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I am currently standing in front of my
apartment because I'm about to do a tiny
Korean apartment tour for the first
time. Uh, it's been about six months
since I moved in here, so I have been
waiting for a long time until making
this video. Uh, but I know these videos
are really, really popular on YouTube
and I watch this video a lot, especially
when I move. So, I thought I would just
give it a go and show you guys my tiny
Korean apartment. So, without further
ado, do you want to come inside? The
first thing I want to show you is my
entrance, which is the typical Korean
little square. So, you can take off your
shoes. And then, um, behind all these
bags, there is a shoe cabinet. And it's
a bit messy because I have quite a lot
of shoes. I think this is originally for
umbrellas, but I use that for my high
boots. And then I have these two
drawers, which one is for makeup, and
another one I use for accessories. I
have everything from sunglasses to hair
clips and belts and hats in here. I also
added these
hooks so that I have a place to store my
bags because it's quite a small
apartment. And then the best thing for
me about the entrance is this big mirror
that was glued on the wall when I moved
in. So, um I have this that I can use
for makeup in the morning. And this
light is actually quite good for doing
your
makeups. So, when I moved in, there was
already this mosquito screen installed,
which is really nice for when I want to
have my door open. So I don't have any
mosquitoes coming in and out. So I'm
really happy about that because I really
like to air out everything. Hanging rack
which I use for jackets, both my jackets
and if I have like friends over, they
can put their jacket as well. So from
this entrance area, you just go straight
directly into the kitchen. Uh which I
don't mind. And it's quite a big kitchen
compared to what you see in standard
small Korean apartments. So I'm really
really happy about that. And that was
definitely one of the things that made
me choose and decide on this apartment.
First of all, one of my favorite
features of this kitchen is that there's
a big sink because whenever I have to
wash like big salad leaves or when I
make kimchi or when I make something
that's like big and messy, I hate having
to compress myself. So, the fact that
this is like huge and I can wash
everything comfortably just makes it so
nice for me. And what I really love
about the water
is this feature.
just like a proper
hose. I have a little matcha station
where I make um matcha in the morning. I
also have some normal green tea in here.
It's just tea
bags. The kitchen is also equipped with
this really nice gas stove for cooking,
obviously.
Um, it's going to make me sound so
picky, but having a gas stove was one of
my main conditions for the kitchen. I
don't know why, but for some reason, I
can't really wrap my head around cooking
with induction. I feel like the food
just becomes better when I can use gas.
So, uh, the fact that this has like
three huge gas outlets just makes me
very fulfilled when I cook. It's also
equipped like most Korean apartments
with a washing machine in the kitchen.
That is just completely normal LG
washing machine. Nothing special about
it. But it is very convenient that I can
do my laundry at home. Let me show you
what's in the cabinets. My plates and
dishes are just normal white ones. I
have no idea where they're from. I got
them as a present from my previous boss.
The real ones would know that I bought
these at a flea market in my
neighborhood uh some time ago, but
they're just really cute small cups.
Normal mixing bowls from Daisol. I have
this huge soup bowl that I use a lot for
uh when I make like warm soups in the
winter like miso or some kind of Korean
chik or any kind of stew. It's so big
and beautiful. And then I have all these
like smaller Japanese dishes. Some
dehydrated citrus fruits which my best
friend Michelle actually sent from
Denmark. Her dad her dad made these from
fruits at home. They have a dehydrating
machine and we used them for like fancy
cocktails. So, the fact that she sent me
some so I can have like a fancy cocktail
here in Korea is so nice. So, this is
where I keep dry ingredients. And I can
just show you a few things. There's
everything in here like kitchen scale,
kimbab roll, beans for my protein,
decaffeinated instant coffee. This one
is good. In the CU Canadian store, they
have these spicy sea what is it? Spicy
seafood soup flavored protein chips. And
they're honestly so good. I bought like
three. You can see I bought like three
packs of these for when my mom is
arriving. She's going to visit me soon
and I know she's just going to love
these with like as like kind of a
healthy snack. So, I'm stocked up on
these. If you ever come here, like if
you ever ever see these and see you, you
can try these. And they're quite spicy.
So, I really really enjoy these. Let's
do a fridge tour, shall we? So, in here
is just, you know, obviously all of my
food. I have my favorite go-to soy
yogurt. I have the matcha that I showed
you. If you don't know, you should put
your matcha in the fridge. I have some
Scandinavian shrimps that I was gifted.
