There are 5 ways to get from Europe to Busan by train, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Frankfurt, fly to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane FRA - PUS
18h 38m₩507,864–1,406,664Train to Frankfurt, fly to Incheon International Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)plane FRA - ICN
- Take the bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4bus
- Take the train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Stationtrain
20h 44m₩485,364–912,864Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane HAJ - PUS
22h 37mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Daegu International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Daegu International Airport (TAE)plane FRA - TAE
- Take the train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Stationtrain
20h 11m₩862,864–2,353,864Train to Frankfurt, fly to Gimpo International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Gimpo International Airport (GMP)plane FRA - GMP
- Take the train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Stationtrain
24h 50m₩655,364–1,711,864
Frankfurt (FRA) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Busan is to train and fly and bus which costs ₩480,000 - ₩950,000 and takes 20h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Busan is to train and fly which takes 18h 38m and costs ₩500,000 - ₩1500,000.
The distance between Europe and Busan is 9070 km.
It takes approximately 18h 38m to get from Europe to Busan, including transfers.
Busan is 7h ahead of Europe. It is currently 20:20 in Europe and 03:20 in Busan.
There are 1210+ hotels available in Busan.
What companies run services between Europe and Busan, South Korea?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Busan. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS), walk to Gimhae International Airport Station, then take the subway to Sasang Station. Alternatively, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof, take the train to Göttingen, take the train to Hannover Hauptbahnhof, take the train to Langenhagen Flughafen, walk to Hannover Airport (HAJ) airport, fly to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS), walk to Gimhae International Airport Station, then take the subway to Sasang Station.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,500,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,000,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Vienna, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,000,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Gimpo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,900,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Gimpo International Airport via Ulaanbaatar, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–1,900,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩390,000–650,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩390,000–650,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–2,500,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Daegu International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩800,000–2,200,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩370,000–650,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,000,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–2,500,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Vienna, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩800,000–2,600,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Daegu International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩900,000–2,900,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Gimpo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,900,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Gimpo International Airport via Shenyang, Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩470,000–1,500,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,700,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Vienna, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,000,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,000,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Daegu International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩850,000–2,900,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Gimpo International Airport via Ulaanbaatar, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–1,900,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,700,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,700,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Frankfurt, Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,200,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩340,000–550,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–2,500,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,000,000
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Incheon International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–850,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩43,000–90,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩27,000–55,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩43,000–90,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩43,000–90,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩43,000–90,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₩40,000–60,000
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩25,000–120,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- Korail
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩15,000–30,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩15,000–22,000
- First Class
- ₩21,000–30,000
Train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩43,000–90,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩43,000–60,000
- First Class
- ₩60,000–90,000
Train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩43,000–90,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩43,000–60,000
- First Class
- ₩60,000–90,000
- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- SRT
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩18,000–39,000
- Website
- SRT
- Standard Class
- ₩18,000–39,000
- First Class
- ₩27,000–38,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- Korail
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩8,620–8,660
- Website
- Korail
- Economy Class
- ₩8,620–8,660
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- korail.com
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000
- Schedules at
- korail.com
- Phone
- +82 2 2664-9898
- Website
- airportlimousine.co.kr
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000–17,500
- Schedules at
- airportlimousine.co.kr
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