix Tudum: KPop Demon Hunters locations guide
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Myeongdong streets 명동거리
Featured in (animated) · Officially listed · 2 sources cited · Checked Sep 29, 2026The Saja Boys' "Soda Pop" street performance (VisitSeoul). Seoul City also ties its street food to the film's hot dog stall scene.
A busy shopping street with food stalls.
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Sources: Seoul City: KPop Demon Hunters backdrops, 8 places; VisitSeoul: KPop Demon Hunters in Seoul
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COEX K-POP Square screen, Samseong 삼성역 코엑스 케이팝스퀘어
Featured in (animated) · Officially listed · 2 sources cited · Checked Sep 29, 2026HUNTR/X's new single is revealed on the giant outdoor screen (Seoul City; VisitSeoul).
A giant outdoor screen at COEX in Samseong-dong, free to watch from the street.
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Sources: Seoul City: KPop Demon Hunters backdrops, 8 places; VisitSeoul: KPop Demon Hunters in Seoul
What you can't visit
- The stadium at N Seoul Tower. The film puts a stadium at the tower for the Saja Boys' show. There is no such venue; the tower itself is real. Seoul City
- Seoul Olympic Stadium, Jamsil. Seoul City lists it as the stage of a HUNTR/X concert. The stadium is closed for its first major renovation since 1988, scheduled to finish at the end of December 2026. Seoul City: KPop Demon Hunters backdrops; Seoul City: Olympic Stadium renovation
Getting around
We list a station only where an official source names it. For everything else, search the place on Kakao Map or Naver Map on the day. More on map apps and transit cards: Getting around Korea.
Where to stay
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How we label animated backdrops: method. No images from the film are used. Last updated 2026-09-29.