There are 6 ways to get from Cologne to Seoul by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Gimpo International Airport
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Gimpo International Airport (GMP)plane DUS - GMP
18h 57m₩490,707–2,747,937Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Incheon International Airport, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)plane CGN - ICN
- Take the bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Ramada Hotel and Suites Namdaemunbus
16h 52m₩672,631–1,135,402Train to Frankfurt, fly to Gimpo International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Gimpo International Airport (GMP)plane FRA - GMP
17h 8m₩513,480–2,418,820Train to Frankfurt, fly to Incheon International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)plane FRA - ICN
- Take the bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Ramada Hotel and Suites Namdaemunbus
15h 4m₩509,480–990,620Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Incheon International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)plane DUS - ICN
- Take the bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Ramada Hotel and Suites Namdaemunbus
19h 27m₩586,707–1,469,737Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Incheon International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)plane AMS - ICN
- Take the bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Ramada Hotel and Suites Namdaemunbus
17h 54m₩565,732–1,781,368
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Gimpo International Airport (GMP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Seoul is to train and fly and bus which costs ₩500,000 - ₩1000,000 and takes 15h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Seoul is to train and fly and bus which takes 15h 4m and costs ₩500,000 - ₩1000,000.
The distance between Cologne and Seoul is 8618 km.
It takes approximately 18h 57m to get from Cologne to Seoul, including transfers.
Seoul is 8h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 1:33 AM in Cologne and 9:33 AM in Seoul.
There are 4292+ hotels available in Seoul.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Seoul, South Korea?
There is no direct connection from Cologne to Seoul. However, you can take the train to D-Flughafen Bf, walk to D-Flughafen Bf, take the vehicle to D-Flughafen Terminal A/B, walk to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) airport, fly to Gimpo International Airport (GMP), walk to Gimpo Airport, then take the train to Seoul Station. Alternatively, you can take the train to Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, walk to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) airport, fly to Incheon International Airport (ICN), walk to Incheon Int'l Airport T1, then take the bus to Ramada Hotel and Suites Namdaemun.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩460,000–2,000,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩460,000–2,000,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩460,000–2,000,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩460,000–2,000,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Gimpo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩460,000–1,800,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩410,000–600,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩410,000–600,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩460,000–2,000,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Incheon International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,400,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Gimpo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩460,000–1,800,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,300,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,800,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Incheon International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,700,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩460,000–700,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩380,000–800,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Incheon International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,900,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩480,000–1,900,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Incheon International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,100,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩390,000–5,500,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Incheon International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,000,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,600,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,400,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Incheon International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–1,400,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,800,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩470,000–800,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–1,100,000
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩430,000–650,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩14,000–34,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩50,000–120,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩50,000–120,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₩24,000–40,000
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩29,000–75,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩18,000–44,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +82 2 2667 0386
- Website
- klimousine.com
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Ramada Hotel and Suites Namdaemun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩18,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- klimousine.com
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