There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Harstad by train, plane, bus, night train, car, ferry, or car train
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, bus
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE)plane DUS - EVE
- Take the bus from Evenes truck stop to Eriks gatebus
9h 25mkr 1,543–4,472Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centraltrain Ic
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Narvik stationtrain
- Take the bus from Bromsgård to Byskilletbus 200
38h 50mkr 2,988–4,178Train, night train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to Stockholm Centralstationtrain Ic
- Take the night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Narvik stasjonnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bromsgård to Harstad Byterminalbus 200
38h 49mDrive 2,944.9 km
- Drive from Cologne to Harstadcar 2,944.9 km
31h 57mkr 6,048–8,736Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Tromsø Airport, Langnes, ferry
- 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 ferry from Tromsø Prostneset hurtigbåtkai to Harstad hurtigbåtkaiferry
10h 24mTrain to Brussels Airport, fly to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE)plane BRU - EVE
- Take the bus from Evenes truck stop to Eriks gatebus
10h 28mkr 1,847–4,367Train to Frankfurt, fly to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE)plane FRA - EVE
- Take the bus from Evenes truck stop to Eriks gatebus
7h 46mkr 2,683–4,686Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Bardufoss Airport, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bardufoss Airport (BDU)plane DUS - BDU
- Take the bus from Bardufoss lufthavn to Finnsnes kaibus
- Take the ferry from Finnsnes kai to Harstad hurtigbåtkaiferry
11h 52mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Tromsø Airport, Langnes, ferry
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS)plane FRA - TOS
- Take the ferry from Tromsø Prostneset hurtigbåtkai to Harstad hurtigbåtkaiferry
10h 55mDrive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Harstadcar
32h 12mkr 6,457–9,461
Cologne to Harstad by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Harstad is to train and fly and bus which costs kr 1500 - kr 4500 and takes 9h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Harstad is to train and fly and bus which takes 7h 46m and costs kr 2600 - kr 4700.
The distance between Cologne and Harstad is 2081 km. The road distance is 2944.9 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Harstad without a car is to train and bus which takes 38h 50m and costs kr 2900 - kr 4200.
It takes approximately 9h 25m to get from Cologne to Harstad, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Harstad is 2945 km. It takes approximately 31h 57m to drive from Cologne to Harstad.
There are 60+ hotels available in Harstad.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Harstad, Troms og Finnmark, Norway?
There is no direct connection from Cologne to Harstad. 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 Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE), walk to Evenes truck stop, then take the bus to Eriks gate. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Hbf to Byskillet via Hamburg Hbf, Stockholm Centralstation, Narvik station, and Bromsgård in around 38h 50m.
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–2,400
Flights from Brussels Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–4,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bardufoss Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,900–7,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bardufoss Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–7,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bardufoss Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–7,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bardufoss Airport via Frankfurt, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,300–10,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–2,900
Flights from Brussels Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–4,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Tromsø Airport, Langnes via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–3,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–4,800
Flights from Brussels Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 2,000–3,800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–5,500
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,100
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 260–300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 800–900
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 500–560
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 430–480
- 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 290–650
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- kr 290–410
- Comfort
- kr 300–410
- Premium
- kr 490–650
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,100
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,100
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Narvik station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,000
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- 1st Class Ticket
- kr 1,300–1,800
- 2nd Class Ticket
- kr 1,400–2,000
Train from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–1,600
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- 1st Class Ticket
- kr 1,100–1,500
- 2nd Class Ticket
- kr 1,200–1,600
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- sj.se
Night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Narvik stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/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 1,000–1,300
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- + 47 777 88 777
- Website
- svipper.no
Bus from Evenes truck stop to Eriks gate
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 150–210
- Website
- https://svipper.no/?sprak=3
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- reisnordland.no
Bus from Bromsgård to Byskillet
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 130–190
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
Bus from Bromsgård to Harstad Byterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 130–190
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
- Phone
- +47 482 80 500
- flybussen.stavanger@boreal.no
- Website
- flybussen.no
Bus from Bardufoss lufthavn to Finnsnes kai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 160–230
- Website
- https://www.flybussen.no/en
- Phone
- + 47 777 88 777
- Website
- svipper.no
Ferry from Tromsø Prostneset hurtigbåtkai to Harstad hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://svipper.no/?sprak=3
Ferry from Finnsnes kai to Harstad hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://svipper.no/?sprak=3
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