There are 8 ways to get from Brisbane to Cologne by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BNE - DUS
27h 52m€576–1,345Fly to Dortmund Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane BNE - DTM
- Take the train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbftrain
32h 36m€437–1,539Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BNE - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
28h 14m€531–1,289Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane BNE - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
29h 58m€548–2,494Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BNE - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
30h 35m€453–1,554Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BNE - CGN
29h 56m€614–1,431Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BNE - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
32h 26m€555–1,249Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BNE - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain
33h 8m€582–1,408
Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Brisbane to Cologne is to fly and train which costs €500 - €1300 and takes 28h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Brisbane to Cologne is to fly which takes 27h 52m and costs €550 - €1400.
The distance between Brisbane and Cologne is 16209 km.
It takes approximately 27h 52m to get from Brisbane to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 9h behind Brisbane. It is currently 10:00 AM in Brisbane and 1:00 AM in Cologne.
There are 1727+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Brisbane, QLD, Australia and Cologne, Germany?
Qatar Airways, Emirates, and Virgin Australia fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) 5 times a day.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–2,000
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Frankfurt via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Brussels Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–2,000
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–2,000
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Munich International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Zurich Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €490–1,100
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–2,400
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,100
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Munich International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,200
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,200
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €490–1,100
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–2,400
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,100
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Munich International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,200
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,000
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dubai, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,100
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Munich International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Munich International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,400
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Dortmund Airport via Doha, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,300
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Dortmund Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Dortmund Airport via Dubai, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,100
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Dortmund Airport via Doha, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Dortmund Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Frankfurt via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Brussels Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,700
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Zurich Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Munich International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,700
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €30–55
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- 1st Class
- €75–130
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €21–30
- 1st Class
- €30–50
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