There are 12 ways to get from Bled to Cologne by car, car train, bus, night train, train, plane, or shuttle
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Drive, car train
best- Drive from Bled to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Villach Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Colognecar
12h 34m€133–182Train via Cologne Hbf
cheapest- Take the train from Villach Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain Drf
15h 57m€60–147Bus
- Take the bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Munich Hbfbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Leverkusenbus N28
14h 40m€524–1,379Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Jesenice to Augsburg Hbfnighttrain En
- Take the train from Augsburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 42 / ...
14h 14m€178–533Drive 911.6 km
- Drive from Bled to Colognecar 911.6 km
8h 34m€130–187Train
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12train Ice
12h 45m€170–767Fly Ljubljana to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane LJU - CGN
8h 40m€136–336Fly Ljubljana to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LJU - DUS
6h 29m€120–313Shuttle to Klagenfurt Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Klagenfurt Airport
- Fly from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane KLU - CGN
5h 29m€121–606Fly Ljubljana to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LJU - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
5h 6m€134–374Shuttle to Graz Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Graz Airport
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane GRZ - DUS
7h 6m€250–483Shuttle to Munich International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Flughafen München
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane MUC - CGN
8h 4m€336–536
Bled to Cologne by bus, night train, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bled to Cologne is to train via Cologne Hbf which costs €60 - €150 and takes 15h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Bled to Cologne is to fly and train which takes 5h 6m and costs €130 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Bled to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Bled Union and arriving at Köln Heumarkt via Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana, Munich central bus station and Wiesdorf Leverkusen Mitte Bf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Bled to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Jesenice and arriving at Köln Hbf via Augsburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 14m.
The distance between Bled and Cologne is 987 km. The road distance is 911.6 km.
The best way to get from Bled to Cologne without a car is to bus which takes 14h 40m and costs €500 - €1400.
It takes approximately 12h 34m to get from Bled to Cologne, including transfers.
Bled to Cologne bus services, operated by GoOpti, depart from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana station.
Bled to Cologne train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Villach Hbf station.
The best way to get from Bled to Cologne is to bus which takes 14h 40m and costs €500 - €1400. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €170 - €800 and takes 12h 45m, you could also fly, which costs €130 - €340 and takes 8h 40m.
What companies run services between Bled, Slovenia and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a bus from Bled Union to Köln Heumarkt via Brnik/airport Ljubljana, Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana, Munich central bus station, Leverkusen, and Wiesdorf Leverkusen Mitte Bf in around 14h 40m. Alternatively, Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC) operates a train from Villach Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 3 times a day. Tickets cost €160–750 and the journey takes 9h 24m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–230
Flights from Ljubljana to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Ljubljana to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Ljubljana to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Ljubljana to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Graz Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–800
Flights from Graz Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Ljubljana to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Ljubljana to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Graz Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Düsseldorf International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–280
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Villach Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Night train from Jesenice to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Augsburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–410
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €160–750
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Villach Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–60
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Munich Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €480–1,300
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Klagenfurt Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €85–230
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €153
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Leverkusen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- info@zup-prevozi.eu
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Klagenfurt Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €50–65
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €50–65
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €130–160
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €130–160
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €260–310
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €260–310
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More Questions & Answers
Bled to Cologne bus services, operated by GoOpti, arrive at Munich Hbf station.
Bled to Cologne train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bled to Cologne is 912 km. It takes approximately 8h 34m to drive from Bled to Cologne.
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