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Story2026.06
Goblin Filming Spots in Gangneung — and a Studio Where You Paint Your Own Backdrop
The 2016 drama Goblin was filmed around Gangneung, including the Jumunjin Breakwater. While you're here, you can do something you can't anywhere else — paint your own backdrop and photograph yourself in it.
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Things to Do in Gangneung: A Local 1-Day Itinerary by the Sea
Gyeongpo Lake, Korea's coffee capital, the breakwater from Goblin, and one thing you can't do anywhere else — paint your own backdrop and photograph yourself inside it. A local's one-day plan for Gangneung.
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Paint Your Own Backdrop: Gangneung's One-of-a-Kind Photo Studio
Most photo studios hand you a ready-made set. At Now or Never in Gangneung you paint the set yourself — a 2.4m backdrop by hand — then photograph yourself inside it. Here's how the experience works.