There are 12 ways to get from Cologne to Ikast by train (Deutsche Bahn), bus, car, train, plane, night train, or car train
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Train
best- Take the train from Cologne Messe/Deutz to Hamburg Central Station
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kolding St.Ece
- Take the train from Kolding St. to Skanderborg St.Ic / ...
- Take the train from Skanderborg St. to Ikast St.031 / ...
11h 1mBus
cheapest- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Kolding bus stationN74
17h 28mkr 631–794Drive 732.7 km
- Drive from Cologne to Ikast732.7 km
6h 32mkr 983–1,420Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Billund Airport, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Billund Airport (BLL)DUS - BLL
- Take the train from Give St. to Herning St.
8h 51mkr 836–2,646Train, night train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf39 / ...
- Take the night train from Hamburg Hbf to OdenseEn
- Take the train from Odense St. to Skanderborg St.Icl / ...
- Take the train from Skanderborg St. to Ikast St.031 / ...
12h 6mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf39 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to OdenseRj
- Take the train from Odense St. to Horsens St.Icl / ...
- Take the bus from Horsens Trafikterminal to Ikast/Østerport116
12h 19mkr 637–1,442Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Hannover Hbf
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Ikast
6h 46mkr 1,390–1,898Train 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.
7h 9mkr 1,169–2,859Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Copenhagen Airport, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)DUS - CPH
- Take the train from København H to Skanderborg St.
- Take the train from Skanderborg St. to Ikast St.
8h 54mFly Cologne Bonn Airport to Billund Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Billund Airport (BLL)CGN - BLL
- Take the train from Give St. to Herning St.
10h 39mkr 949–2,584Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Midtjyllands Airport
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Midtjyllands Airport (KRP)DUS - KRP
10h 25mkr 1,099–3,136Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Billund Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Take the train from Utrecht 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 53mkr 1,141–3,340
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Billund Airport (BLL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Ikast is to bus which costs 600 kr - 800 kr and takes 17h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Ikast is to drive which takes 6h 32m and costs 950 kr - 1500 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Ikast. However, there are services departing from Köln Heumarkt and arriving at Ikast/Østerport via Leverkusen, Kolding Busterminal, Vejle Trafikcenter and Nørre Snede Rtb.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 28m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Ikast. However, there are services departing from Cologne Messe/Deutz and arriving at Ikast St. via Hamburg Hbf, Kolding St. and Skanderborg St.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 1m.
The distance between Cologne and Ikast is 877 km. The road distance is 732.7 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Ikast without a car is to train which takes 11h 1m and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 1m to get from Cologne to Ikast, including transfers.
Cologne to Ikast bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leverkusen station.
Cologne to Ikast train services, operated by FlixTrain GmbH, depart from Cologne Messe/Deutz station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Ikast is to train which takes 11h 1m and costs . Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 600 kr - 800 kr and takes 17h 28m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Ikast, Denmark?
You can take a train from Cologne Messe/Deutz to Ikast St. via Hamburg Central Station, Hamburg Hbf, Kolding St., and Skanderborg St. in around 11h 1m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Leverkusen to Kolding bus station once daily. Tickets cost kr 400–600 and the journey takes 11h 25m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 470–1,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Billund Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 460–2,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 450–3,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,300
- 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 430–2,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 460–2,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 320–1,900
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 450–3,000
- Website
- aisairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Midtjyllands Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–2,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Midtjyllands Airport via Frankfurt, Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Midtjyllands Airport via Munich, Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Midtjyllands Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 430–2,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 450–3,000
- 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 470–1,600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Billund Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,600
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,200
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Billund Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–2,500
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Cologne Messe/Deutz to Hamburg Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 130–490
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 340–550
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Kolding St. to Skanderborg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 130–220
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Give St. to Herning St.
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 50–85
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Odense St. to Skanderborg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 190–300
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Odense St. to Horsens St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 150–240
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from København H to Skanderborg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 390–650
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- reiseauskunft.bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 210–290
- Website
- reiseauskunft.bahn.de
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 210–290
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 230–320
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +45 72 30 25 00
- kommunikation.afd@gocollective.dk
- Website
- gocollective.dk
Train from Skanderborg St. to Ikast St.
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- gocollective.dk
Train from Give St. to Herning St.
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- gocollective.dk
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 75–110
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 50–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 230–800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 200–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 5 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
- Website
- bahntouristikexpress.de
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- bahntouristikexpress.de
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 150–310
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- kr 150–220
- 1st Class
- kr 230–310
- Business
- kr 250–280
- 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 650–800
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- 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 Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 250–850
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 250–380
- 1st Class
- kr 500–850
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 65–180
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 65–100
- 1st Class
- kr 100–180
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 75–85
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl
- 2nd Class
- kr 75–85
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
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
- Phone
- +45 70 21 02 30
- midttrafik@midttrafik.dk
- Website
- midttrafik.dk
Bus from Horsens Trafikterminal to Ikast/Østerport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 100
- Website
- Midttrafik
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Ikast bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Kolding bus station.
Cologne to Ikast train services, operated by FlixTrain GmbH, arrive at Hamburg Central Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Ikast is 733 km. It takes approximately 6h 32m to drive from Cologne to Ikast.
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