Inside Cafe Yeonnam-dong in Seoul – the cafe that looks like a cartoon

It might look like an optical illusion.

But this is a real life cafe in South Korea cleverly designed to give customers the distinct impression that they’re inside a cartoon.

Cafe Yeonnam-dong in Seoul opened last year and everything inside from the decor to the furniture and crockery have a striped black-and-white cartoonish aesthetic.

The small, yet cosy, cafe is said to have taken inspiration from the Korean TV hit W – Two Worlds, where the main characters can enter a fantasy webtoon world. Owner Eunjin Lee told MailOnline Travel: ‘We created the cafe because there was nothing like it in Korea, or even the world. We tried to make a very unique concept. That is why we chose this style.’ 

The cafe is especially popular with young people eager to give their Instagram feeds a cartoon upgrade.

Scroll down to see one of the world’s most mind-boggling cafes…

Everything inside the cafe from the decor to the furniture and crockery has a wacky cartoon aesthetic

This picture posted to Instagram showing the drinks and snacks on offer in the cafe was captioned ‘coffee is the most important meal of the day’ 

The small, yet cosy, cafe is said to have taken inspiration from the Korean TV hit W – Two Worlds – a webtoon 

Another mind-boggling shot showing the outside area of the cafe, which keeps the cartoon-like theme going

The cafe is especially popular with young people eager to give their Instagram feeds a cartoon upgrade 

The entrance to Cafe Yeonnam-dong in Seoul from the street. The establishment is attracting crowds of Instagrammers