Official video: [KBS DRAMA CLASSIC] 겨울연가 FULL VOD 1회 (KBS Drama Classic on YouTube)
VERIFIED 6 confirmed
1 reported
BASEChuncheon or Gapyeong
ENTRYNami Island has a fee
CHECKEDOct 26, 2026
The 2002 KBS2 drama that helped start Korean drama tourism. Nami Island and Chuncheon are the heart of it; Yongpyong Resort, Chuam Beach and Oedo round out the trip.
Where to watch: KBS Drama Classic on YouTube (episode 1 free; availability varies). Schools, hospitals, cemeteries, apartments, private homes and broadcaster buildings are left out.
Confirmed
backed by two or more official or press sources.
Reported
one official or press source.
Fan-spotted
identified by Korean fan researchers by matching scenes; not yet confirmed by official sources.
Places marked Fan-spotted appear in the drama, according to fan researchers.
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Press reports name Nami Island for the bicycle scene of Joon-sang and Yu-jin and for scenes on its snowy tree-lined paths.
GETTING THEREFrom Seoul, take the ITX-Cheongchun or the Gyeongchun Line to Gapyeong Station (check Korail), then a taxi or bus to the Nami Island ferry wharf.ACCESSA river island reached by ferry from the wharf in Gapyeong. Tickets, ferry times and rules are on the official Nami Island site.
Chuncheon's tourism site and press say the downtown shopping street was a filming location and became a tourist stop because of the drama.
GETTING THEREFrom Seoul, take the ITX-Cheongchun or the Gyeongchun Line to Chuncheon or Namchuncheon Station (check Korail), then search the route on Naver Map (English UI).ACCESSChuncheon's main shopping street, with the dakgalbi (spicy stir-fried chicken) alley just behind it. Free to walk around.
GETTING THEREFrom Seoul, check Korail or search the route on Naver Map (English UI).ACCESSA bridge over the Soyang River in Chuncheon, with riverside paths nearby.
The resort says much of the drama was filmed there and names the Sky Garden at the top of its gondola as a filming spot; press reports agree.
GETTING THEREFrom Seoul, check Korail (Gangneung Line) and the resort's official site for transfer options, or search the route on Naver Map (English UI).ACCESSA ski and mountain resort. The gondola and Sky Garden are run by the resort; check its official site for operating days and tickets.
Donghae City and Kyunghyang Shinmun name Chuam as a Winter Sonata filming location; Kyunghyang says the leads' seaside scenes were filmed here.
GETTING THEREFrom Seoul, check Korail to Donghae, or search the route on Naver Map (English UI).ACCESSA beach with limestone sea stacks on the Donghae–Samcheok border, known for sunrise views. Free to visit.
VisitKorea and Kyunghyang Shinmun name the church as a Winter Sonata filming location, used for the drama's wedding scene.
GETTING THEREFrom Seoul, check Korail to Donghae, or search the route on Naver Map (English UI).ACCESSA working parish church. Visit outside Mass times, keep quiet, and do not go inside during services.
Geoje City and press say the drama's final episode was filmed on the island garden.
GETTING THEREFrom Busan, check intercity buses to Geoje, then take a cruise boat from one of the Geoje terminals listed on the official Oedo Botania site.ACCESSAn island garden reachable only by cruise boat; the official site says the admission ticket is bought with the boat ticket. Pair it with Gajodo from the Doctor on the Edge guide for a Geoje day.
The village's own site says its Tree and Bench, facing the Village Pond, is where Jun-sang (Min-hyung) and Yu-jin created sweet memories of their love in Winter Sonata — it earned the nickname 'Bae Yong-joon's Bench'.
GETTING THERECheck routes on Naver Map (English UI).ACCESSA themed village venue in Yeoju; check whether it is open to visitors. Fans also list it for Queen of Tears and Four Hands.
GETTING THERENearest subway station: check Naver Map (English UI).ACCESSA Han River bridge; view it from the riverside parks rather than stopping on the roadway.
GETTING THERENearest subway station: check Naver Map (English UI).ACCESSThe cinema closed at the end of September 2024, and press reports say the building was turned into a venue for an immersive theater show.
GETTING THERENearest subway station: check Naver Map (English UI).ACCESSThe old Myeongbo Theater closed as a cinema and reopened in 2009 as a performing arts complex, according to Jung-gu's tourism site.
