Mongchontoseong, the Pit Hut and Seoul Olympic Park.

Seoul Olympic Park is an awesome exhibit of Seouls place on the Olympic stage team.   Its basically where the good majority of Olympic events from the 1988 Seoul Olympics were held, and many of the gyms, stadia and arenae that were used during the Olympics are still in active use by the public today.  

Located in Jamsil, you have the former Olympic Velodrome, Tennis arena, Olympic Pool, Gymnastics gym, Hockey and Boxing arenas, with the athletics, basketball, baseball, and soccer being held at the Olympic Stadium just a little further up from the Park itself.  

Of course, being in Seoul there lots of other amenities being used to accompany the sports venues, so I am going to talk a little more about three of them - Mongchon Fortress, the Pit Hut, and the Seoul Olympic Museum, all of which are located in the Park also.  

The Seoul Olympic Museum is a vibrant reminder of the Seoul Olympics as well as other Olympics past.   Located just behind the Seoul Olympic Park Hotel, it provides a glorious reminder, reminiscence, and reflection on the highlights of some of the Olympics past.   You can find out about the birth of the Olympic Movement, the various medal designs, highlights and dramas, the momentum moving the charge towards the Seoul Olympics, and the aftermath of hosting an Olympics. 

The museum itself had 5 different little subsections, each detailing a different component of the Olympics.

As you walk into the museum, you will see the Place of Peace.   Here you can get to see exhibits detailing what the basic premise of the Olympics is about - the meaning of it all, different athletes who have impacted the games, video footage of Olympics past, and details of the emergence of the movement.

Heading up to the second floor, you can see the Place of Harmony, you can see the evolution of how the Seoul Olympics came to be.   Moving to the Place of Prosperity display, you can see footage of the development of the Olympic stadiums, the design of souvenirs and how the whole commercial sphere of the Olympics came to be.   Moving on to the Place of Hope, you can indeed learn about the positive impact that sport has on our society, and how society benefits from the development of sports.  

After seeing how sport helps society, you can enter the Place of Glory, where you can relive the great moments of the Seoul Olympics.   From the ceremonies and torch relay, to the sheer athleticism of the sportspeople, you can relive it all.   I am sure you will love doing this if you are a fan of sports and the Olympics.  

Moving on from the museum, you can take a short walk to the Mongchon fortress museum.   Mongchon Fortress Museum exhibits the wares, views, modes and ideals of prehistoric Seoul.   You can see exhibits from the tombs in the Han River Valley, see remnants of the Mongchontoseong Fortress, and see exhibits of both the Goguryeo and Silla Cultures in Seoul.   You can also see exhibits detailing the Baekje Culture, exhibits from various tombs, and even an ancient dwelling site !!!!!

Heading out from here you can visit the Pit Hut site.   Its here that you can see a display of an underground dwelling site that was actually discovered in that exact spot for the first time back in 1988.   

Once again team I dont have any pics but they are coming soon.   In the meantime, you can check out

http://www.museum.seoul.kr/

http://www.88olympic.co.kr/

http://www.sosfo.or.kr/olpark/main/

Come see the park, and feel the Olympic Spirit !