There are 11 ways to get from Bucharest to Cologne by plane, bus, train, night train, car, or car train
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Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane OTP - CGN
5h 46m€122–307Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Aachenbus
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain Re
16h 57m€37–95Train
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Nuernberg Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 41 / ...
29h 5m€150–311Night train, train
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidlingnighttrain Night Train
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Köln Hbftrain 90N
31h 21m€285–391Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane OTP - DUS
6h 6m€147–369Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane OTP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
6h 23m€146–345Fly to Dortmund Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane OTP - DTM
- Take the train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbftrain
7h 34m€150–340Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane OTP - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
8h 3m€166–380Bus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Köln Hauptbahnhofbus
23h 10m€139Drive 1,932.7 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Colognecar 1,932.7 km
18h 39m€270–389Drive, car train
- Drive from Bucharest to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbfcartrain
20h 40m€299–1,288
Bucharest to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Cologne is to bus and train which costs €35 - €95 and takes 16h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Cologne is to fly which takes 5h 46m and costs €120 - €310.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Bucharest and arriving at Köln Hauptbahnhof. Services depart four times a week, and operate Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The journey takes approximately 23h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf and Nürnberg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 5m.
The distance between Bucharest and Cologne is 1610 km. The road distance is 1932.7 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Cologne without a car is to bus and train which takes 16h 57m and costs €35 - €95.
It takes approximately 5h 46m to get from Bucharest to Cologne, including transfers.
Bucharest to Cologne bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Bucharest station.
Bucharest to Cologne train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Cologne is to fly which takes 5h 46m and costs €120 - €310. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €150 - €320 and takes 29h 5m, you could also bus, which costs €139 and takes 23h 10m.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Cologne, Germany?
Ulendo Airlink, Austrian Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf, Nuernberg Hbf, and Nürnberg Hbf in around 29h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wien Hbf to Nuernberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €29–45
- Comfort
- €30–45
- Premium
- €45–65
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €64–69
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–13
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Wien Meidling to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €200–300
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Aachen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–30
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Köln Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €139
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Köln Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
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Bucharest to Cologne bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Köln Hauptbahnhof station.
Cologne is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 6:21 AM in Bucharest and 5:21 AM in Cologne.
Bucharest to Cologne train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Cologne is 1933 km. It takes approximately 18h 39m to drive from Bucharest to Cologne.
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