Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Yongsan Library서울특별시교육청 용산도서관

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Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Yongsan Library opened in April 1981 in Duteopbawi Village in Huam-dong, at the foot of Namsan Mountain. The building has one basement level and five floors above ground, with facilities including a reference and information room, a digital and periodicals room, a children's room, and a self-study room. It supports local residents' reading, lifelong learning, and leisure activities. Because many foreign residents live in the area, the library runs a range of multicultural programs, such as Korean alphabet (Hangeul) classes for foreigners, and the children's room stocks English-language books for different reading levels as well as books in many other languages. Poetry is the library's signature program: a creative poetry contest, poetry writing classes, and a gallery of winning poems offer many ways to engage with poetry. It also offers a variety of cultural programs, including a small gallery and film screenings. The cafeteria on the first floor is popular with locals for its low prices, and the fifth-floor rooftop garden, with a panoramic view of Seoul, has become known as a spot for watching the sunset in the heart of the city.