Crash landing on You, popularly known with its abbreviation CLOY. Drama is a 2019 North South-based release drama. The central leads Hyun Bin & Son Ye-jin fell in love, dated a while, and now are happily married. They worked together in ‘The Negotiation movie’, which was also a hit. Coming back to the basic Synopsis. Our Hyun Bin is a North Korean Soldier/army ‘Captain Ri’ and Son Ye-Jin is a self-made businesswoman and heiress, ‘Yoon Se-ri’. The first episode shows so much thrill, that it makes you watch further how the story unfolds with many unique characters. She ends up in North Korea landing while paragliding, and he sees her struggling on a tree. She realizes her existence on North Korean land, and tries to escape from the situation but again as circling fate, she meets Captain Ri again. Slowly the story of the attempts to send her back by captain Ri and his small team gets interesting with the villains of the drama involved. The majority of the drama was filmed in Switzerland, other locations belong in South Korea and Mongolia. You will love these places, their scenic beauty & peaceful environment. The main cast is as follows-Hyun Bin as Ri Jeong-Hyeok, Son Ye-jin as Yoon Se-ri, Seo Ji-Hye as Seo Dan, Kim Jung Hyun as Gu Seung-Joon
Read further to get a familiar view of location names. you see while watching this drama.
1. Byeolmaro Observatory
The observatory is built on the peak of Bongnaesan Mountain. This is where it all started in this drama with the stunts of paragliding. It is an astronomical planetarium Observatory for the public and holds various educational programs in lecture halls, and visual and audio rooms. The place is vast and has multiple rivers and areas like the museum to visit.
Find It Here: Yeongwol-Eup, Yeongwol-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea
2. Hallasan National Park -Jeju Island
The first encounter with our leads was filmed here. In the scene, Se-ri lands on a tree of DMZ Demilitarized Zone of North Korea with her parachute and is unaware of the place. Captain Ri, the North Korean army officer, points the gun at her and asks her to get off the tree. Nothing, but a romantic fall of Son Ye-Jin on Hyun Bin happens. This mountain park has recognition by UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site for its vertical ecosystem of plants.
Find Me Here: Cheonbaek-Ro, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, South Korea
3. Taean
A front-line military small village shown is a place in Taean. It was a set built by the team, to give a touch like North Korean villages. The set was later taken down by the team after the shoot. Hence you can no longer watch a village like that. But you can always have the beauty that place had—experience the sandy beaches, seas, dunes, natural habitat, and flora.
Find Me Here: Gonam-Myeon, Taean-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea.
4. Ulaanbaatar- Mongolia
You are all stressed but yet enjoy a short unexpected picnic. This is the situation in one of the episodes when the train stops because of technicalities. Putting her head on his shoulder and sleeping in one blanket, is a touching moment to watch.
Find Me Here: Ulaanbaatar is the capital city of Mongolia.
5. Panorama Bridge Sigriswil
She was about to jump off the Panoroma Bridge but got interrupted by strangers. Quite a guess, the game of fate. The stranger is Hyun Bin and his drama fiance Seo Ji-Hye, who asks Yoon Se-ri to take a picture of them. This bridge is so high linking two villages- Aeschlen and Sigriswil. If you are upon this bridge, it would be soothing enough to watch the Bernese Alps & Lake Thun.
Fint It Here: Raftstrasse 31-33, 3655 Sigriswil, Switzerland
6. Commodore Hotel
The North Korean Pyongyang Hotel in the drama is in reality the Commodore Hotel situated in Busan city of South Korea. This hotel sees the meeting of Se-ri and Gu Seung-Joon, the rival washroom looks between Se-ri and Seo Dan, and the spy cams/recorder scene. You can always visit Busan. It is one of the most famous and beautiful cities and stays at Commodore Hotel with Korean architecture and tradition along.
Find Me Here: 151 Junggu-ro, Jung-gu, Busan, South Korea
7. Lake Brienz, Iseltwald
In the middle episodes, the flashback backstory of Yoon Se-ri says, she is about to attempt suicide. But she is suggested to visit Switzerland for its beauty. While in a boat, on Lake Brienz she is mesmerized by the piano tunes played by a guy, who happens to be Captain Ri. In a dialogue, She reveals that music saved her life in Switzerland. The lake is one of the deepest five lakes in Switzerland
Find Me Here: Bernese Oberland, Interlaken-Oberhasli, Switzerland
8. Tangeum Lake Rainbow Bridge
The second lead of the couple- Seo Ji Hye and Kim Jung Hyun, is also loved by the fans enormously. The love between these two increases gradually and at Tangeum Lake Rainbow Bridge, they prove it through a kiss scene. It is an artificial lake but most colorful at night. Some scenes from ‘Vincenzo’ were captured in the daylight on this bridge.
Find It Here: Tapjeongan-gil, Jungangtap-myeon, Chungju, Chungcheongbuk-do 27447, South Korea
9. First Flieger, Grindelwald
Finally! Finally, they meet. The meeting is just like a long-distance relationship, without any source to contact, and it is all on fate to reconnect the love. It is a fabulous scenic spot to explore and adventure. Paragliding is also one of the best features here.
Find Me Here: First Flieger, Bergstation Firstbahn, 3818 Grindelwald, Switzerland
10. Lake Lungern
The finale scene of the drama is so overwhelming to enjoy watching them together. They decide to spend time in Switzerland and have no interruptions. The place is beautifully complementing the image with Lake water and all greenery. Worth visiting the site!
Find Me Here: Lake Lungern (Lungerersee) , Obwalden,Switzerland