GETTING THERENearest subway station: check Naver Map (English UI).ACCESSThe building is now a coworking and lifestyle space; check its official page for what is open to visitors.
Winter Sonata (겨울연가) aired on KBS2 from January 14 to Mar 19, 2002, starring Bae Yong-joon as Kang Joon-sang and Choi Ji-woo as Jung Yu-jin. After it aired in Japan the following year, fans began traveling to its filming places, and press reports credit it with starting the Korean wave in tourism. Nami Island and Chuncheon, where the story’s school years are set, are still the places most visitors come for.
Six places are confirmed by two or more independent official or press sources: Nami Island, Chuncheon’s Myeongdong, Yongpyong Resort, Chuam Beach, Bukpyeong Catholic Church and Oedo Botania. The rest are fan-spotted: Korean fan researchers matched them to scenes, and we say only that they appear in the drama. The drama is more than 20 years old, so where a place has changed since filming, the card says so. Nearest railheads: Gapyeong Station for the Nami Island ferry and Chuncheon Station for Myeongdong; Nami Island and Chuncheon work as a single day trip from Seoul, while Yongpyong, Donghae and Geoje each need their own day.
Nami Island
Nami Island sits in the Bukhan River; it belongs to Chuncheon but you reach it by ferry from a wharf in Gapyeong. Press reports name it as the setting of the bicycle scene of Joon-sang and Yu-jin and of scenes on its snowy tree-lined paths, and it is still on most first-time visitors’ lists. Ferry times, tickets and island rules are on the official Nami Island site. Petite France, another Gapyeong-area stop, has its own Petite France guide.
Chuncheon
Chuncheon’s Myeongdong is the city’s main shopping street; the city’s tourism site and press say it was filmed for the drama and drew visitors because of it. The dakgalbi alley just behind it makes an easy lunch stop. Fans also list the Soyang 2 Bridge area on the river, and street scenes were reportedly filmed in the old-town lanes nearby. The house used as Joon-sang’s home is gone (see Lost filming spots below).
Pyeongchang
Mona Yongpyong (Yongpyong Resort) says much of the drama was filmed there and points to the Sky Garden at the top of its gondola. It is a working ski and mountain resort, so check its official site for gondola days and tickets before you go.
East coast and beyond
Chuam Beach in Donghae, with its candlestick-shaped sea stacks, is named by Donghae City and the press as a filming location, and Bukpyeong Catholic Church in the same city is named for the drama’s wedding scene. Far to the south, Oedo Botania, an island garden off Geoje, is where the final episode was filmed, according to Geoje City. You can only get there by cruise boat from Geoje; combine it with Gajodo from our Doctor on the Edge guide for a Geoje day.
Seoul
Fans place several scenes in Seoul: Marronnier Park in Daehangno, the Seogang Bridge over the Han River, Huam-dong Catholic Church, the Plaza Hotel and a few old cinemas. Street scenes were also reportedly filmed around Sogong-ro, Namdaemun-ro 1-gil and Sejong-daero 18-gil near City Hall, and Bukchon-ro 8-gil in Bukchon. The Daehan Cinema and Myeongbo Theater no longer run as cinemas.
Lost filming spots
Joon-sang’s house, Chuncheon. The tiled-roof house in Chuncheon’s Giwajipgol neighborhood played Joon-sang’s home and drew hundreds of visitors a day in the Hallyu boom. In 2021 the city said the redevelopment union would buy and preserve it, but later that year local papers reported it would disappear with the neighborhood; in 2023 the buildings there were being demolished for an apartment complex. It is not a place to visit.
Getting there
Nami Island and Chuncheon: from Seoul, the ITX-Cheongchun and the Gyeongchun Line run toward Chuncheon. Get off at Gapyeong for the Nami Island ferry, or ride on to Namchuncheon or Chuncheon for Myeongdong. Check live times and fares on Korail.
Oedo: from Busan, take an intercity bus to Geoje, then a cruise boat from a Geoje terminal listed on the official Oedo Botania guide.
Donghae and Pyeongchang: check live times on Korail or search the route on Naver Map (English UI).
Some hotels in this guide are real places you can stay at — see our K-drama hotels filming-location record.
Sources
All sources for this guide
Accessed Sep 27, 2026 (Asia/Seoul) unless noted. Bolstering pass Oct 26, 2026: first-paragraph railhead line, FAQ +2, Sources +1, Korail links unified to the letskorail guide page; no spot statuses changed.
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