There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Odense by train (Deutsche Bahn), bus, car, train, plane, night train, or car train
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Train
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.train Ece
8h 26mkr 284–863Bus
- Take the bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Münster-Mittebus
- Take the bus from Münster bus stop to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus 380 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg ZOB to Odense St.bus 047
11h 56mDrive 719.4 km
- Drive from Cologne to Odensecar 719.4 km
6h 13mkr 925–1,335Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Copenhagen Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)plane DUS - CPH
- Take the train from København, Københavns Lufthavn to Odense St.train
6h 18mkr 886–2,550Train, night train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Tostedttrain Drf
- Take the train from Tostedt to Hamburg Hbftrain Rb / ...
- Take the night train from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to Odense stationnighttrain Nt / ...
9h 38mDrive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Odensecar
6h 27mkr 1,337–1,829Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane DUS - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.train
7h 31mkr 791–2,272Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Billund Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane DUS - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Odense St.train
7h 53mkr 853–2,451Train to Frankfurt, fly to Billund Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane FRA - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Odense St.train
6h 24mkr 1,083–2,563Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Billund Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane AMS - BLL
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Odense St.train
8h 25mkr 1,151–3,345
Cologne to Odense by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Odense is to train which costs 280 kr - 900 kr and takes 8h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Odense is to drive which takes 6h 13m and costs 900 kr - 1400 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Odense. However, there are services departing from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis and arriving at Odense St. via Münster bus stop and Hamburg ZOB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Odense. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Odense St. via Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 26m.
The distance between Cologne and Odense is 772 km. The road distance is 719.4 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Odense without a car is to train which takes 8h 26m and costs 280 kr - 900 kr.
It takes approximately 8h 26m to get from Cologne to Odense, including transfers.
Cologne to Odense bus services, operated by OrionBus, depart from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis station.
Cologne to Odense train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Odense is to train which takes 8h 26m and costs 280 kr - 900 kr. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 11h 56m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Odense, Denmark?
You can take a train from Köln Hbf to Odense St. via Hamburg Hbf in around 8h 26m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Odense St. via Münster-Mitte, Münster bus stop, and Hamburg ZOB in around 11h 56m.
- 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 460–1,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,900
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 330–2,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,900
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 420–2,900
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 320–2,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 400–2,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 420–2,900
- 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 460–1,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–3,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 420–2,900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–3,200
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–2,900
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 130–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 50–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 140–450
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 200–500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 440–700
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from København, Københavns Lufthavn to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 230–360
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Vejle St. to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 110–180
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- reiseauskunft.bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en?revia=yes&existOptimizePrice=1&country=overseas&initialAvail=ON&S={fromName}&Z={toName}&start=1
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 240–340
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Night train from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to Odense station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 240–340
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 150–310
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- kr 150–210
- 1st Class
- kr 230–310
- Business
- kr 250–280
- 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 190–420
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- kr 190–270
- Comfort
- kr 200–270
- Premium
- kr 320–420
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Tostedt to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- 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 650–800
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- 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
- kr 190–650
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 190–290
- 1st Class
- kr 380–650
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 120–400
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 120–190
- 1st Class
- kr 240–400
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Münster-Mitte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Münster bus stop to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 110–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Bus from Hamburg ZOB to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Odense bus services, operated by OrionBus, arrive at Münster-Mitte station.
Cologne to Odense train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Odense is 719 km. It takes approximately 6h 13m to drive from Cologne to Odense.
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