I have some Danish honey that I brought
from home. Then I have tofu, sweet
pumpkin, avocados, potatoes, chicken
breast, radishes, apple cider vinegar,
jalapenos, all of my whole grains like
brown rice, etc. Miso paste, water. I
also have a very spicy wasabi. When I
was apartment hunting, it was really,
really difficult to find an apartment
that had like a big size fridge. They
all had those kind of mini like what is
it like mini bar type of things that you
see in hotels and whatever or at least
like half size with no fridge and that
was just not really the vibes for me. I
remember when I stepped in this
apartment I just immediately saw the gas
stove and the fridge and I was like okay
I'm moving in. I don't care. And then
the bathroom is an extension with the
entrance. So, um, when you walk in, you
just see the sink right away and the
mirror and you see me. So, this mirror
was also installed when I moved in,
which is very pleasant. The cabinet was
also installed. I don't know why the
hell there is these
gold stripes in it. I hate that. But,
nonetheless, I love having a cabinet
that's already installed. So, another
pro for me and another like condition
was that I could separate the toilet and
the sink from the shower. And as you can
see, I can do that here quite well. So,
I'm very very happy about that. I bought
this um product shelf in Daiso and just
basically glued it onto the wall. It's
like one of those adhesive ones. And
here I just have my cleansing foam,
shampoo, body lotion, like a scalp
scrub. Uh, I use this too for apple
cider vinegar, which is like a good
treatment for your scalp. I don't know
how you call this, but to wipe down the
walls, uh, after showering because I
don't like having a moldy bathroom. So,
I like to just get the water off of the
walls and the floor right away. And then
there is a teeny tiny window, which is
really good for circulation. And then
from here, you can see that I have like
hand soap and toothpaste and everything.
Put up this like fancy um, dust bag. I
also have this like heater because in
the winter gets so cold. There's no
heating in the bathroom. I only found
that out like after I had moved in. So
when you shower in the winter, it's
literally like taking a shower in the
Antarctica. So I bought this heater and
when I shower in the winter, I I turn on
the heating like 10 minutes before my
shower and then the room is like fine.
But yeah, so far it's been fine. So
behind this curtain you find my bed. I
also have my closet at the same space,
which is very small. I would have loved
a bigger closet, but that was just not
in the cards for this place, so I guess
I have to do with that. This closet was
already installed when I moved in. I
have glued up this whiteboard to the
cabinet, which I use for planning my
studies and my work and my YouTube
videos and my day and to-do list and to
buy list and everything. And then across
from my bed is my desk area, which I
think is probably my favorite area of
the house because this is where I spend
all of my time. I have all of my books
that I'm reading and my Korean studying
books, my journals and like writing
books for notes and a few pens, my
glasses, of course, my laptop that I
use, my big camera. And then I also have
like a very cute selection of items that
I want to show you. seashell that I
found out in Inchan. There is this
really nice like this beach with a lot
of really huge seashells for some
reason. So, I picked up this one and I
cleaned it and took it home and now I
like use it for jewelry and I just think
it looks so cute and it's really pretty
and shiny. This holder for incense,
these aroma sticks that you can burn in
your house and then they provide like a
really nice fragrance. It's from a brand
called Omu and they do like really cute
interior and like like house goods and
stuff. They have a store as well, I
think, in Unuk area. So, if you're ever
in Korea, you should definitely check
out this brand. I also have a little
package that I need to open. It's um a
really, really beautiful silver ring.
It's from a new Korean brand of silver
jewelry. It's called Yu
ujwelry.com. And it's basically like
very niche and kind of bold but timeless
jewelry pieces. and they do silver only
and everything is handmade here in
Korea. If you want to find something for
yourself that's like that you're not
going to see elsewhere. This is really
good. Um I love this brand. You really
should check it out if you are in the
look for timeless silver jewelry. So do
that. As you can see, there's so much
good daylight and sunlight in my
apartment. And that is just another
thing I absolutely love about this
place. I love that I can feel the sun
and the air and I can hear the birds
chirp and everything. times actually
when I wake up around 8 or 9 the sun is
like shining me directly in the face
which I actually don't mind a natural
way of waking up. Yeah. So this is my
desk area. Also this is an IKEA table
and this one is actually not I can still
move this tabletop around. So sometimes
when I have people over I just twist it
and then we can sit like and use it as a
dining table rather than a desk. Uh
because in that way I save some space
from not having like two big tables like
dining table and a desk. Another
cabinet. I take no responsibility over
this place. This is just under my desk.
The only thing it's sitting here is my
feet. So, I don't care about this mess.
Sorry. So, when I moved into the
apartment, I knew that it would kind of
bother me that I couldn't separate the
bedroom from the kitchen. So, that's why
I installed these curtains. Uh, so I can
like actually pull it all the way
through and then the kitchen area is
separated from the bedroom. Or at least
it feels like that. I just found these
kind of adhesive curtain rod holders. So
if I want to have a more living space, I
just move my curtain from here to there.
