There are 6 ways to get from Essen to Seoul by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Gimpo International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Gimpo International Airport (GMP)plane DUS - GMP
17h 48m₩469,618–1,495,156Train to Frankfurt, fly to Incheon International Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Essen Hbf 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
16h 11m₩435,958–811,053Train to Frankfurt, fly to Gimpo International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Gimpo International Airport (GMP)plane FRA - GMP
18h 3m₩599,558–3,140,153Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Incheon International Airport, bus
- 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
17h 16m₩466,018–1,066,056Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Incheon International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- 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 52m₩489,640–1,266,564Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Gimpo International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Gimpo International Airport (GMP)plane BRU - GMP
22h 24m₩642,414–1,564,396
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Gimpo International Airport (GMP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Seoul is to train and fly and bus which costs ₩430,000 - ₩850,000 and takes 16h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Seoul is to train and fly and bus which takes 16h 11m and costs ₩430,000 - ₩850,000.
The distance between Essen and Seoul is 8604 km.
It takes approximately 17h 48m to get from Essen to Seoul, including transfers.
Seoul is 8h ahead of Essen. It is currently 6:05 PM in Essen and 2:05 AM in Seoul.
There are 5055+ hotels available in Seoul.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Seoul, South Korea?
Lufthansa, Air China, and five other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Gimpo International Airport (GMP) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,600,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩490,000–1,600,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,600,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩370,000–600,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩370,000–600,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Gimpo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–6,500,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩460,000–1,500,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩450,000–1,500,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,600,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩490,000–1,600,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,900,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Gimpo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–6,500,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,300,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩460,000–1,500,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,600,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩490,000–750,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩450,000–1,500,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩340,000–700,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Incheon International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩400,000–2,600,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩410,000–1,300,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Incheon International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,500,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩380,000–650,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Incheon International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩320,000–800,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,900,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,700,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Incheon International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–1,200,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,300,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩440,000–650,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩440,000–700,000
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩410,000–600,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩48,000–140,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩48,000–80,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩30,000–90,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩50,000–130,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩27,000–85,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- ₩27,000–40,000
- 1st Class
- ₩50,000–85,000
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩37,000–40,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩25,000–36,000
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩26,000–37,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₩55,000–120,000
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- ₩55,000–80,000
- Comfort
- ₩60,000–80,000
- Premium
- ₩90,000–120,000
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- 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
- ₩18,000–24,000
- Schedules at
- klimousine.com
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