There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Osijek by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, bus
best- 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 22m€99–251Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Tuzla International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Tuzla International Airport (TZL)plane CGN - TZL
- Take the bus from Tuzla, Autobuska Stanica to Županja, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
11h 5m€56–408Train, 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, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Göttingencar
- Take the car train from Göttingen to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Osijekcar
18h 17m€218–295Drive 1,257.3 km
- Drive from Cologne to Osijekcar 1,257.3 km
13h 31m€178–256Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, 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 the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Osijek, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
10h 1m€97–266Train 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 to Osijek bus stationbus
10h 6m€151–415Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)plane DTM - BEG
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Osijek, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
11h 3mTrain
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Ec
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Novskatrain Re
- Take the train from Novska to Osijektrain Re
21h 15m€291–601Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Osijek bus stationbus N884 / ...
22h 47m€99–176Bus via Slavonski Brod
- Take the bus from Cologne to Bosanski Brodbus
- Take the bus from Brod, Autobusna Stanica to Osijek, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
25h 26m
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Osijek is to bus which costs €95 - €180 and takes 22h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Osijek is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h 22m and costs €95 - €260.
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 München Hbf, Salzburg Hbf, Zagreb Glavni Kol. and Novska. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 15m.
The distance between Cologne and Osijek is 1319 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 9h 22m 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 train which takes 21h 15m and costs €290 - €600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €95 - €180 and takes 22h 47m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Osijek, Croatia?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Osijek via München Hbf, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, Zagreb Glavni Kol., and Novska in around 21h 15m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Osijek bus station twice daily. Tickets cost €95–170 and the journey takes 21h 39m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tuzla International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €16–340
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- 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
- €16–27
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Göttingen to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- 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
- €29–45
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Novska to Osijek
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Novska
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Osijek bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zagreb to Osijek bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Osijek bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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 22 2710 320
- sidexpres58@gmail.com
- Website
- sidexpres.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Osijek, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Schedules at
- sidexpres.rs
- 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
- 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
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
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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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