Squid Game Filming Locations
11 filming spots (6 confirmed, 5 reported) across 2 guides.
Squid Game is Hwang Dong-hyuk's Netflix series about cash-strapped players who accept an invitation to compete in children's games for a huge prize. Season 1 premiered on September 17, 2021, Season 2 on December 26, 2024, and the third and final season, six episodes, on June 27, 2025.
Sources: Netflix , Netflix Tudum (Season 2) , About Netflix (Season 3)
The games were filmed on sets that no longer stand. The places here are the real streets from the everyday scenes, and two once-promoted stops, the Sangbong Bus Terminal and the Ssangmun-dong experience hall, have closed.
Cast & creators
- Lee Jung-jae 이정재 Seong Gi-hun · Lead role
- Lee Byung-hun 이병헌 Front Man · Lead role
- Gong Yoo 공유 the Recruiter · Supporting role
- Park Hae-soo 박해수 Cho Sang-woo · Supporting role
- Oh Young-soo 오영수 Oh Il-nam · Supporting role
- Hwang Dong-hyuk 황동혁 Writer
- Hwang Dong-hyuk 황동혁 Director
- Confirmed
- backed by two or more official or press sources.
- Reported
- one official or press source.
- Fan-spotted
- identified by Korean fan researchers by matching scenes; not yet confirmed by official sources.
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Squid Game in Ssangmun-dong: 3 Spots (2 Confirmed)
Baegun Market · Paldo Dried Fish
VisitKorea says Paldo Dried Fish in Baegun Market is the real "Sang-woo's fish shop", run by Sang-woo's mother in the show, where Gi-hun stops by. YTN and Dobong-gu name the same shop.
Seoul · Full guide · Seoul · Dobong-gu
Lane by Dobong Central Church
Hanryu Times reports that Sang-woo and Gi-hun share vending-machine coffee in front of Dobong Central Church. The vending machine has since gone. A second source has not confirmed this stop yet.
Near Ssangmun-dong, Dobong-gu · Full guide · Seoul · Dobong-gu
CU convenience store, Ssangmun Uicheon branch
VisitSeoul and Korea.net say Gi-hun and Oh Il-nam meet again here, drinking soju with an instant-noodle snack. Hanryu Times reports the scene took four days to film.
Near Ssangmun-dong, Dobong-gu · Full guide · Seoul · Dobong-gu
Squid Game in Seoul and Incheon: 8 Spots (4 Confirmed)
Yangjae Citizen's Forest Station platform
Seoul City says the ddakji game that starts the story, between Gi-hun and the Recruiter, was filmed on this Sinbundang Line station's platform. The Fact reports the same station.
Seoul · Full guide · Seoul · Seocho-gu
Namsan walking trail
Seoul City says the players part ways on a Namsan walking trail after they vote to stop the game. Netflix Tudum lists Namsan Mountain Park among the show's Seoul locations.
Near Namsan, central Seoul · Full guide · Seoul
Yeouido, by BNK Financial Tower
The Fact reports that Gi-hun waits for the car to the game on the east side of BNK Financial Tower in Yeouido. A second source has not confirmed this stop yet.
Near Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo-gu · Full guide · Seoul · Yeongdeungpo-gu
Tapgol Park
Seoul City's Seoul Love magazine says the Recruiter hands out bread and lottery tickets to homeless people in Tapgol Park in Season 2. A second source has not confirmed this stop yet.
Seoul · Full guide · Seoul · Jongno-gu
Jonggak Station
Seoul Love says Gi-hun searches station after station in Season 2 and finally runs into the Recruiter at Jonggak Station. A second source has not confirmed this stop yet.
Seoul · Full guide · Seoul · Jongno-gu
Daelim Sangga, Eulji-ro
Seoul Love says Gi-hun chases the Recruiter through Daelim Sangga on Eulji-ro in Season 2 and loses him. A second source has not confirmed this stop yet.
Seoul · Full guide · Seoul · Jung-gu
Wolmido My Land
VisitKorea and YTN say My Land, Wolmido's oldest amusement park, is where Jang Deok-su meets his gang in the rain. Netflix Tudum also lists Wolmido among the show's locations.
Incheon · Full guide · Incheon
Incheon International Airport
Netflix Tudum says several scenes were filmed at the airport, and The Fact lists it among the show's short location shoots.
Incheon · Full guide · Incheon