There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Denmark by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Copenhagen Airport
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane DUS - CPH
4h 4mkr 873–1,909Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Copenhagen Busterminalbus N74
15h 26mkr 522–892Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg-Harburgtrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg Bf to København Htrain Rj / ...
10h 9mkr 1,381–2,698Drive 879 km
- Drive from Cologne to Copenhagencar 879 km
7h 43mkr 1,187–1,715Train to Frankfurt, fly to Copenhagen Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane FRA - CPH
4h 29mkr 1,128–2,580Train to Frankfurt, fly to Billund Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane FRA - BLL
5h 3mkr 1,162–2,985Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Copenhagen Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels Airport - Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane BRU - CPH
5h 58mkr 1,174–2,813Train via Hamburg
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to København Htrain Ece / ...
10h 25mkr 1,027–2,637Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hansaring to Essen Hbftrain S6
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburgbus
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to København Syd St.train 083
13h 17mkr 753–1,187Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Frankfurtcar
- Take the car train from Frankfurt to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Copenhagencar
11h 54mkr 1,601–2,241
Cologne to Denmark by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Denmark is to bus which costs 500 kr - 900 kr and takes 15h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Denmark is to train and fly which takes 4h 4m and costs 850 kr - 2000 kr.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Denmark. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at København H via Hamburg-Harburg Bf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 9m.
The distance between Cologne and Denmark is 679 km. The road distance is 879 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Denmark without a car is to train which takes 10h 9m and costs 1300 kr - 2700 kr.
It takes approximately 4h 4m to get from Cologne to Denmark, including transfers.
Cologne to Denmark train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Denmark is to train which takes 10h 9m and costs 1300 kr - 2700 kr. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 500 kr - 900 kr and takes 15h 26m.
Cologne to Denmark train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hamburg-Harburg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Denmark is 879 km. It takes approximately 7h 43m to drive from Cologne to Denmark.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Denmark?
You can take a train from Köln Hbf to København H via Hamburg-Harburg Bf in around 10h 9m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Copenhagen Busterminal once daily. Tickets cost kr 500–850 and the journey takes 14h 15m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–4,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–2,700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 360–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,900
Flights from Brussels Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 330–2,000
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,900
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,500
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 65–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 220–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels Airport - Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 280–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Hamburg-Harburg Bf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,300
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,200
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 130–310
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 430–700
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hansaring to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 120–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København Syd St.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 430–650
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Frankfurt to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–850
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Copenhagen Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–850
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 180–330
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
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