As the sunlight that once lit up the Matterhorn fades, so does the pace of the trains running along the mountainside. Yellow light begins to spill from carriage windows, and villagers scattered along the slopes switch on their lamps one by one. Just minutes after dusk settles in, the lyrical night view of a Swiss village starts to glow. A tram rests inside the station, but on the next track stands a familiar silhouette: a Korean KTX high-speed train. This carefully crafted scene unfolds at Nowon Train Village, located inside Hwarangdae Railroad Park in Seoul’s Nowon District. Here, Switzerland has been scaled down to just over 1 percent of its original size, with miniature trains running through landscapes recreated in remarkable detail — down to individual wires. Hwarangdae Station on the Gyeongchun Line served as Seoul’s last small rural station for 71 years before closing in 2010. Since 2017, the area around the former station has been transformed into a railroad park that has become a favorite low-key travel destination. Families with train-loving children, couples seeking an