That’s awesome you got to experience that! It did start picking up as I was leaving, but it was still different than before. I left right before World Cup, I was so disappointed about the timing, I had to leave. I wanted to stay and go to a couple of the games but I couldn’t. Well, thanks for your comment and sharing your experiences during that time!
]]>Thank you for reading and for your comment! That’s too bad you didn’t enjoy the current nightlife scene. It was so much fun back then, especially before the Sept 11 attack on the US.
]]>Hello Jordie, thank you for sharing your experiences raving in Seoul and for letting me know that about MGW, you’re right I was too far down the street, I’m going to update my post. I went to so many other clubs that I wish I could remember the name of, I may have visited the ones in Hongdae you mentioned if they were around in 2001, I loved going there. That’s good to hear there’s still some underground clubs going on, I haven’t been back since I left, I have been wanting to for years. I hope you have a great 2024, I’m glad this post brought back memories for you and thanks again for your comment!
]]>I also partied at Joker Red and MWG.
MWG It actually was still open until this year. The photo you got there with the wooden izakaya and the blue truck is a bit too down the street. You can see that brick wall and the blue round sign, that’s MGW. It was also my favorite. I left Korea a few years ago in 2017, but my wife’s family and a few friends still keep me going there yearly.
The pandemic changed a lot of things too I guess. Now MGW apparently is called Candyshop, see it here: https://map.naver.com/p/search/%ED%99%8D%EB%8C%80%20%EB%85%B8%EB%A6%AC%ED%84%B0?c=17.86,0,0,0,adh&p=p8fMTBHJ4Za5UFMqQXdERQ,-56.71,-8.35,80,Float
In Hongdae there was also an epic called called 오백, it hosted great psy trance events.
Now it’s called Freebird, it moved to more rock and indie live concerts.
There was also a very small but cool psy club called Miroir, right across Sang Sang Madang, it didn’t last much, it was here: https://map.naver.com/p?c=17.56,0,0,0,adh&p=K-mMzhQVARcv2J0GBxpAgA,-166.53,-1.81,61.19,Float
Even though I don’t live there and it’s been years since I raved in Seoul, I still keep an eye on the scene. Now there are some other underground clubs, one being Temple: https://map.naver.com/p/entry/place/1406425742?c=18.95,0,0,0,adh&p=pR7pUka_zE1CuUgYWPNvRg,-137.39,-10.13,47.75,Float
Your blog post made me travel back in time and remember good old days in Hongdae.
Jordi
]]>Hello RRR, thanks for your comment and that’s really cool you’re researching about that. It was amazing time for sure. And yes, feel free to share it! Thanks for asking!
]]>My pleasure, thank you for your comment!
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