And then obviously the bedroom is
smaller, but then I have more space out
here. Let me try to pull them all the
way through so you can see how it looks.
So it looks like that when I pull them
through. So you know, it gives the
illusion of of a separated space even
though it's not. So that's a little hack
from me to you. If you also live in a
one room, if you and you don't know how
to separate your spaces without making
like jewels or holes in the walls, a
curtain and adhesive curtain rod
stickers are the way to go. Yeah, they
also give a little bit of a romantic
female feminine vibe in here. Especially
when I go to sleep, it makes me feel
like a little bear
hibernating. Another thing that was
really important for me is keeping my
air clean. So, I got this air purifier
from Samsung. As you can see, I also
have this balcony out here, which is
another like big big big big big big
bonus of this apartment. I don't think I
would have been able to live here if I
didn't have this because um it's just so
good for drawing like laundry, having a
cup of coffee in the morning, airing out
the space, you know, getting some
vitamin D. I have put this little
um like lantern that lights up really
beautifully in the evening. And then I
am decorating this ugly glass window
over there with like photo booth photos
and birthday cards and whatever. There's
also a mosquito screen which you can do
like that. And then mosquitoes can't
enter my actual house. Yeah, I I love
this
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space. Wait, let me put my sunglasses
on. So, for this apartment, I pay $500 a
month, which is excluding utilities, but
they are usually not very high. They're
usually around, I would say, less than
$50. The neighborhood is in my dream
neighborhood, and there's a lot of
really nice cafes and restaurants. I
remember before I came back to Korea,
before I even looked for an apartment, I
was kind of checking uh Chikbang, which
is the website I use to find apartments.
I'm going to write like how you can find
it here on the video. Um, but I was
checking Chikbang like every week, every
day, just to see how the market is. And
at the time in this specific
neighborhood, like nothing ever came up.
And that's just usually how it is. It is
very, very competitive. It's very hard
to even get a place here. And it's also
quite expensive because it is so
popular. So, for me to find this like
$500 little gem, it was completely like
perfect for me. It came at the perfect
time. On the first day of my apartment
hunting, I saw this apartment as the
last one. and I was just immediately
like I signed a contract right away
because I just knew that the area and
the vibe and the balcony and the
daylight is just not something you can
find anywhere. Uh, also the view is
really really nice here and I live very
close to like a nature area. So I go and
work out there like several times during
the week. So the neighborhood for me is
just perfect. As I said, I found the
apartment on Tikbang and I went to see
it with a local Bungan which is like a
real realtor agent. Um there's so many
realtor agent offices in like any
neighborhood of soul. So you can always
just search like pongan and then you can
find like a budongan office in the area
where you want to be and usually they
also know the other pongans in the area.
So they have like an interconnected
little bubble where they like control
the neighborhood and the rentals. If you
ask me that's the most effective and
efficient way to find a house here in
soul if you want to rent longterm.
Obviously, if you're here like
shortterm, something like Airbnb or even
Craigslist or like Facebook groups is
like better, like for an exchange or
something. If there's anything I didn't
cover in this video that you're curious
about in terms of like finding a house
in Korea or this apartment or in
general, like if you need any tips and
tricks, leave me a comment. I would be
happy to answer any questions. This is
my third apartment in Korea and I have
lived in a lot of sharehouses and a lot
of Airbnbs in several different
neighborhoods. So, I can probably answer
the majority of questions related to
housing. So, feel free to ask me
anything. And I also want to say that
the reason why I'm showing you this
apartment right now is because I'm
currently filming an apartment makeover
video because my mom is visiting Korea.
So, I need my apartment to be top tier.
Need to make this apartment a bit more
crisp and delicious. So, for that
reason, I'm going to film an apartment
makeover where I add some interior and
some something has to happen here for it
to be more welcoming to my mom. Uh, so
my mom is visiting Korea in a month from
now, and that's also going to be
documented here on my YouTube to see
like a Danish mom's first experience in
Korea. So, for that reason, I'm going to
be doing a 30-day Korean apartment
makeover and see how ready I can get
this place until my mom arrives. So, if
you're interested in seeing that, please
subscribe because I have such fun plans
for showing my mom's stay here in Korea
and like her reaction to my apartment
and to Korea and everything. I'm going
to be doing an updated version with the
apartment makeover and then after that I
will be sharing my mom's experience here
in Korea. So yeah, more content about
apartments to come and more like mom
visiting Korea content to come. So stay
tuned for that. So without further ado,
I will see you in my next video. Thank
you so much for stopping by today. Bye.
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