Last checked: November 2, 2026
If you have one day and a car, I’d spend it on Jeju’s east coast: Gimnyeong for the haenyeo scenes, the Haenyeo Museum from the last episode, and Seongsan Ilchulbong. You can skip the search for Ae-sun’s village. Visit Jeju, the island’s official tourism site, says the old village scenes were filmed on a set outside Jeju.
Visit Jeju’s guide to the series has about 20 stops, from Hallim Port in the west to the old government office in Jeju City. Unless I name another source, the episode numbers and scenes you’ll see here come from that guide. If you’re there in November or December, you can also pick tangerines on the same trip.
Quick answer
- 📍 Filming spot to find: the beach in front of Delmoondo Gimnyeong, episodes 1 and 3
- 🌊 Same coast: the Haenyeo Museum (closed Mondays) and Seongsan Ilchulbong
- 🍊 In season: tangerine picking at the Citrus Museum, from October 27 until the fruit runs out
- ✅ Skip: the old village (a set) and the canola field walk (filmed on the mainland)
Which Jeju places are actually in the show?
Visit Jeju’s guide gives an episode number for most of its stops, so it’s the list I’d use. These are the ones you can visit, with my call on each.
Not every Jeju scene was shot on Jeju, though. Besides the village set, Korea JoongAng Daily traced Ae-sun and Gwan-sik’s walk through the canola flowers to Hagwon Farm in Gochang, North Jeolla. It found other scenes in Seoul and Gwangju.
| Place | Episodes | In the show | My call |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gimnyeong beach | 1, 3 | Haenyeo, young Ae-sun and Gwan-sik | Don’t miss |
| Seongsan Ilchulbong | 2 | Childhood scenes | Go early |
| Jejumok Gwana | 8 | The poetry contest | Easy city stop |
| Jewon Apartments | 9 | The move for Geum-myeong’s studies | From the street |
| Hallim Port | 14 | Squid sales, Eun-myeong’s return | Second day |
| Geumneung port | 14, 16 | The millennium countdown | Second day |
| Haenyeo Museum | 16 | Haenyeo interviews at the opening | Go |
| Ora-dong field | 16 | The final run | Save for May |
I’ve left two stops off this table. Visit Jeju gives no filming address for the boat-fishing scene, and the duty-free scene sends you to a duty-free shop in Jungmun, where you’d go to shop rather than to see a scene.
Gimnyeong: where the haenyeo were filmed
The show’s haenyeo, the women divers, appear on Gimnyeong’s shore in episodes 1 and 3, along with young Ae-sun and Gwan-sik. The filming address is the beach in front of the Delmoondo Gimnyeong branch, at 140 Haemajihaean-ro in Gujwa-eup. Korea JoongAng Daily notes that Ae-sun’s mother is one of the divers in the first episode’s beach scenes.
When you’re there, look for the bulteok, the spot where divers warmed themselves after a dive. Visit Jeju also mentions a path along the shore that you can only walk at low tide. If you want to walk it, check the tide times before you set out.
⚠️ Heads-up
The filming spot and Gimnyeong beach have different addresses on the same road. Put 140 Haemajihaean-ro in your map app for the scene. The main beach, with parking, toilets and showers, is at 7-6 Haemajihaean-ro.
Visit Jeju says you can try a haenyeo experience through the Gimnyeong fishing village council. I couldn’t confirm whether it’s taking bookings now, or its price, season and phone number. Its office is on the first floor of the Gimnyeong Marine Culture Complex, at 50-11 Gimnyeonghang 1-gil, so if you’re passing, ask there about the next session.
Haenyeo Museum: the real version of the finale
In episode 16, the show’s divers give interviews at the opening of a haenyeo museum. The real Haenyeo Museum opened in 2006 on the coast east of Gimnyeong, in the same Gujwa-eup district, so you can pair the two without crossing the island.
It’s open daily except Mondays, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the last ticket is sold at 5:00. It also closes on January 1, Seollal and Chuseok. Visitors from outside Jeju pay 1,100 won at ages 25 to 64 and 500 won at ages 13 to 24, and children 12 and under go in free.
Visit Jeju says the museum opened to preserve the heritage Jeju’s haenyeo left behind, and it’s the stop I’d give the most time. With the last ticket at 5:00, I wouldn’t leave it until late afternoon.
Seongsan Ilchulbong: go early, and check the date
You’ll see Seongsan Ilchulbong in episode 2, and it turns up often in the childhood scenes. The show’s made-up TV program also visits a canola festival in Seongsan.
From November to February, the official page lists hours of 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., with tickets sold until 5:00. Tickets cost 5,000 won at ages 25 to 64 and 2,500 won at ages 7 to 24. If you climb, plan on 30 to 40 minutes to the top.
The World Natural Heritage Center’s front page still shows a notice that winter opening moved to 7:30 a.m. from October 27, 2024. I’d call 064-710-7923 before you count on going up earlier than that. If you’d rather not climb at all, you can walk the free section along the Umutgae coast instead of the paid trail.
It closes on the first Monday of every month, which in winter 2026–27 means December 7, January 4 and February 1. If that Monday is a public holiday, it closes the next day instead, so in March 2027 the closed day is Tuesday, March 2.
