Hobby trips

Free galleries beside Gimpo’s runway, from Korea’s first aircraft to airliners, plus paid simulators such as the Black Eagles experience booked online. Open Tuesday to Sunday 10:00–18:00, closed Mondays.

Its outdoor park displays military aircraft, including a B-52 bomber, that you can walk around for free. Closed Mondays.

Zaha Hadid’s sweeping aluminium shell turns a building into a landscape of curves.

David Chipperfield’s Yongsan cube, opened up by garden voids.

Dominique Perrault’s glass-sided canyon sunk into the campus lawn.

A glass dome and botanical setting in Magok; an outing in its own right.

Kim Swoo-geun’s ivy-softened brick landmark, intimate in scale.

Modern and contemporary art near Gyeongbokgung. Pair it with a palace visit.

Traditional Korean art and contemporary shows in buildings by Mario Botta, Jean Nouvel and Rem Koolhaas.

Korean making, past and present, in a former school near Anguk.

White galleries on a Buam-dong hillside — a quieter encounter.

A steel-mesh skin gives a simple form an unusual texture.