There are 12 ways to get from București - Ilfov 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)OTP - CGN
5h 41m€112–345Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Aachen
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln HbfRe
18h 6m€29–95Night train, train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf41 / ...
28h 34m€165–375Drive 1,931.9 km
- Drive from București - Ilfov to Cologne1,931.9 km
18h 44m€276–398Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)OTP - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
5h 57m€150–408Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Frankfurt (FRA)OTP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
6h 8m€168–375Fly to Dortmund Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)OTP - DTM
- Take the train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbf
7h 34m€115–370Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Brussels Airport (BRU)OTP - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
8h 1m€186–480Bus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Köln Hauptbahnhof
24h 22m€138Bus via Bucureşti Autogara Obor
- Take the bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to Köln
34h 37mNight train, train
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien HbfNight Train
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Koeln SuedIce
29h 27m€215–245Drive, car train
- Drive from București - Ilfov to Villach Hbf
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
20h 41m€303–1,296
Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from București - Ilfov to Cologne is to bus and train which costs €28 - €95 and takes 18h 6m.
The fastest way to get from București - Ilfov to Cologne is to fly which takes 5h 41m and costs €110 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from București - Ilfov to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Universitate and arriving at Köln Hauptbahnhof via Bucharest. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 22m.
No, there is no direct train from București - Ilfov to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Piata Unirii and arriving at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 34m.
The distance between București - Ilfov and Cologne is 1610 km. The road distance is 1931.9 km.
The best way to get from București - Ilfov to Cologne without a car is to bus and train which takes 18h 6m and costs €28 - €95.
It takes approximately 5h 41m to get from București - Ilfov to Cologne, including transfers.
București - Ilfov to Cologne bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Bucharest station.
București - Ilfov to Cologne train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from București - Ilfov to Cologne is to fly which takes 5h 41m and costs €110 - €350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €138 and takes 24h 22m.
What companies run services between București - Ilfov, Romania and Cologne, Germany?
Ulendo Airlink, Ryanair, and four other airlines fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) 4 times a day. Alternatively, Maxibus Travel operates a bus from Bucharest to Köln Hauptbahnhof twice a week. Tickets cost €137 and the journey takes 23h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–370
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–390
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–180
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
- €28–230
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–150
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–370
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- 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 Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wien Hbf to Koeln Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €29–45
- Comfort
- €30–45
- Premium
- €45–65
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–35
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–95
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
- 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
- €137
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
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More Questions & Answers
București - Ilfov to Cologne bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Köln Hauptbahnhof station.
Cologne is 1h behind București - Ilfov. It is currently 4:50 PM in București - Ilfov and 3:50 PM in Cologne.
București - Ilfov to Cologne train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Wien Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between București - Ilfov to Cologne is 1932 km. It takes approximately 18h 44m to drive from București - Ilfov to Cologne.
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