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"Reply 1988" is a popular series on the tv channel tvN, following previous seasons "Reply 1997" and "Reply 1994," and it is a story of family affection, love, and friendship. The main characters are Deok-seon, Jeong-hwan, Taek, Sun-woo, Dong-ryong, andtheirfamilies, as they live together in Ssangmun-dong. Unlike other dramas it may not have sensational storylines, but it touches the heart and provides laughter too.
  

Course 1. In the town of Ssangmun-dong, Deok-seon is there just between a wall

In "Reply 1988", childhood friends, Deok-Seon, Taek, Sun-woo, Dong-ryong are neighbors in Ssangmun-dong. In the drama, Deok-seon attends Ssangmun Girls' High School and other boys go to Ssangmun High School. But in reality, the only school with Ssangmuninits name is Ssangmun Elementary School. Judging from the landscape of the town and school bus routes shown on the drama, the actual models of the two schools are assumed to be Jungeui Girls' High School and Sunduck High School.

In the alley from Ssangmun Station, exit 4 to Jungeui Girls' High School, you can visit an intimate residential area that feels like that the characters of "Reply 1988" are just around the corner. With traces of the year's laundry, a pharmacy, and smallhousessurrounded by red brick walls, they evoke Korean childhood nostalgia.
"Why don't we go to eat Brazil Tteok-bokki today?"
Brazil Tteok-bokki is frequently mentioned in conversations between Deok-seon and her friends in the tv show. This little restaurant with the unique name had actually existed until the mid to late 1990s. At that time it was a renowned snack bar in frontofJungeui Girls' High School.
 


Now in 2016, Brazil Tteokbokki does not exist anymore. But pass by the narrow street in front of Jeongeui Girls' School and on the right-hand side there are many tiny eateries which have operated here for a long time. All the houses have a unique dishincommon, 'cheese rice'. The dish is fried rice topped with chopped seaweed and mozzarella cheese; it is popular among neighborhood students. It is a cheap dish you can enjoy while thinking back about your school days.

   

Course 2. To find the great fixture in Ssangmun-dong, Dooley

Prior to "Reply 1988," the comic book "Baby Dinosaur Dooley," written by Kim Su-Jeong had already widely publicized the Ssangmun-dong area. Starting in 1983, it had been serialized for 10 years through the comics magazine "Treasure Island" and also animatedinthe tv show "Dooley". This was the most popular character among people who grew up in the 1980s.
After you fill your stomach with a bite of 'cheese rice', let's walk and start a museum tour. At the Dooley Museum, you can explore everything about Dooley. In July 2015, the museum opened and it has provided a variety of exhibitions about Dooley andallowsa return to the innocence of childhood. Take a photo with Dooley and you can call or sing with him. Moreover you will have a chance to learn about the process of making comics the way artist Kim Su-Jeong created them. There is also a children'slibrary.so you can read comic books and cartoon books as well.
After the Dooley Museum tour you can take a walk in the Bukhansan dulle-gil through Dooly Park or Uicheon riverside across Dobong-gu. Walk down to Ssangmun 1-dong Community Service Center for about 15 minutes and you will reach Uicheon(near Suyugyo Bridge),whichis also Dooley's birth place. The bridge's starting point has Dooley frescoes throughout, for a 150m section. For the frescoes, artist Kim Su-Jeong painted a draft first and the final work was then completed by students of Duksung Women's Universityandprofessional artists. More than 70 artists worked together to complete the frescoes. As the largest tributary of Jungnangcheon Stream, Uicheon Stream is about 8㎞ long and is a good place to walk. You can look at Dooley frescoes as well as wildflowers.