There are 8 ways to get from Cologne to Murmansk by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
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
16h 17mTrain, bus via Brest
cheapest- 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₽16,791–41,361Drive 3,258.4 km
- Drive from Cologne to Murmanskcar 3,258.4 km
36h 57m₽42,035–60,718Train to Brussels Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Köln 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 9mTrain to Frankfurt, fly, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kirkenes Airport (KKN)plane FRA - KKN
- Take the bus from Kirkenes Airport to Zapolyarnybus
- Take the bus from Zapolyarny to Murmansk Bus stationbus
14h 13mTrain, 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₽18,357–42,980Bus, train
- 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 1h₽21,094–34,977Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Murmanskcar
37h 11m₽47,752–70,419
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 21000 - RUB 35000 and takes 3 days 1h.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Murmansk is to drive which takes 36h 57m and costs RUB 42000 - RUB 65000.
The distance between Cologne and Murmansk is 2653 km. The road distance is 3258.4 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 16000 - RUB 42000.
It takes approximately 16h 17m to get from Cologne to Murmansk, including transfers.
Murmansk is 2h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 12:21 PM in Cologne and 2:21 PM in Murmansk.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Murmansk is 3258 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
- norwegian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–40,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–37,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–38,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkenes Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–37,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkenes Airport via Billund, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–37,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Helsinki, Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽18,000–50,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Frankfurt, Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽12,000–48,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Helsinki, Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–48,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkenes Airport via Ivalo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–44,000
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–36,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kirkenes Airport via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–45,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽9,000–30,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkenes Airport via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–32,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽600–2,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,900–12,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽2,700–7,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,800–6,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,100–4,700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hagen Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽3,400–11,000
- 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
- ₽2,300–5,500
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- ₽2,300–3,300
- Comfort
- ₽2,400–3,300
- Premium
- ₽4,000–5,500
- Phone
- +49 30 29743333
- Website
- sbahn.berlin
Train from S Spandau Bhf to S Schönefeld
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽300–350
- Website
- https://sbahn.berlin/en/
Train from Brest C to Minsk Pas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽850–1,100
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
Train from Brest C to Minsk Pas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽2,400–4,700
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽2,400–2,800
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽4,000–4,700
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽7,000–9,500
Train from Minsk Pas to Murmansk
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–15,000
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽7,500–9,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽12,000–15,000
- 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/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- 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/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 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
- ₽3,200–6,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽13,000–19,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽3,200–4,500
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽4,100–6,000
- 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
- ₽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
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽4,500–6,500
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Berlin Schoenefeld Airport to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽6,000–12,000
- 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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