Queen of Tears is currently ruling over the viewers’ hearts thanks to its beautiful and sorted ending. Starring Kim Soo-Hyun and Kim Ji-Won, the drama is shot in the most beautiful places in Seoul and Germany.
The storyline of the drama is about a married couple. Ji-Won plays Hong Hae-In, the chaebol heiress of the Queens Group and the wife. On the other hand, Soo-Hyun portrays Baek Hyun-Woo as the husband and the legal director of the same group. Their marriage and love slowly wither away until Hyun-Woo learns about Hae-In’s rare brain tumor diagnosis. This leaves Hae-In with only three months to live. In the meantime, the Queen group faces a major issue. How the couple faces all the troubles and finds love for each other sums up the show.
Queen of Tears locations in Seoul
Queen of Tears is a drama that successfully blends romance, comedy, and lots of trauma. Thus, the shooting locations are quite extravagant throughout the series. The fairytale wedding of Hong Hae-In and Baek Hyun-Woo was shot in the private hall of the Sheraton Grand Walkerhill Hotel, Aston House.
Meanwhile, the Queens’ mansion, where the chaebol family and the lead couple resided, is actually the Korean Stone Art Museum. It is one of the most popular tourist and heritage spots. On the other hand, the department store of the Queens Group was The Hyundai Seoul. It is one of the most popular malls in South Korea. The Forum by Jaime Hayon was also a shoot location for Queen of Tears. The event where Hong Hae-In (Kim Ji-Won) met Yoon Eun-Sung (Park Sung-Hoon) for the first time after years took place in that place.
The place where Baek Hyun-Woo cried and talked about his divorce with his friend was shot in Mirim Bunsik’s street, known as ‘Tteokbokki Town.’ The drama featured many other important tourist places in Seoul in different scenes.
Locations in Germany
A lot of the scenes in the drama were filmed in Germany. After Hae-In and Hyun-Woo’s wedding, the lovey-dovey couple went to Germany for their honeymoon. However, later, when Hae-In (Kim Ji-Won) was diagnosed with a rare tumor disease, she went to Germany for further treatment. With time, Germany became one of the most significant places in their lives. In the end, the couple visited the place with their daughter as well.
The drama featured Sanssouci Palace as one of the signature places for the couple’s relationship development. The iconic Berlin Cathedral church played an important part in Hyun-Woo and Hae-In’s lives. Baek Hyun-Woo prayed for his wife’s better health there and even shared an emotional scene with Hong Hae-In.
The scenes shot in the lavender garden of TAOASIS Botanischer Duftgarten added a picturesque view to the drama. The scene, featuring the garden, showed Baek Hyun-Woo and Hong Hae-In sharing their loving moments. Even in the end, an old Hyun-Woo came to the same place where he saw his dead wife, Hae-In, in a white dress waiting for him to take her away. As per fan theories, Hyun-Woo also passed away and followed Hae-In to heaven. It is definitely one of the most breathtaking spots to film.
Viewers can also see the Spree River in Berlin as the backdrop of the couple’s honeymoon phase. The Eiserner Steg in Frankfurt played an important part in the K-drama Queen of Tears. It is the love-lock bridge over the Maine River. The scene from the drama showed the couple’s struggle to find their long-lost love. Even though Hyun-Woo found their lock, things started to crumble in their relationship again.
Queen of Tears is now streaming on Netflix.
