There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Belgrade by train, plane, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)plane DUS - BEG
5h 36mRSD 11,499–39,399Train to Dortmund Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)plane DTM - BEG
6h 39mRSD 7,162–36,417Train, bus via Augsburg
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Augsburg Hbftrain 47 / ...
- Take the bus from Augsburg to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
17h 9mRSD 11,831–27,408Train, night train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldnighttrain En
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Szegedtrain
- Take the train from Szeged to Suboticatrain Re
- Take the train from Subotica to Beograd Centartrain Ir / ...
24h 7mRSD 12,431–25,029Drive 1,467.6 km
- Drive from Cologne to Belgradecar 1,467.6 km
12h 56mRSD 24,163–34,902Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)plane CGN - BEG
6h 45mRSD 12,926–26,705Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)plane FRA - BEG
5h 42mRSD 12,962–36,187Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
23h 10mRSD 10,000–18,000Train, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Hbftrain Re
- Take the bus from Düsseldorf to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
25h 46mDrive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Belgradecar
12h 11mRSD 23,659–138,951
Cologne to Belgrade by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Belgrade is to bus which costs RSD 10000 - RSD 18000 and takes 23h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Belgrade is to train and fly which takes 5h 36m and costs RSD 11000 - RSD 40000.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Cologne and arriving at Beograd, Autobuska stanica. Services depart six times a week, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 23h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Belgrade. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Beograd Centar via Stuttgart Hbf, Budapest-Kelenfoeld, Szeged and Subotica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 7m.
The distance between Cologne and Belgrade is 1305 km. The road distance is 1467.6 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Belgrade without a car is to train and bus via Augsburg which takes 17h 9m and costs RSD 11000 - RSD 28000.
It takes approximately 5h 36m to get from Cologne to Belgrade, including transfers.
Cologne to Belgrade bus services, operated by Nikolic Prevoz D.O.O, depart from Cologne station.
Cologne to Belgrade train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Belgrade is to fly which takes 6h 45m and costs RSD 12000 - RSD 27000. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs RSD 10000 - RSD 18000 and takes 23h 10m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Belgrade, Serbia?
Lufthansa, Eurowings, and three other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) 3 times a day. Alternatively, Nikolic Prevoz D.O.O operates a bus from Cologne to Beograd, Autobuska stanica 3 times a week. Tickets cost RSD 8,500–11,000 and the journey takes 23h 10m. Two other operators also service this route.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RSD 11,000–45,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RSD 11,000–43,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RSD 9,500–25,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RSD 9,500–25,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RSD 9,000–35,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- RSD 9,000–34,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- RSD 9,000–34,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RSD 10,000–23,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RSD 11,000–44,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RSD 9,000–33,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RSD 9,500–40,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RSD 10,000–43,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- RSD 10,000–42,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RSD 9,500–39,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RSD 16,000–35,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RSD 3,800–31,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RSD 800–2,800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- RSD 7,000–17,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- RSD 5,000–16,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RSD 2,500–9,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 800–2,600
- 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
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- RSD 3,000–6,500
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- RSD 3,000–4,200
- Comfort
- RSD 3,100–4,300
- Premium
- RSD 5,000–6,500
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 3,000–6,500
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- RSD 3,000–4,200
- Comfort
- RSD 3,100–4,200
- Premium
- RSD 5,000–6,500
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 4,800–5,500
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Szeged
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 1,000–1,200
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Szeged to Subotica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- RSD 340–390
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +381 11 360 28 99
- putnik.info@srbvoz.rs
- Website
- srbijavoz.rs
Train from Subotica to Beograd Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RSD 700–1,200
- Schedules at
- srbijavoz.rs
- Rail 2nd Class
- RSD 700–850
- 1st Class
- RSD 950–1,200
- Phone
- +382 20 441 197
- info@zpcg.me
- Website
- zpcg.me
Train from Subotica to Beograd Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 900–1,950
- Website
- https://zpcg.me/en
- Second Class
- RSD 900–1,050
- First Class
- RSD 1,800–1,950
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RSD 2,000–2,900
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- RSD 1,100–1,700
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- RSD 12,000–120,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- RSD 32,000–65,000
- Car Compartment
- RSD 60,000–120,000
- Phone
- +381 11 7620255
- office@fudeks.rs
- Website
- fudeks.rs
Bus from Augsburg to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- RSD 4,800–11,000
- Website
- http://en.fudeks.rs/timetable/
- Phone
- 019 435 045
- doonikolicprevoz@gmail.com
- Website
- nikolicprevoz.rs
Bus from Cologne to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- RSD 8,500–11,000
- Schedules at
- nikolicprevoz.rs
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Cologne to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Phone
- +381 20 333 733
- garoreisen@gmail.com
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Cologne to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Düsseldorf to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
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Cologne to Belgrade bus services, operated by Nikolic Prevoz D.O.O, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Cologne to Belgrade train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hauptbahnhof station.
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