Gangneung Drama Filming Locations: The Real Spots

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Gangneung drama filming locations cluster more thickly here than in any other Korean coastal city, and they span three decades rather than one hit show. Goblin’s most-quoted scene, The Glory’s finale, a BTS album cover, and the drama that started Korea’s whole tradition of shooting on this coast in 1995 are all within a short drive of each other — and not all of what visitors photograph is the original.

Jumunjin harbor at sunrise, its breakwater and lighthouses visible where it meets the open sea — the setting for Goblin's best-known scene — Jumunjin harbor at sunrise — the breakwater and lighthouses where Goblin's best-known scene was filmed sit at the far end, where the harbor meets open water. Photo: Korea Tourism Organization — ⓒ한국관광공사 사진갤러리-한국관광공사 김지호, Photo Korea · KOGL Type 1

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Goblin’s breakwater is a real, working harbor — not a set

The scene most people mean when they say “the Goblin spot” — Ji Eun-tak in a red scarf meeting Kim Shin by the sea — happened at Jumunjin Breakwater, the pier at the edge of Jumunjin’s actual fishing harbor. It was a real harbor before the drama and still is one now: boats dock there, the red lighthouse marking the pier’s end is a working navigation light, not a prop. What changed is everything around it — Gangneung’s own tourism office now promotes the spot directly, and the surrounding Yeongjin Beach area has picked up Goblin-themed cafés and photo signage since the show aired in 2016.

The Glory’s final scene was filmed a short drive further up the coast

Sodol Adeulbawi Park, a breakwater and rock-formation park a few kilometers from Jumunjin, — Netflix’s The Glory shot its final-episode beach scene there — Moon Dong-eun and Ju Yeo-jeong sharing a drink in the snow as the show closes. The park’s actual draw predates the show by a fair distance: adeulbawi means “son rock,” named for a formation locals have prayed at for sons for generations, long before a Netflix crew ever showed up.

Sodol Adeulbawi Park's breakwater and rock formations, where The Glory filmed its final-episode beach scene — Sodol Adeulbawi Park's tetrapod breakwater and rock formations — The Glory's finale, and a fertility-prayer site with a much older history than the show. Photo: Korea Tourism Organization — ⓒ한국관광공사 사진갤러리-홍정표, Photo Korea · KOGL Type 1

The BTS bus stop everyone photographs is a rebuilt replica

BTS’s You Never Walk Alone album — the repackage carrying “Spring Day” — used a small glass bus shelter on Hyangho Beach, right next to Jumunjin, for its cover shoot. Crews built the shelter for that one shoot and tore it down afterward. What stands there now, and what every fan photo since has captured, is a replica, rebuilt specifically as a photo zone once the original set came down. It reads as the real thing in every photo — the sign still says “YOU NEVER WALK ALONE” — and it is, just not the original glass and steel.

The BTS bus stop on Hyangho Beach near Jumunjin — a rebuilt replica of the set used for the You Never Walk Alone album cover, not the original — The BTS bus stop on Hyangho Beach — rebuilt after the original shoot, now a dedicated photo zone with the album's title still on the sign. Photo: Korea Tourism Organization — ⓒ한국관광공사 사진갤러리-강원지사, Photo Korea · KOGL Type 1

Jeongdongjin has been drama tourism’s answer since before the term existed

Thirty years before Goblin, Jeongdongjin Station is where 1995’s Hourglass filmed Yoon Hye-rin’s arrest scene — one of Korean television’s most-watched dramas at the time, and the reason Jeongdongjin still pulls a crowd for the January 1st sunrise every single year, long after most viewers who watched it live have stopped counting. It is a useful reminder that Gangneung’s relationship with television did not start with Goblin — it just got a lot more visible because of it.

Jeongdongjin Station, one of the settings for 1995's Hourglass and still a byword for Korean drama tourism three decades later — Jeongdongjin Station, where Hourglass filmed in 1995 — three decades of drama tourism on the same stretch of coast. Photo: Korea Tourism Organization — ⓒ한국관광공사 사진갤러리-IR 스튜디오, Photo Korea · KOGL Type 1

What these Gangneung drama filming locations don’t include, on purpose

No stills from any of these shows appear on this page. Every photo here is a real photograph of the real, current location, not a frame from the broadcast — the shows themselves are still under copyright, and a fan standing at Jumunjin today sees the harbor, not the show. If a site shows you a screenshot from Goblin and calls it a “location guide,” it is showing you something it does not have the right to show you.

Getting there, and what else is nearby

All four spots sit on or near the same stretch of coast north of central Gangneung, within a short drive or the Sea Tea bus route already covered in our main Gangneung guide — which also has the coffee street, KTX times and where to stay. Jumunjin itself is a genuine fishing town with its own seafood market, not just a film set, worth an hour beyond the photo stops.

A Korean eSIM is worth having before you go — these spots are spread along a rural coast road, not walkable from each other, and our guide to getting around Korea covers why data matters before the map app choice does. If you would rather not work out the driving route yourself, a Gangneung filming-location day tour from Seoul covers the BTS bus stop and other spots with an English-speaking guide already booked.

The short version

Goblin: Jumunjin Breakwater — a real, working harbor, still a working harbor
The Glory: Sodol Adeulbawi Park, a few km up the coast — also a much older fertility-prayer site
BTS: Hyangho Beach bus stop — a rebuilt replica of the original 2017 album-cover set
Hourglass (1995): Jeongdongjin Station — Korea’s drama-tourism tradition, three decades running
On this page: Original location photos only — no drama stills, ever

None of these need a ticket or a booking — they are open coastline and a train station, not attractions with gates. The only planning that matters is transport, and the main Gangneung guide covers that part.

Quick answers

Is Goblin's Jumunjin Breakwater a real place?

Yes — it’s a real, working fishing harbor, not a set built for the show. What changed after the drama aired is the surrounding area, which picked up Goblin-themed cafés and photo signage.

Is the BTS bus stop at Hyangho Beach the original one from the album cover?

No — it’s a rebuilt replica. Crews built the original shelter for the 2017 “You Never Walk Alone” shoot and tore it down afterward; what stands there now was rebuilt specifically as a photo zone.

What was filmed at Jeongdongjin Station?

1995’s Hourglass, one of Korean television’s most-watched dramas at the time — three decades before Goblin, and the reason Jeongdongjin still draws a crowd for the January 1st sunrise every year.

Are there drama stills or screenshots on this page?

No — every photo is a current, real photograph of the location as it stands now. The shows are still under copyright, and a fan standing at Jumunjin today sees the harbor, not the show.

Checked 27 August 2026. Jumunjin Breakwater as Goblin’s filming location, Gangneung’s own tourism promotion of the site, and the Goblin-themed cafés and signage that followed, from Korean travel journalism covering the show’s 10th anniversary in 2026. Sodol Adeulbawi Park as The Glory’s final-episode location, and the site’s older fertility-rock history, from the same reporting. The BTS bus stop’s status as a rebuilt replica of the 2017 “You Never Walk Alone” album-cover shoot location, and its exact site on Hyangho Beach, from Korean local-news and tourism-board coverage of the spot. Jeongdongjin Station’s role in 1995’s Hourglass from Korean entertainment-history reporting. Signage, cafés and opening hours change — confirm on the ground before you build a day around any one stop.