Jeju City: Mokgwana and the poetry contest
Jejumok Gwana, the old government office in central Jeju City, is where Ae-sun and Gwan-sik take part in a poetry contest in episode 8. You’ll recognize Yeonhuidang hall, where Ae-sun sits to write. The older Ae-sun comes back here to write a poem about her mother, so you’ll see it twice.
It’s open every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., with last entry at 5:30. You’ll pay 1,500 won at ages 25 to 64 and 800 won at ages 13 to 24.
Visit Jeju’s page for it says its own parking lot has been closed for an excavation since May 2023. If you’re driving, I’d use the paid public lot west of Gwandeokjeong that the page suggests.
The old apartment block from episode 9, where the family moves so Geum-myeong can study, is Jewon Apartments at 38 Singwang-ro 6-gil, next to Nuwemaru Street. It is an apartment building, so please take your photo from the street.
Hallim and Geumneung: only if you have a second day
Episodes 14 and 16 also use the west coast. Ae-sun sells squid at Hallim, and the ice plant where Eun-myeong works is the Hallim fisheries auction house. The family meets Eun-myeong’s deep-sea fishing boat at Hallim Port, and people count down to the year 2000 at Geumneung’s small port nearby.
These are on the opposite side of the island from Gimnyeong, so I wouldn’t squeeze them into your east-coast day. I’d keep them for a second day in the west. The auction house belongs to the local fisheries cooperative, so I’d look at it from outside.
Tangerine season: pick your own while you’re there
I’d add one stop that isn’t in the show. Seogwipo’s Citrus Museum says its own tangerine picking runs from October 27, 2026 until the fruit runs out. Visit Jeju’s listing for it, which I read on November 1, gave a fee of 5,000 won per person, with a 1 kg bag you take home, and an expected end around December 23.
The listing gave two sessions, 9:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m., so you need to arrive by 11:30 or 4:30. Picking stops in rain or strong wind, it said, and can end early once the trees are bare.
I couldn’t recheck those details on the museum’s pages, so I’d call 064-760-6398 before you head south on a windy day.
Yuna’s pick
One day by car: Seongsan Ilchulbong in the morning, the Haenyeo Museum around midday, then Gimnyeong on the way back to Jeju City.
Avoid Mondays if you can: the museum closes every Monday, and Seongsan on the first Monday of the month (the next day if that Monday is a holiday).
Arriving in Jeju City: start with Jejumok Gwana, since it’s open every day.
Two days: add Hallim and Geumneung, then the Citrus Museum on the way south.
Which stops should you skip?
Ae-sun’s village: it was a set outside Jeju, so I wouldn’t spend your time looking for it. For a real old Jeju village, Visit Jeju points you to Seongeup Folk Village and the traditional village inside Jeju Stone Park. Stone Park is also where the stone-wall lane that young Ae-sun runs along in episode 10 was filmed.
The canola field walk: Korea JoongAng Daily places that scene in Gochang, on the mainland.
Ora-dong in November: the final scene shows the field full of canola, and Visit Jeju says it fills with white buckwheat flowers in May. I’d save it for a spring trip.
Honest take
Gimnyeong and the Haenyeo Museum are where the show’s haenyeo story is easiest to see. I’d give them the most time and treat the rest of the list as extras.
FAQ
Was the whole show filmed on Jeju?
No. The old village was a set, and Korea JoongAng Daily found scenes filmed in Seoul, Gwangju and Gochang.
Is there an official tour?
I didn’t find one from Netflix or the province. Visit Jeju’s guide gives you an address for almost every place, so you can use it as a self-guided route.
If a place on this list has closed or changed, send me a note through the Contact page.
Hwaiting!
Yuna
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Sources and last check
How I put this guide together: from Visit Jeju (the Jeju Tourism Organization), the official pages of the Haenyeo Museum, Jejumok Gwana, Seongsan Ilchulbong and the Citrus Museum, and Netflix, all checked on November 1 and 2, 2026. Which stops are worth it is my own read. Nothing here is sponsored. More on how I research every guide is on the About page.
Last checked: November 2, 2026. Hours, prices and seasonal programs change, so please confirm before you travel. This is an independent guide, not affiliated with Netflix or the series.
Sources:
- Visit Jeju: A Jeju journey with When Life Gives You Tangerines (March 2025)
- Visit Jeju: the same guide, Korean version (in Korean)
- Netflix: When Life Gives You Tangerines
- Korea JoongAng Daily: Five filming spots (April 2025)
- Visit Jeju: Gimnyeong beach (in Korean)
- Haenyeo Museum: Visitor guide (in Korean)
- Jejumok Gwana: Hours and tickets (in Korean)
- Visit Jeju: Jejumok Gwana (in Korean)
- Jeju World Natural Heritage: Seongsan Ilchulbong (in Korean)
- Visit Jeju: Seongsan Ilchulbong (in Korean)
- Visit Jeju: Citrus Museum tangerine picking 2026 (October 2026, in Korean)
- Citrus Museum: Notice on 2026 tangerine picking (October 2026, in Korean)
- Visit Jeju: Citrus Museum (in Korean)
Cover image: Seongsan Ilchulbong on Jeju’s east coast. Photo: Jake Mullins on Unsplash
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