There are 8 ways to get from Cologne to Alta by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Alta
best- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Alta (ALF)DUS - ALF
11h 2mkr 1,248–4,747Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
- Take the bus from Rovaniemi linja-autoasema, 3 to Enontekiö I
- Drive from Enontekiö I to Stornes
- Take the bus from Stornes to Granshagen
2d 12hkr 2,192–4,412Drive 2,952.7 km
- Drive from Cologne to Alta2,952.7 km
31h 59mkr 6,390–9,229Train to Frankfurt, fly to Alta
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Alta (ALF)FRA - ALF
7h 24mkr 2,457–5,779Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Alta
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Alta (ALF)BRU - ALF
11h 33mkr 1,592–4,541Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Tromsø Airport, Langnes, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS)DUS - TOS
- Take the bus from Tromsø Prostneset to Maskinsvingen
14hkr 3,136–6,727Train to Frankfurt, fly to Tromsø Airport, Langnes, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS)FRA - TOS
- Take the bus from Tromsø Prostneset to Maskinsvingen
14h 17mkr 3,945–7,759Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Hannover Hbf
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Alta
32h 13mkr 6,982–9,996
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Alta (ALF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Alta is to train and fly which costs kr 1500 - kr 4600 and takes 11h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Alta is to train and fly which takes 7h 24m and costs kr 2400 - kr 6000.
The distance between Cologne and Alta is 2306 km. The road distance is 2952.7 km.
It takes approximately 11h 2m to get from Cologne to Alta, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Alta is 2953 km. It takes approximately 31h 59m to drive from Cologne to Alta.
There are 49+ hotels available in Alta.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Alta, Norway?
There is no direct connection from Cologne to Alta. However, you can take the train to Duesseldorf Flughafen, walk to D-Flughafen Bf, take the vehicle to D-Flughafen Terminal A/B, walk to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) airport, fly to Alta (ALF), walk to Alta lufthavn, then take the line 42 bus to Alta sentrum. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Hbf to Granshagen via Dortmund Hbf, Dortmund central bus station, Warsaw, Bus Station West, Rovaniemi linja-autoasema, 3, Enontekiö I, and Stornes in around 2d 12h.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–4,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–3,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,300–4,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–6,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Alta via Oslo, Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,300
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,600
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Alta via Oslo, Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–3,100
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Alta via Helsinki, Kittila
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–5,500
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–3,900
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,500
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 120–170
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 80–290
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 150–360
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 320–950
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 350–800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 300–650
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- kr 300–420
- Comfort
- kr 310–430
- Premium
- kr 500–650
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 310–1,100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 310–460
- 1st Class
- kr 600–1,100
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,300
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,900
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Rovaniemi linja-autoasema, 3 to Enontekiö I
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 200–280
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- post@snelandia.no
- Website
- snelandia.no
Bus from Stornes to Granshagen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 160–240
- Website
- Snelandia
- Phone
- + 47 777 88 777
- Website
- svipper.no
Bus from Tromsø Prostneset to Maskinsvingen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–2,700
- Website
- https://svipper.no/?sprak=3
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