There are 8 ways to get from Cologne to Geiranger by train, plane, car ferry, bus, 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.
Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Ålesund Airport, Vigra, car ferry
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES)plane DUS - AES
- Take the car ferry from Ålesund to Geiranger ferjekaicarferry
12h 50mkr 1,580–5,057Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Ålesund Airport, Vigra, car ferry
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 Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES)plane AMS - AES
- Take the car ferry from Ålesund to Geiranger ferjekaicarferry
13h 41mkr 1,571–5,889Bus
- Take the bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Südviertel, Essenbus
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburgbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminalbus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Grasdalenbus
30h 4mDrive 1,911.7 km
- Drive from Cologne to Geirangercar 1,911.7 km
19h 38mkr 3,996–5,771Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane DUS - OSL
- Take the bus from Oslo lufthavn to Langvatnbus
11h 32mkr 2,175–4,902Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Molde Airport, Årø, bus, line 1054 car ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Molde Airport, Årø (MOL)plane DUS - MOL
- Take the bus from Årøkrysset to Sjøholtbus
- Take the bus from Sjøholt to Linge ferjekaibus
- Take the car ferry from Linge ferjekai to Eidsdal ferjekaicarferry
13h 5mkr 1,870–5,727Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain 78 / ...
- Take the bus from Arnhem Central Station to Malmö central train station FlixBus stopbus
- Take the train from Malmö Centralstation to Oslo Strain
- Take the train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjontrain
- Take the bus from Oslo lufthavn to Langvatnbus
30h 12mkr 4,036–6,754Train, bus, drive, line 1054 car ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain 78 / ...
- Take the bus from Arnhem Central Station to Malmö central train station FlixBus stopbus
- Take the train from Malmö Centralstation to Oslo Strain
- Take the train from Oslo S to Dombås stasjontrain F6
- Take the train from Dombås stasjon to Bjorli Stationtrain R65
- Drive from Bjorli Station to Linge ferjekaicar
- Take the car ferry from Linge ferjekai to Eidsdal ferjekaicarferry
31h 52mkr 3,351–5,559
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Ålesund Airport, Vigra (AES) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Geiranger is to train and fly and car ferry which costs kr 1500 - kr 6000 and takes 13h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Geiranger is to train and fly and bus which takes 11h 32m and costs kr 2100 - kr 4900.
The distance between Cologne and Geiranger is 1395 km. The road distance is 1911.7 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Geiranger without a car is to bus which takes 30h 4m and costs .
It takes approximately 12h 50m to get from Cologne to Geiranger, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Geiranger is 1912 km. It takes approximately 19h 38m to drive from Cologne to Geiranger.
There are 50+ hotels available in Geiranger.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Geiranger, Norway?
You can take a bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Geiranger via Südviertel, Essen, Essen Hbf, Hamburg, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, Oslo bussterminal, and Grasdalen in around 30h 4m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–4,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Molde Airport, Årø via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ålesund Airport, Vigra
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 900–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 900–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,700
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Molde Airport, Årø via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Ålesund Airport, Vigra via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–4,800
- 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 100–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 330–750
- 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 160–270
- 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
- +47 61 05 19 10
- tog@vy.no
- Website
- vy.no
Train from Malmö Centralstation to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–2,800
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
Train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 140–210
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
- Phone
- +47 23 15 90 00
- flytoget@flytoget.no
- Website
- flytoget.no
Train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 220–240
- Website
- https://flytoget.no/en/
- Phone
- +47 61 25 22 00
- kundeservice@sj.no
- Website
- sj.no
Train from Oslo S to Dombås stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 270–370
- Website
- https://www.sj.no/en/front-page/
Train from Dombås stasjon to Bjorli Station
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 130–190
- Website
- https://www.sj.no/en/front-page/
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Südviertel, Essen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Arnhem Central Station to Malmö central train station FlixBus stop
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Grasdalen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,500
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
Bus from Oslo lufthavn to Langvatn
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,400
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- +47 71 28 01 00
- Website
- frammr.no
Bus from Årøkrysset to Sjøholt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 120–170
- Website
- https://frammr.no/?sprak=3
Bus from Sjøholt to Linge ferjekai
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 380–550
- Website
- https://frammr.no/?sprak=3
- Phone
- +442039 935 562
- book@hurtigruten.com
- Website
- hurtigruten.com
Car ferry from Ålesund to Geiranger ferjekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 320–490
- Website
- https://www.hurtigruten.com
- Phone
- +47 71 28 01 00
- Website
- frammr.no
Car ferry from Linge ferjekai to Eidsdal ferjekai
- Ave. Duration
- 13 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 55–75
- Website
- https://frammr.no/?sprak=3
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