There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Herning by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg-Altona43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to KoldingRj
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Herning St.030
10h 28mkr 432–1,171Train, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Dortmund HbfRe
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Kolding bus stationN74
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Herning St.030
14h 4mkr 530–1,264Drive 737 km
- Drive from Cologne to Herning737 km
6h 27mkr 968–1,398Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Billund Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Billund Airport (BLL)DUS - BLL
- Take the train from Give St. to Herning St.
8h 4mkr 786–2,546Train via Odense
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.Ece
- Take the train from Odense St. to Vejle St.Icl / ...
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Herning St.030
11h 15mkr 639–1,602Bus
- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Kolding bus stationN74
- Take the bus from Vejle St. to Herning St.032
16h 46mkr 486–669Train to Frankfurt, fly to Billund Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Billund Airport (BLL)FRA - BLL
- Take the train from Give St. to Herning St.
6h 35mkr 1,054–2,759Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Aarhus Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Aarhus Airport (AAR)DUS - AAR
- Take the bus from Aarhus Lufthavn to Aarhus Banegårdsplads/Banegårdspladsen
- Take the train from Aarhus H to Herning St.
10h 13mTrain, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Billund Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Billund Airport (BLL)AMS - BLL
- Take the train from Give St. to Herning St.
8h 29mkr 1,134–3,340Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Copenhagen Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)DUS - CPH
- Take the train from København, Københavns Lufthavn to Vejle St.
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Herning St.
8h 54mkr 1,156–2,890
Cologne to Herning by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Herning is to bus which costs 480 kr - 700 kr and takes 16h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Herning is to drive which takes 6h 27m and costs 950 kr - 1400 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Herning. However, there are services departing from Köln Heumarkt and arriving at Herning St. via Leverkusen, Kolding Busterminal and Vejle St.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 46m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Herning. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Herning St. via Hamburg Hbf, Odense St. and Vejle St.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 15m.
The distance between Cologne and Herning is 801 km. The road distance is 737 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Herning without a car is to train which takes 10h 28m and costs 430 kr - 1200 kr.
It takes approximately 10h 28m to get from Cologne to Herning, including transfers.
Cologne to Herning bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leverkusen station.
Cologne to Herning train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Herning is to train which takes 10h 28m and costs 430 kr - 1200 kr. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 480 kr - 700 kr and takes 16h 46m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Herning, Denmark?
You can take a train from Köln Hbf to Herning St. via Hamburg-Altona, Kolding, Kolding Busterminal, Vejle Trafikcenter, and Vejle St. in around 10h 28m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Köln Heumarkt to Herning St. via Wiesdorf Leverkusen Mitte Bf, Leverkusen, Kolding bus station, Kolding Busterminal, Vejle Trafikcenter, and Vejle St. in around 16h 46m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 470–2,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Aarhus Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Aarhus Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 470–3,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 450–2,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 470–2,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Aarhus Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Aarhus Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–3,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 470–3,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 350–2,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 480–1,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Aarhus Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 470–3,000
- 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 480–1,700
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,300
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 200–750
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 95–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 50–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 200–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 240–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 180–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 240–480
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Kolding
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 110–240
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- kr 110–170
- 1st Class
- kr 180–240
- Business
- kr 200–220
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 150–310
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- kr 150–210
- 1st Class
- kr 230–310
- Business
- kr 250–280
- Phone
- +45 72 30 25 00
- kommunikation.afd@gocollective.dk
- Website
- gocollective.dk
Train from Vejle St. to Herning St.
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- gocollective.dk
Train from Give St. to Herning St.
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- gocollective.dk
Train from Aarhus H to Herning St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- gocollective.dk
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Vejle St. to Herning St.
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 90–150
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Give St. to Herning St.
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 50–85
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 440–700
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Odense St. to Vejle St.
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 110–180
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from København, Københavns Lufthavn to Vejle St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 330–550
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 160–230
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 290–650
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- kr 290–410
- Comfort
- kr 320–440
- Premium
- kr 470–650
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 190–420
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- kr 190–270
- Comfort
- kr 200–270
- Premium
- kr 320–420
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 230–330
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 200–650
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 200–300
- 1st Class
- kr 390–650
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 190–650
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 190–290
- 1st Class
- kr 380–650
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 120–400
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 120–190
- 1st Class
- kr 240–400
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Kolding bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 320–470
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leverkusen to Kolding bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 400–600
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Vejle St. to Herning St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 55–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +45 72 30 25 00
- kommunikation.afd@gocollective.dk
- Website
- gocollective.dk
Bus from Vejle St. to Herning St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- gocollective.dk
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Bus from Vejle St. to Herning St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +45 70 21 02 30
- midttrafik@midttrafik.dk
- Website
- midttrafik.dk
Bus from Aarhus Lufthavn to Aarhus Banegårdsplads/Banegårdspladsen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 100
- Schedules at
- midttrafik.dk
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Herning bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Kolding bus station.
Cologne to Herning train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Herning is 737 km. It takes approximately 6h 27m to drive from Cologne to Herning.
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