There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Seoul by train or plane
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Incheon International Airport, train
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)plane ZRH - ICN
- Take the train from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Seoul Stationtrain
15h 41m₩483,704–786,739Train to Frankfurt, fly to Incheon International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)plane FRA - ICN
- Take the train from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Seoul Stationtrain
17h 17m₩473,603–807,648Fly Basel to Gimpo International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Gimpo International Airport (GMP)plane BSL - GMP
19h 33m₩507,076–1,609,631Fly Basel to Incheon International Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)plane BSL - ICN
- Take the train from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Seoul Stationtrain
17h 32m₩609,476–2,212,431Train to Frankfurt, fly to Gimpo International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Gimpo International Airport (GMP)plane FRA - GMP
21h 3m₩631,203–1,654,848Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Incheon International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)plane MXP - ICN
- Take the train from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Seoul Stationtrain
19h 56m₩493,574–1,112,504
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Incheon International Airport (ICN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Seoul is to train and fly which costs ₩480,000 - ₩800,000 and takes 15h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Seoul is to train and fly which takes 15h 41m and costs ₩480,000 - ₩800,000.
The distance between Basel and Seoul is 8902 km.
It takes approximately 15h 41m to get from Basel to Seoul, including transfers.
Seoul is 8h ahead of Basel. It is currently 9:53 PM in Basel and 5:53 AM in Seoul.
There are 5613+ hotels available in Seoul.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Seoul, South Korea?
Lufthansa, Air China, and five other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Gimpo International Airport (GMP) twice daily.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Basel to Gimpo International Airport via Munich, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,600,000
Flights from Basel to Gimpo International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,600,000
Flights from Basel to Gimpo International Airport via Vienna, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,600,000
Flights from Basel to Gimpo International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,600,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩410,000–600,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩410,000–600,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Gimpo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–1,900,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Incheon International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩320,000–700,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Incheon International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩320,000–700,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,700,000
Flights from Basel to Gimpo International Airport via Munich, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,600,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–1,700,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Gimpo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–1,900,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩490,000–1,600,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Incheon International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–800,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩370,000–600,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Incheon International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩430,000–1,200,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Incheon International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,200,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,900,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Incheon International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩440,000–650,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–1,700,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,500,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–850,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Incheon International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩410,000–650,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩340,000–550,000
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–650,000
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩44,000–70,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩120,000–200,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +82 1599 7788
- Website
- Arex
Train from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Seoul Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩4,400–6,000
- Website
- Arex
Train from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Seoul Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩4,400–6,000
- Website
- Arex
Train from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Seoul Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩4,400–6,000
- Website
- Arex
Train from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Seoul Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩4,400–6,000
- Website
- Arex
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩75,000–160,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩75,000–160,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₩30,000–38,000
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩9,000–12,000
- Website
- Trenord
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