[Well-curated weekend] Fall is for LP sounds, Halloween screams and fireworks

After an exhausting day, prime star singer Lee Hyo-ri enters a cocktail bar. She orders two drinks: Basil Smash and Cigar in a Glass. Whereas she enjoys her drink, the DJ performs vinyl document of Eighties singer Lee Eun-ha.

You probably have been questioning concerning the bar that Lee visited in “Seoul Test-in,” or simply need to get pleasure from some further particular drinks, a cool evening vibe and good music because the chilly wind begins to blow this weekend, the place for you is Hills & Europa within the Haebangchon neighborhood of Yongsan-gu, central Seoul.

What makes this place stand out from different bars is its music, that are performed on LPs.

Based on the Hills & Europa bartender, there isn’t a rule on what songs are performed. Any nice track from totally different occasions and nations are welcome. Korean, Japanese and Western pop songs are curated by the DJ.

The lights within the bar are dim, which completes the distinctive evening vibe together with its music.

When you benefit from the temper of the bar, you possibly can attempt the 2 drinks that Lee had on the present.

The gin-based cocktail Basil Smash is made with recent basil, lemon and sugar. Cigar in a Glass is distinctive, because the glass is stuffed with smoke. The smoky drink could be had after the smoke disappears utterly from the glass.

For the autumn season, the bar can be providing a brand new drink known as HeeJae, which is a dry and floral cocktail impressed by the Korean film “The Scent of Love.”

The place can be identified for its comfortable and candy caramel pudding that’s finest paired with bitter drinks.

Hills & Europa additionally operates as a restaurant from midday to five p.m. earlier than turning right into a bar throughout evening from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. The bar is closed from 5 p.m. to six p.m.

‘Horror Halloween’ at Lotte World Journey

If you’re on the lookout for a spot to benefit from the Halloween season this yr, Lotte World Journey is exhibiting “Horror Halloween: The Enlargement” from Sept. 2 to Nov. 13, the place you possibly can benefit from the amusement park with a Halloween vibe that includes zombies and a “Trick or Deal with” parade.

This yr the zombies will take over each Magic Island, the out of doors space of the amusement park, and the indoor theme park at evening. The zombies will present up at Magic Island at 6:30 p.m., 7:15 p.m. and eight:15 p.m. to thrill the individuals on the amusement park, and among the zombies will invade the indoor area. The rides at Magic Island can be adorned with Halloween theme as effectively.

Zombie performances will happen on the indoor theme parks at 7:30 p.m. and eight:15 p.m.

If you’re not into zombie theme, there’s one other theme particularly for households to benefit from the Halloween season. Daily at 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., a Halloween parade will happen with the theme of “Trick or Deal with” that includes Halloween pumpkins and candies as characters.

Get pleasure from nighttime tour with conventional firework

Close to Andong Metropolis in North Gyeongsang Province, a reenactment of “seonyu julbul nori,” a kind of conventional fireworks, is scheduled to happen this Saturday.

About 2 kilometers away from the UNESCO-listed Hahoe Village, a singular scene of innumerable hearth flames illuminating the sky over Nakdong river and Buyongdae cliff is certain to dazzle the guests.

Through the Joseon Dynasty, a gaggle of noblemen from Hahoe Village would get pleasure from a nighttime tour to the river. The phrase “seonyu” means boat driving; “julbul” means string and hearth; and “nori” means recreation.

A whole lot of paper pouches stuffed with charcoal powder, mulberry bark and salt are hung onto 5 lengthy ropes stretched throughout the river from Buyongdae Cliff to Mansongjeong Pine Forest.

At sundown, the pouches are ignited one after the other, making a spectacle of numerous small embers glowing and falling into the river.

Whereas the flames embroider the autumn evening, lanterns made with empty eggshells will float gently alongside the river.

In a contemporary adaptation, a gaggle of artists will dance, sing and recite poems on a ship amid a fireworks show for the viewers on the riverbank.

Bringing the temper to a climax, when the viewers shouts out “nak hwa ya,” which in Korean has a double that means of “falling flowers” or “falling flames,” a bundle of dried pine branches can be lit and thrown down Buyongdae Cliff.

The fireplace is become a obtrusive fireball when the bundle is shattered towards the rocks alongside the autumn from a 64-meter cliff.

The remaining occasion is slated for six p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 29 and Nov. 15.

Andong Hahoe Folks Village runs a shuttle bus from the riverbank to a village parking zone from 8:10 p.m. to eight:30 p.m. The final bus will transport vacationers to downtown Andong Metropolis.

For extra data, go to Andong Metropolis’s official web site.

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By Korea Herald (khnews@heraldcorp.com)