There are 9 ways to get from Cologne to Murmansk by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly, bus
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane DUS - KKN
- Take the bus from Kirkenes Airport to Zapolyarnybus
- Take the bus from Zapolyarny to Murmansk Bus stationbus
14h 32mBus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 909
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Dnotrain
- Take the train from Dno to Murmansktrain
3d 2h₽20,638–34,557Train, bus via Brest
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to S Schönefeldtrain S9
- Take the bus from Berlin Schoenefeld Airport to Brest Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Brest C to Minsk Pastrain
- Take the train from Minsk Pas to Murmansktrain
2d 16h₽34,889–59,129Drive 3,258.6 km
- Drive from Cologne to Murmanskcar 3,258.6 km
36h 57m₽39,286–56,747Train to Brussels Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane BRU - KKN
- Take the bus from Kirkenes Airport to Zapolyarnybus
- Take the bus from Zapolyarny to Murmansk Bus stationbus
17h 10mTrain, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane AMS - KKN
- Take the bus from Kirkenes Airport to Zapolyarnybus
- Take the bus from Zapolyarny to Murmansk Bus stationbus
16h 33mFly from Cologne Bonn Airport, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane CGN - KKN
- Take the bus from Kirkenes Airport to Zapolyarnybus
- Take the bus from Zapolyarny to Murmansk Bus stationbus
18h 26mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hagen Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Schoenefeld Airport to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Minsk Pas to Murmansktrain
2d 18h₽27,386–57,965Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Frankfurtcar
- Take the car train from Frankfurt to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Murmanskcar
41h 18m₽44,259–63,263
Cologne to Murmansk by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Murmansk is to bus and train which costs RUB 20000 - RUB 35000 and takes 3 days 2h.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Murmansk is to drive which takes 36h 57m and costs RUB 39000 - RUB 60000.
The distance between Cologne and Murmansk is 2654 km. The road distance is 3258.6 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Murmansk without a car is to train and bus via Brest which takes 2 days 16h and costs RUB 34000 - RUB 60000.
It takes approximately 14h 32m to get from Cologne to Murmansk, including transfers.
Murmansk is 1h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 10:04 AM in Cologne and 11:04 AM in Murmansk.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Murmansk is 3259 km. It takes approximately 36h 57m to drive from Cologne to Murmansk.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Murmansk, Russia?
There is no direct connection from Cologne to Murmansk. 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 Kirkenes Airport (KKN), walk to Kirkenes Airport, take the bus to Zapolyarny, then take the bus to Murmansk Bus station. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Hbf to Murmansk via S Spandau Bhf, S Schönefeld, Berlin Schoenefeld Airport, Brest Bus station, Brest C, and Minsk Pas in around 2d 16h.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–40,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽12,000–40,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–38,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–39,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–36,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Stockholm, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽12,000–42,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽12,000–41,000
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–39,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–37,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–38,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽12,000–45,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Stockholm, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽12,000–43,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kirkenes Airport via London Gatwick, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽12,000–44,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–41,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–40,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–38,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–36,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽12,000–41,000
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kirkenes Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽12,000–30,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Stockholm, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–32,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Vienna, Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽15,000–50,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽750–1,800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽8,500–20,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽3,400–8,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽2,500–6,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,100–2,700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hagen Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–18,000
- 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
- ₽1,300–2,200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 29743333
- Website
- sbahn.berlin
Train from S Spandau Bhf to S Schönefeld
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽280–320
- Website
- https://sbahn.berlin/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Spandau Bhf to S Schönefeld
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽750–1,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brest C to Minsk Pas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽850–1,100
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
Train from Brest C to Minsk Pas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽2,400–4,600
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽2,400–2,800
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽3,900–4,600
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽7,000–9,500
Train from Minsk Pas to Murmansk
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–14,000
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽7,500–9,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽12,000–14,000
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽21,000–29,000
Train from Dno to Murmansk
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽5,500–11,000
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽5,500–7,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽9,000–11,000
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽16,000–22,000
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Brest C to Minsk Pas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽2,500–8,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽5,500–8,000
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽6,500–9,500
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽2,500–3,200
Train from Brest C to Minsk Pas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽1,500–3,400
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽900–2,100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Dno
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽2,900–6,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽13,000–19,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽2,900–3,800
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽4,200–6,000
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Frankfurt to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–10,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +7 (8152) 400-205
- borodinbus@mail.ru
- Website
- borodinbus.com
Bus from Kirkenes Airport to Zapolyarny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://borodinbus.com/
- Schedules at
- https://borodinbus.com/transit
- Website
- route51.ru
Bus from Zapolyarny to Murmansk Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽300
- Schedules at
- route51.ru
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Berlin Schoenefeld Airport to Brest Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽16,121
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Berlin Schoenefeld Airport to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–23,000
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Kaliningrad Bus station
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