There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Lofoten 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 Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Lyngvær østbus
12h 54mkr 1,337–4,607Train, 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 Lyngvær østbus 300
41h 50mkr 2,207–4,573Bus, night train
- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N74
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Arlanda Airport Terminal 4 & 5bus
- Take the night train from Arlanda Centralstation to Narvik stasjonnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bromsgård to Lyngvær østbus 300
2d 2hDrive 3,085 km
- Drive from Cologne to Lofotencar 3,085 km
34h 1mkr 6,362–9,190Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Bodø Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bodø Airport (BOO)plane DUS - BOO
- Take the ferry from Bodø sentrumsterminalen kai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkaiferry
13h 23mTrain 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 Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Lyngvær østbus
10h 30mkr 2,161–5,122Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Leknes, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Leknes (LKN)plane DUS - LKN
- Take the bus from Lufthavnveien kryss to Lyngvær østbus
10h 42mkr 1,877–5,177Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Svolvær Airport, Helle
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ)plane DUS - SVJ
11h 42mkr 2,672–4,472Train, night train, bus
- 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 Narvik stasjonnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bromsgård to Lyngvær østbus 300
44h 42mDrive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Lofotencar
34h 16mkr 6,959–9,963
Cologne to Lofoten by train, bus, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Lofoten is to train and bus which costs kr 2200 - kr 4600 and takes 41h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Lofoten is to train and fly and bus which takes 10h 30m and costs kr 2100 - kr 5500.
The distance between Cologne and Lofoten is 2236 km. The road distance is 3085 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Lofoten without a car is to train and bus which takes 41h 50m and costs kr 2200 - kr 4600.
It takes approximately 12h 54m to get from Cologne to Lofoten, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Lofoten is 3085 km. It takes approximately 34h 1m to drive from Cologne to Lofoten.
There are 289+ hotels available in Lofoten.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Lofoten, Norway?
There is no direct connection from Cologne to Lofoten. 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 Harstad/Narvik lufthavn, take the bus to Lyngvær øst, then walk to Lofoten. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Hbf to Lofoten via Hamburg Hbf, Stockholm Centralstation, Narvik station, Bromsgård, and Lyngvær øst in around 41h 50m.
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Leknes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Leknes via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Leknes via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Leknes via Oslo, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Leknes via Copenhagen, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Leknes via Frankfurt, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–4,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Oslo, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–5,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Copenhagen, Bodø Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–5,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–4,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bodø Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bodø Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–3,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,600
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bodø Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,800
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bodø Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,800–4,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Leknes via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Svolvær Airport, Helle via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,600
- 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 1,100–3,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bodø Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–2,500
- 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
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,600
- 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 80–260
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 200–900
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 230–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 230–850
- 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 290–420
- Comfort
- kr 310–420
- Premium
- kr 500–650
- 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
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 1,000–2,100
- 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 700–1,200
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- 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
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- sj.se
Night train from Arlanda Centralstation to Narvik stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
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
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- reisnordland.no
Bus from Harstad/Narvik lufthavn to Lyngvær øst
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 230–330
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
Bus from Bromsgård to Lyngvær øst
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 300–420
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
Bus from Lufthavnveien kryss to Lyngvær øst
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 70–100
- 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 Leverkusen to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 180–420
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Arlanda Airport Terminal 4 & 5
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- reisnordland.no
Ferry from Bodø sentrumsterminalen kai to Svolvær hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
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