There are 9 ways to get from Cologne to Kalmar by train (Deutsche Bahn), bus, car, train, or plane
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Train via Copenhagen
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf39 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to København HEce
- Take the train from Köpenhamn H to Kalmar, Järnvägstation
14h 3mkr 1,177–2,396Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Copenhagen BusterminalN74 / ...
- Take the bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to LundN73
- Take the bus from Lund Centralstation to Hässleholm Centralstation
- Take the bus from Hässleholm Centralstation to Kalmar, Järnvägstation
24h 49mkr 888–2,388Drive 1,190.2 km
- Drive from Cologne to Kalmar1,190.2 km
11h 11mkr 2,123–3,067Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Kalmar Öland Airport
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Kalmar Öland Airport (KLR)DUS - KLR
9h 3mkr 2,550–4,773Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf39 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Malmö Centralstation344 / ...
- Take the train from Malmö Centralstation to Kalmar, Järnvägstation
14h 33mkr 1,127–2,266Train via Münster
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Muenster(Westf)HbfRe
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf39 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Eslöv station
- Take the train from Eslöv station to Kalmar, Järnvägstation
18hkr 1,413–2,277Train 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 Copenhagen Airport to Kalmar, Järnvägstation
8h 55mkr 1,410–3,823Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Kalmar Öland Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kalmar Öland Airport (KLR)CGN - KLR
8h 15mkr 1,548–4,209Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT)DUS - GOT
- Take the bus from Gothenburg Landvetter Airport to Borås Central Bus Station
- Take the train from Borås Centralstation to Kalmar, Järnvägstation
9h 40mkr 1,115–3,723
Cologne to Kalmar by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Kalmar is to bus which costs 850 kr - 2400 kr and takes 24h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Kalmar is to fly which takes 8h 15m and costs 1500 kr - 4300 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Kalmar station. However, there are services departing from Köln Heumarkt and arriving at Kalmar, Järnvägstation via Leverkusen, Copenhagen Busterminal, Lund Centralstation and Hässleholm Centralstation. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 49m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Kalmar station. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Kalmar, Järnvägstation via Hamburg Hbf and Köpenhamn H. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 3m.
The distance between Cologne and Kalmar is 1279 km. The road distance is 1190.2 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Kalmar without a car is to train via Copenhagen which takes 14h 3m and costs 1100 kr - 2400 kr.
It takes approximately 14h 3m to get from Cologne to Kalmar, including transfers.
Cologne to Kalmar bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leverkusen station.
Cologne to Kalmar train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Kalmar is to train via Copenhagen which takes 14h 3m and costs 1100 kr - 2400 kr. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 850 kr - 2400 kr and takes 24h 49m, you could also fly, which costs 1500 kr - 4300 kr and takes 8h 15m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Kalmar, Sweden?
You can take a train from Köln Hbf to Kalmar, Järnvägstation via Hamburg Hbf, København H, and Köpenhamn H in around 14h 3m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Köln Heumarkt to Kalmar, Järnvägstation via Wiesdorf Leverkusen Mitte Bf, Leverkusen, Copenhagen Busterminal, Lund, Lund Centralstation, and Hässleholm Centralstation in around 24h 49m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kalmar Öland Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kalmar Öland Airport via Oslo, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kalmar Öland Airport via Copenhagen Airport, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kalmar Öland Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kalmar Öland Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,100
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kalmar Öland Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kalmar Öland Airport via Vienna, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kalmar Öland Airport via Munich, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kalmar Öland Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kalmar Öland Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,100
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kalmar Öland Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,100
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kalmar Öland Airport via Vienna, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kalmar Öland Airport via Munich, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–6,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,200
- 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 650–2,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,900
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 390–1,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 260–800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,500
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- reiseauskunft.bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–700
- Website
- reiseauskunft.bahn.de
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Hamburg Hbf to København H
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 320–700
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- kr 320–460
- 1st Class
- kr 500–700
- Business
- kr 550–600
- Phone
- +46 771-77 77 1
- bokningssupporten@oresundstag.se
- Website
- oresundstag.se
Train from Köpenhamn H to Kalmar, Järnvägstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 460–550
- Website
- https://www.oresundstag.se/en
Train from Malmö Centralstation to Kalmar, Järnvägstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 360–420
- Website
- https://www.oresundstag.se/en
Train from Eslöv station to Kalmar, Järnvägstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 410–416
- Website
- https://www.oresundstag.se/en
Train from Copenhagen Airport to Kalmar, Järnvägstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 460–550
- Website
- https://www.oresundstag.se/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 120–180
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Muenster(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 290–420
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 290–650
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- kr 290–410
- Comfort
- kr 310–420
- Premium
- kr 500–650
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Malmö Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 380–600
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Borås Centralstation to Kalmar, Järnvägstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 130–600
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Malmö Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 370–700
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Eslöv station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 450–650
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leverkusen to Copenhagen Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 410–850
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Lund
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 85–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Gothenburg Landvetter Airport to Borås Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 85–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Lund
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 150–1,000
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
Bus from Gothenburg Landvetter Airport to Borås Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 110–150
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- +46 771-77 77 1
- bokningssupporten@oresundstag.se
- Website
- oresundstag.se
Bus from Lund Centralstation to Hässleholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 95–140
- Website
- https://www.oresundstag.se/en
Bus from Hässleholm Centralstation to Kalmar, Järnvägstation
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 290–400
- Website
- https://www.oresundstag.se/en
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Kalmar bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Copenhagen Busterminal station.
Cologne to Kalmar train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Kalmar is 1190 km. It takes approximately 11h 11m to drive from Cologne to Kalmar.
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