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Anguk & Bukchon

안국 · 북촌

A good cup, a little history.

Coffee fits naturally into a morning of palaces and galleries here. Fritz Wonseo is our coffee-and-bakery anchor; Onion earns its place as an architecture-and-pastry detour. You do not need both to have a good morning. Pick the experience you want, then explore.

Anguk2 considered coffee stops
Baristas and a white espresso machine beneath timber beams at Onion Anguk
Café Onion, AngukPhoto: Moeri / Korean Addiction · 2019
MAKE AN AFTERNOON OF IT

Choose Fritz Wonseo around a gallery visit, or Onion for a hanok bakery morning. Keep the surrounding residential lanes quiet.

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Coffee, pastries and a gallery

Fritz Coffee

Wonseo · 프릳츠 원서점
Entrance and hanok eaves at Fritz Coffee’s Wonseo branch
Fritz Coffee · WonseoPhoto: happydao / SEOULSHOPPER · 2023

A satisfying way to put coffee into a palace-and-gallery day. Fritz’s Wonseo branch pairs the roaster’s distinctive identity with an architectural setting beside Arario Museum. This is the stop we would choose when the group wants both a credible coffee name and something from the bakery counter.

OUR SUGGESTED ORDER

A house espresso drink and a pastry from the day’s counter.

Before you goChoose Wonseo specifically in maps: Fritz Dohwa is a separate destination across town.

83 Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
SourcesFritz · official locationsSEOULSHOPPER · Wonseo branch review
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Hanok setting and baking

Café Onion

Anguk · 어니언 안국
Baristas and a white espresso machine beneath timber beams at Onion Anguk
Café Onion · AngukPhoto: Moeri / Korean Addiction · 2019

The architecture-and-bakery detour on this list. A hanok setting and a generous pastry selection make Onion an appealing shared stop, especially if not everyone wants to discuss processing methods. Come for the whole morning ritual; choose Fritz or Namusairo first if coffee alone drives the day.

OUR SUGGESTED ORDER

An americano with salt bread, or share the powdered-sugar pandoro.

Before you goThe tourism listing gives an earlier weekday opening than weekends. Go early if the setting matters to you.

5 Gyedong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
SourcesKorea Tourism Organization · Anguk branch
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