There are 12 ways to get from Cologne to Osijek by car, car train, train, bus, plane, shuttle, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Drive, car train
best- Drive from Cologne to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Osijekcar
11h 15m€186–1,128Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane DUS - BUD
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Osijek bus stationbus
9h 37m€97–285Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from München Zob to Osijek, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
16h 5mDrive 1,257.3 km
- Drive from Cologne to Osijekcar 1,257.3 km
13h 31m€176–254Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, shuttle, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)plane DUS - BEG
- Take a shuttle bus from Belgrade, Nikola Tesla Airport to Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica
- Take the bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Osijek, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
10h 2m€159–544Train, night train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the night train from Muenchen Hbf to Villach Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train 319 / ...
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Novskatrain Re
- Take the train from Novska to Osijektrain Re
21h 56m€107–471Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Osijek bus stationbus N884 / ...
22h 47m€104–160Bus via Slavonski Brod
- Take the bus from Cologne to Bosanski Brodbus
- Take the bus from Brod, Autobusna Stanica to Osijek, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
25h 26mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane FRA - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Osijek, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
10h 1m€138–433Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, shuttle, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)plane DTM - BEG
- Take a shuttle bus from Belgrade, Nikola Tesla Airport to Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica
- Take the bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Osijek, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
11h 8m€113–449Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Osijek Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Osijek Airport (OSI)plane CGN - OSI
7h 2m€167–470Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Tuzla International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Tuzla International Airport (TZL)plane DTM - TZL
- Take the bus from Tuzla, Autobuska Stanica to Županja, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
12h 32m€110–412
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Osijek is to bus which costs €100 - €160 and takes 22h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Osijek is to fly which takes 7h 2m and costs €160 - €470.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Osijek. However, there are services departing from Cologne and arriving at Osijek, Autobusni Kolodvor via Brod, Autobusna Stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 26m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Osijek. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Osijek via Muenchen Hbf, Villach Hbf, Zagreb Glavni Kol. and Novska. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 56m.
The distance between Cologne and Osijek is 1457 km. The road distance is 1257.3 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Osijek without a car is to train and bus which takes 16h 5m and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 15m to get from Cologne to Osijek, including transfers.
Cologne to Osijek bus services, operated by Sonnen-Busreisen Prosic, depart from Cologne station.
Cologne to Osijek train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Osijek is to bus which takes 22h 47m and costs €100 - €160. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €160 - €470 and takes 7h 2m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Osijek, Croatia?
FlixBus operates a bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Osijek bus station twice daily. Tickets cost €100–150 and the journey takes 21h 39m. Alternatively, Eurowings and Croatia Airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Osijek Airport (OSI) twice a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–110
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–110
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Osijek Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–420
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–230
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Tuzla International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–60
- 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
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Muenchen Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–260
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–260
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–150
- Seating Carriage
- €35–50
Train from Villach Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Novska
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Novska
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Novska to Osijek
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9–12
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +385 91 2014120
- herc-tours@zg.t-com.hr
- Website
- herc-tours.hr
Bus from München Zob to Osijek, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- http://www.herc-tours.hr/
- Phone
- +381 21 523 863
- autoturist.ns@gmail.com
- Website
- autoturist-ns.com
Shuttle from Belgrade, Nikola Tesla Airport to Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Schedules at
- autoturist-ns.com
- Private Transfer
- €180
- Shared Transfer
- €60
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Osijek, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- info@cazmatrans.hr
- Website
- cazmatrans.hr
Bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Osijek, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://cazmatrans.hr/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Osijek bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Osijek bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +49 (0)7051 93 03 44
- info@prosicbus.com
- Website
- prosicbus.com
Bus from Cologne to Bosanski Brod
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- http://www.prosicbus.com
- Schedules at
- http://www.prosicbus.com/#redvoznje-faq
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- info@croatiabus.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Brod, Autobusna Stanica to Osijek, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Osijek, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–13
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 35 415 165
- info@slavonija-bus.hr
- Website
- slavonija-bus.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Osijek, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–26
- Schedules at
- slavonija-bus.hr
- Phone
- +385 (0)98 610 311
- info@pepeks.hr
- Website
- pepeks.hr
Bus from Tuzla, Autobuska Stanica to Županja, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- pepeks.hr
- Phone
- +387 35 320-321
- info@transturist.ba
- Website
- transturist.ba
Bus from Tuzla, Autobuska Stanica to Županja, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–17
- Schedules at
- transturist.ba
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Cologne to Osijek bus services, operated by Sonnen-Busreisen Prosic, arrive at Bosanski Brod station.
Cologne to Osijek train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Osijek is 1257 km. It takes approximately 13h 31m to drive from Cologne to Osijek.
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