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Book Cafes Near Hapjeong and Hongdae

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# Humanitas Book Cafe

Come out of Exit 6 at Hapjeong Station, keep walking straight, and you'll see "Humanitas Book Cafe."

"Humanitas Book Cafe" is run by the publisher Humanitas — not a book cafe decorated with words for business purposes, but a "real book cafe" directly run by the publisher.

"Humanitas Book Cafe"

Phone: 070-4010-7737

Location: Hapjeong Station Exit 6, 50 m straight

Features: personal desk lamps, pencils provided~ many personal desks.


# Humanities Cafe "Changbi"

A humanities cafe run directly by the publisher Changbi.

Come out of Exit 9 at Hongik University Station, take the alley between Kookmin Bank and U&I Wedding Hall, and you'll find a bright-white building in the alley — "Humanities Cafe Changbi."

Phone: 02-322-8626

Location: Hongik Univ. Station Exit 9, 50 m straight through the alley between Kookmin Bank and the wedding hall.

Features: meet-the-author events, exhibitions, film screenings, and other culture-related events.


# Book Cafe "Jungle"

Floors 2 and 3 are a book cafe. The space can also be rented for seminars.

"Book Cafe Jungle"

Phone: 02-333-0367

Location: Hongik Univ. Station Exit 1, the Gyeongnam Restaurant Hall alley.

Features: design-related books, an open market for design books, and so on.


# Cafe Comma

"Cafe Comma"

Phone: 02-323-8555

Location: 408-27 Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul

Features: design-related books.


Source: Hwajae Manbal blog (by Ojiraper) http://blog.samsungfire.com/1359

This English version was translated by Claude.

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