Small Library Opens at Riverside Cafe on Hongjecheon Stream in Seoul

Seoul City announced on the 3rd that it has opened a small library at the artificial waterfall waterfront terrace cafe on Hongjecheon Stream in Seodaemun-gu, which was developed as the first Seoul-style waterfront emotional city.

The Seoul-style waterfront emotional city project reorganizes the waterfront spaces along 75 small streams and rivulets flowing throughout Seoul into attractive "waterfront zones" where citizens can enjoy diverse leisure and cultural activities.

On the 1st of this month, the city signed a business agreement with Children and Future Foundation, Shinhan Card, and Seodaemun-gu at the Hongjecheon waterfront cafe and opened the "Pokpochaekmang Areumin Library" (Pokpochaekbang).

Pokpochaekbang is an outdoor library where visitors can spread mats and enjoy reading outside, as well as a space equipped with various digital devices such as e-books, tablet PCs, and laptops. It houses 1,500 items including books, non-book materials, and periodicals, and operates reading promotion programs.

The operating days and hours are from Monday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., excluding public holidays.

Yoo Chang-soo, Seoul City Deputy Mayor for Administration 2, said, "We hope Pokpochaekbang will establish itself as a cultural space where citizens can relax and enjoy reading in nature," adding, "We will continue to create and expand various cultural and relaxation spaces for citizens at waterfront vitality hubs throughout Seoul."

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