There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Bergamo by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane CGN - BGY
3h 44m€68–241Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DUS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bergamotrain
6h 53m€41–193Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bergamotrain Re2
11h 18m€121–314Bus
- Take the bus from Köln to Basel, Bahnhofbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Bergamobus FlixBus N473
12h 18m€79–102Night train, bus
- Take the nighttrain from Koeln Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Zürich to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Sesto to Bergamobus
14h 39m€88–166Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane DUS - LIN
5h 45m€163–381Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane CGN - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bergamotrain
6h 22m€66–233Train to Frankfurt, fly to Milan Linate Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane FRA - LIN
5h 34m€131–331Train to Weeze Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Krefeld Hbftrain
- Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane NRN - BGY
5h 44mTrain via Mannheim
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bergamotrain Re2
11h 29m€101–315Drive 836.3 km
- Drive from Cologne to Bergamocar 836.3 km
8h 13m€136–196
Cologne to Bergamo by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Bergamo is to bus which costs €75 - €110 and takes 12h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Bergamo is to fly which takes 3h 44m and costs €65 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Bergamo. However, there are services departing from Köln and arriving at Bergamo via Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 18m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Bergamo. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Bergamo via Basel SBB, Lugano and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 18m.
The distance between Cologne and Bergamo is 625 km. The road distance is 836.3 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Bergamo without a car is to train which takes 11h 18m and costs €120 - €320.
It takes approximately 3h 44m to get from Cologne to Bergamo, including transfers.
Cologne to Bergamo bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Köln station.
Cologne to Bergamo train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Bergamo is to fly which takes 3h 44m and costs €65 - €250. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €120 - €320 and takes 11h 18m, you could also bus, which costs €75 - €110 and takes 12h 18m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Bergamo, Italy?
Ryanair flies from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Hbf to Bergamo via Basel SBB, Lugano, and Milano Centrale in around 11h 18m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–430
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–430
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Weeze Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–260
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–430
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €20–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Centrale to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Centrale to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Centrale to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Centrale to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Night train from Koeln Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Köln to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €48–52
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Basel SBB to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Zürich to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- 800 905150
- Website
- nordesttrasporti.it
Bus from Sesto to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Schedules at
- nordesttrasporti.it
- 2nd Class
- €4–7
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Booking & Getting There
Cologne to Bergamo bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Basel, Bahnhof station.
Cologne to Bergamo train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Bergamo is 836 km. It takes approximately 8h 13m to drive from Cologne to Bergamo.
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