There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Kiruna by train, plane, car, bus, night train, or car train
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Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Kiruna Airport
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Kiruna Airport (KRN)plane BRU - KRN
11h 42mkr 2,165–4,782Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, bus, train
cheapest- 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 Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Bromsgårdbus
- Take the train from Narvik station to Kiruna stationtrain
13h 19mkr 1,603–4,754Train
- 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 Kiruna stationtrain
32h 33mkr 2,565–3,641Drive 2,688.8 km
- Drive from Cologne to Kirunacar 2,688.8 km
28h 32mkr 4,616–6,668Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Kiruna Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kiruna Airport (KRN)plane CGN - KRN
11h 13mkr 3,246–6,091Train to Frankfurt, fly to Kiruna Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kiruna Airport (KRN)plane FRA - KRN
7h 50mkr 2,410–5,311Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Kiruna Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Kiruna Airport (KRN)plane DUS - KRN
5h 58mkr 1,878–4,984Train, night train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg-Harburgtrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstationtrain 344
- Take the night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Kiruna stationnighttrain
33h 15mTrain, bus, night train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Arlanda Airport Terminal 4 & 5bus
- Take the night train from Arlanda Centralstation to Kiruna stationnighttrain
37h 6mDrive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Kirunacar
28h 46mkr 5,289–7,834
Cologne to Kiruna by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Kiruna is to train and fly and bus which costs 1600 kr - 4800 kr and takes 13h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Kiruna is to train and fly which takes 5h 58m and costs 1800 kr - 5000 kr.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Kiruna station. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Kiruna station via Hamburg Hbf and Stockholm Centralstation. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 33m.
The distance between Cologne and Kiruna is 2308 km. The road distance is 2688.8 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Kiruna without a car is to train which takes 32h 33m and costs 2500 kr - 3700 kr.
It takes approximately 11h 42m to get from Cologne to Kiruna, including transfers.
Cologne to Kiruna train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Kiruna is to train which takes 32h 33m and costs 2500 kr - 3700 kr. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs 3200 kr - 6500 kr and takes 11h 13m.
Cologne to Kiruna train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Kiruna is 2689 km. It takes approximately 28h 32m to drive from Cologne to Kiruna.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Kiruna, Sweden?
You can take a train from Köln Hbf to Kiruna station via Hamburg Hbf and Stockholm Centralstation in around 32h 33m. Alternatively, Eurowings, Scandinavian Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kiruna Airport (KRN) twice daily.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kiruna Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–3,600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kiruna Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–3,600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kiruna Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,900
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kiruna Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 3,100–5,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kiruna Airport via Munich, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–7,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kiruna Airport via Riga, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,900
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kiruna Airport via Munich, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 3,100–5,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Kiruna Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–6,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Kiruna Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–4,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Kiruna Airport via Gothenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–4,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kiruna Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–3,600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kiruna Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 3,100–5,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kiruna Airport via Munich, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–7,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kiruna Airport via Munich, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 3,100–5,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kiruna Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–6,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Kiruna Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,700–4,400
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kiruna Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–6,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Kiruna Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–6,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kiruna Airport via Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kiruna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 330–4,000
- 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
- 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
- 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 1,100–2,900
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,300
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 470–530
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 750–850
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 250–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 410–460
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 750–850
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- 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 700–1,100
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–1,700
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- 1st Class Ticket
- kr 1,100–1,600
- 2nd Class Ticket
- kr 1,200–1,700
Train from Narvik station to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 150–380
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- 1st Class Ticket
- kr 270–380
- 2nd Class Ticket
- kr 150–210
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,500
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- 1st Class Ticket
- kr 1,000–1,500
- 2nd Class Ticket
- kr 1,100–1,500
- 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 270–600
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- kr 270–380
- Comfort
- kr 280–390
- Premium
- kr 460–600
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Narvik station to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
Night train from Stockholm Centralstation to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
Night train from Arlanda Centralstation to Kiruna station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- 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 950–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- 05 798
- post@boreal.no
- Website
- boreal.no
Bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Bromsgård
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 290–350
- Website
- Boreal
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- reisnordland.no
Bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Bromsgård
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 75–110
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
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 Arlanda Airport Terminal 4 & 5
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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