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Being capital of South Korea and a booming metropolis, Seoul offers a lot of shopping venues. Though you can shop anything from innumerable shops distributed all over the city; there are some locations which deal with only specific types of products. Nonhyeon Furniture Street in Seoul is one such location which is a one stop destination for anyone looking out to buy furniture. Nonhyeon Furniture Street is the best place in Seoul to shop for furniture. Located in Gangnam-gu, this street is lined by more than 100 showrooms. The hundred odd show rooms sell heavy wooden furniture of the past; light weight wooden and wrought iron contemporary furniture and even futuristic furniture made with fiber glass and other lightweight but durable materials. You can buy wood carved dining chair, bed, couch, beautiful mirrors and a lot more. People come from all over Korea to Nonhyeon Furniture Street to shop for quality kitchen, elegant bedroom and formal yet sophisticated looking office furniture. The shops not only sell factory made furniture. Rather entirely hand-carved wooden furniture like mother-of-pearl and other hand made items too are sold here. Made by master craftsmen, the hand made furniture command more value. However their design and meticulous finesse make them worth every Korean Won. Since Nonhyeon Furniture Street sells furniture suitable to any lifestyle; so while middle aged people come for more traditional pieces; youngsters however flock here in search of more trendy furniture to meet their contemporary tastes. Open between 9 am and 8 pm daily saving first Sunday of every month, the furniture shops at Nonhyeon Furniture Street remain always crowded. The prices are reasonable. However if you want to buy items on cheap you should buy your choicest furniture during the annual street festival. Stores then offer as much as 40 percent discount on almost every piece of furniture that you buy. Apart from regular selling, cultural performances are organized to entertain the clientele.
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