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 35m€567–894Fly to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BNE - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
28h 29m€539–1,071Fly 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 36m€699–1,190Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BNE - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbftrain
30h 30m€641–1,192Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BNE - CGN
29h 26m€713–1,322Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BNE - MUC
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
32h 41m€706–1,212Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane BNE - BER
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to Wuppertal Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wuppertal Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
32h 51m€702–1,313Fly to Dortmund Airport, train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane BNE - DTM
- Take the train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbftrain
29h 38m
Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Brisbane to Cologne is to fly and train which costs €500 - €1100 and takes 28h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Brisbane to Cologne is to fly which takes 27h 35m and costs €550 - €900.
The distance between Brisbane and Cologne is 16210 km.
It takes approximately 27h 35m to get from Brisbane to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 9h behind Brisbane. It is currently 11:19 PM in Brisbane and 2:19 PM in Cologne.
There are 1820+ 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) 4 times a day.
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,700
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,000
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 48m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,700
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,000
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Munich International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,200
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,100
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,700
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,000
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 48m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,700
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,000
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Munich International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,200
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,100
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–1,900
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Frankfurt via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,700
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Brussels Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €650–2,100
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
- €650–2,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 7m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €650–1,800
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €650–1,800
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dubai, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,100
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dubai, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,100
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dubai, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Frankfurt via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €490–1,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dubai, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 57m
- When
- Every day
- 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
- €650–2,000
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Munich International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Frankfurt via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €490–1,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Brussels Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,900
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,800
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Munich International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €780–790
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Frankfurt via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,100
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,100
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Frankfurt via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,300
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Brussels Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €700–1,600
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Dortmund Airport via Doha, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €700–1,900
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Doha, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €700–1,300
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Dortmund Airport via Doha, Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €750–1,400
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Wuppertal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wuppertal Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Wuppertal Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
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