Work Spots · Gangnam, Sinsa & Seocho
National Library of Korea Digital Library
국립중앙도서관 디지털도서관점 · Library · Seocho-gu
Last checked 14 October 2026. Next check due by 12 January 2027. Sources
The national library's Digital Library has laptop seats with wired and wireless internet, free seating with no booking. Bring a passport for a one-day card.
For laptop work
- Noise
- Quiet Close to a library reading room.
- Food
- Meals on site
- Minimum spend
- Free
Not checked yet: outlets, Wi-Fi, how long you can stay, crowding, table space, size.
For visitors
- Who can enter
- Age 16 and over. On your first visit, bring your passport (the official English page lists it as accepted ID) to the library card office on the main building 1st floor or Digital Library B3 for a one-day card. Laptops may come in with you; other bags go in lockers.
- Laptop rules
- Laptop and mobile seats in the Digital Library; free seating with no reservation since March 4, 2025.
- Wi-Fi access
- The laptop seats support wired and wireless internet.
- Hours
- Digital Library daily 09:00–18:00; closed the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month and public holidays (Sundays excepted)
Address
201 Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul 06579
Show this to a taxi driver
서울특별시 서초구 반포대로 201 (반포동)
Sources
- Official website (hours and who can use it), viewed 14 October 2026 (age rule, hours, closed days, restaurant).
- Official website (Digital Library FAQ), viewed 14 October 2026 (laptop seats, no reservation, wired and wireless internet).
- Official notice: laptop seats move to free seating, 18 February 2025 (free seating from 2025-03-04).
- Official website (library cards), viewed 14 October 2026 (one-day card, card office locations).
- Official website, English (using the library), viewed 14 October 2026 (passport accepted as ID, laptops allowed past the lockers).
- How we fill in each item: How we check.
- English address: Road name address API, Ministry of the Interior and Safety (juso.go.kr), converted 14 October 2026.
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