There are 7 ways to get from Seoul to Cologne by plane or train
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Fly Gimpo International Airport to Frankfurt, train
best- Fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane GMP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
18h 39m€401–1,067Fly Gimpo International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane GMP - CGN
28h 23m€233–714Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ICN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
17h 28m€283–519Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ICN - CGN
19h 1m€345–1,116Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ICN - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbftrain
19h 10m€435–878Fly Gimpo International Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane GMP - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
23h 22m€483–1,186Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ICN - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Koeln Hbftrain
20h 9m€341–702
Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Frankfurt (FRA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Seoul to Cologne is to train and fly which costs €280 - €550 and takes 17h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Seoul to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 17h 28m and costs €280 - €550.
The distance between Seoul and Cologne is 8740 km.
It takes approximately 18h 39m to get from Seoul to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 7h behind Seoul. It is currently 11:34 PM in Seoul and 4:34 PM in Cologne.
There are 1848+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Seoul, South Korea and Cologne, Germany?
Air China, Eurowings, and four other airlines fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) once daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Frankfurt via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Frankfurt via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,900
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,100
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,100
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,200
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Frankfurt via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Brussels Airport via Osaka Kansai, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Frankfurt via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Brussels Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,800
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Brussels Airport via Cheju, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,800
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,100
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,100
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Beijing Capital, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–700
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Beijing Capital, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–800
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–900
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,100
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,000
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Beijing Capital, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–700
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Brussels Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–750
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Beijing Daxing, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–850
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–750
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–900
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Frankfurt via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–550
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Brussels Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–800
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +82 1599 7788
- Website
- Arex
Train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- Arex
Train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- Arex
Train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- Arex
Train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- Arex
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €8–13
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