There are 8 ways to get from Cologne to Alta by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Alta
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Alta (ALF)plane DUS - ALF
9h 27mkr 1,768–3,973Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Alta
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Alta (ALF)plane AMS - ALF
10h 39mkr 1,356–4,814Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Rovaniemi, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from 1 to Enontekiö Ibus
- Drive from Enontekiö I to Stornescar
- Take the bus from Stornes to Granshagenbus 170
2d 12hkr 3,074–6,022Drive 2,952.9 km
- Drive from Cologne to Altacar 2,952.9 km
32h 10mkr 6,118–8,837Train to Frankfurt, fly to Alta
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Alta (ALF)plane FRA - ALF
7h 44mkr 2,498–6,346Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Alta
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Alta (ALF)plane BRU - ALF
11h 20mkr 1,933–4,833Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Tromsø Airport, Langnes, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS)plane DUS - TOS
- Take the bus from Tromsø Prostneset to Maskinsvingenbus
13h 24mkr 2,050–4,848Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Altacar
32h 25mkr 6,461–9,866
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 1700 - kr 4000 and takes 9h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Alta is to train and fly which takes 7h 44m and costs kr 2500 - kr 6500.
The distance between Cologne and Alta is 2306 km. The road distance is 2952.9 km.
It takes approximately 9h 27m to get from Cologne to Alta, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Alta is 2953 km. It takes approximately 32h 10m to drive from Cologne to Alta.
There are 52+ 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 D-Flughafen Bf, 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, 1, Enontekiö I, and Stornes in around 2d 12h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–5,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–5,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Alta via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–3,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Alta via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Alta via Oslo, Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–3,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–2,700
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Alta via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,800
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Alta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Alta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–5,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Alta via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Alta via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–3,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,800
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,800
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 100–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 200–450
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 350–800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 340–800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 460–1,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 160–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 320–550
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 190–470
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 120–290
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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 1,000–1,200
- 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 800–1,500
- 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 1,500–2,700
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from 1 to Enontekiö I
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 190–270
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- Phone
- +358 (0) 16 3422 160
- Website
- eskelisen.fi
Bus from 1 to Enontekiö I
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 600–700
- Website
- https://www.eskelisen.fi/en/
- Phone
- 177
- post@snelandia.no
- Website
- snelandia.no
Bus from Stornes to Granshagen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 160–240
- Schedules at
- snelandia.no
- Phone
- + 47 777 88 777
- Website
- svipper.no
Bus from Tromsø Prostneset to Maskinsvingen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,400
- Website
- https://svipper.no/?sprak=3
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