Gangnam Korea Bathhouse
강남코리아대중탕
About
Long-running 24h local bathhouse and sauna on Gangnam-daero — a neighborhood institution.
Gangnam Korea Daejungtang is the improbable survivor: a long-running, 24-hour neighborhood bathhouse on Gangnam-daero itself — a daejungtang (public bath) of the old school holding its corner against the most expensive real estate in the country. Its institutional status among locals rests on exactly that persistence: while the district built luxury spas above it, the Korea kept the fundamentals — hot tubs, scrub stations, sauna rooms, honest prices — on the street where office Korea actually needs them. The 24-hour schedule serves Gangnam Station's famously extended nights; the bathhouse at 4am is the district's true after-party. For a bath culture increasingly split between relics and resorts, a working daejungtang on Gangnam-daero is living history with hot water.
Local tips
- Open 24 hours, so you can stop by late at night or in the early morning.
- A 10-minute walk from Gangnam Station on the Shinbundang Line.
- This is a local bathhouse, not a large jjimjilbang, so don't expect resort-style amenities.
Details
Opening hours
- Sunday
- 00:00–23:59
- Monday
- 00:00–23:59
- Tuesday
- 00:00–23:59
- Wednesday
- 00:00–23:59
- Thursday
- 00:00–23:59
- Friday
- 00:00–23:59
- Saturday
- 00:00–23:59