Fields and villages occupy the Geum River plain
Agricultural land and local settlements covered much of the ground before administrative-capital construction.
LIVING NEIGHBORHOOD ARCHIVE · Sejong
Eojin-dong, Sejong
세종 어진동The administrative heart of Sejong, where former fields and villages were remade around the long Government Complex, a rooftop garden, the National Library, and the edge of Sejong Lake Park.
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01 · HISTORY
How this neighborhood remembers change
National agencies move into a planned center
The transfer of ministries drove a new urban structure built around public administration rather than an inherited downtown.
Public architecture becomes the city's landscape
The complex's roofline, the library, and the lake park make civic architecture and open space one connected experience.
02 · NEIGHBORHOOD VOICES
Share a neighborhood memory →A neighborhood is also remembered by its people
Public records explain dates and places. Residents preserve the shops, school roads, sounds, and ordinary moments that maps cannot hold.
03 · PLACES
Places where the story remains visible
정부세종청사 옥상정원
Government Complex Sejong Rooftop Garden
A long elevated garden designed to connect the government complex's curved roofline.
국립세종도서관
National Library of Korea, Sejong
A public research and reading institution whose curved form addresses the lake district.
세종호수공원
Sejong Lake Park
A major open landscape that gives the planned administrative center a civic edge.
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Finding the neighborhood
Government Complex Sejong bus stop
3–4 hoursRespect the living neighborhood
The rooftop garden requires current access and reservation checks. Government buildings also have security boundaries; follow posted guidance.
Opening hours, admission, and transport conditions can change. Check the linked map and official information before you go.