There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Oslo by train, plane, bus, car ferry, 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, train
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane DUS - OSL
- Take the train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Oslo Strain
4h 54mkr 1,088–3,327Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane CGN - OSL
- Take the train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Oslo Strain
6h 43mkr 1,081–3,293Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Göteborg Centralstationtrain 344
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Oslo Strain
18h 41mkr 1,611–3,040Bus
- 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, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminalbus
22h 41mTrain, car ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain Re7
- Take the car ferry from Port of Kiel to Oslo Vipperangencarferry
26h 47mkr 2,591–5,950Train to Frankfurt, fly, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane FRA - OSL
- Take the train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Oslo Strain
5h 20mkr 1,464–3,543Train to Brussels Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane BRU - OSL
- Take the train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Oslo Strain
6h 20mkr 1,376–3,530Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- 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 Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL)plane AMS - OSL
- Take the train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Oslo Strain
7h 16mkr 1,538–4,109Train, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain Re
- Take the bus from Dortmund , Busbahnof Steinstr to Hamburg Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminalbus
24h 23mkr 1,317–3,555Drive 1,474 km
- Drive from Cologne to Oslocar 1,474 km
13h 55mkr 3,170–4,578Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Oslocar
14h 10mkr 3,679–5,292
Cologne to Oslo by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Oslo is to fly and train which costs kr 1000 - kr 3300 and takes 6h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Oslo is to train and fly which takes 4h 54m and costs kr 1000 - kr 3400.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Oslo. However, there are services departing from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis and arriving at Oslo bussterminal via Münster bus stop and Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 41m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Oslo. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Oslo S via Hamburg Hbf and Göteborg Centralstation. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 41m.
The distance between Cologne and Oslo is 1125 km. The road distance is 1474 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Oslo without a car is to train which takes 18h 41m and costs kr 1600 - kr 3100.
It takes approximately 4h 54m to get from Cologne to Oslo, including transfers.
Cologne to Oslo bus services, operated by OrionBus, depart from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis station.
Cologne to Oslo train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Oslo is to train which takes 18h 41m and costs kr 1600 - kr 3100. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 22h 41m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Oslo, Norway?
You can take a train from Köln Hbf to Oslo S via Hamburg Hbf and Göteborg Centralstation in around 18h 41m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Oslo bussterminal via Münster-Mitte, Münster bus stop, and Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof in around 22h 41m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–2,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,900
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Billund
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–3,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–4,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,400
Flights from Brussels Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–3,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,900
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,900
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–3,800
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,400
Flights from Brussels Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,500
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–2,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,500
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 80–260
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 210–900
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 80–360
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 230–750
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 350–900
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 350–800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 110–600
- 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
- kr 300–650
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- kr 300–420
- Comfort
- kr 310–430
- Premium
- kr 500–650
Train from Koeln Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 460–1,000
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- kr 460–650
- Comfort
- kr 500–700
- Premium
- kr 750–1,000
- Phone
- 23 15 90 00
- flytoget@flytoget.no
- Website
- flytoget.no
Train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 220–240
- Website
- https://flytoget.no/en/
- Phone
- +47 61 05 19 10
- tog@vy.no
- Website
- vy.no
Train from Oslo lufthavn stasjon to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 130–190
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 650–950
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,200
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 210–300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 240–360
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- kr 240–360
- 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 300–1,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 300–450
- 1st Class
- kr 600–1,000
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 250–280
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 250–360
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.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 1,000–1,300
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
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 180–350
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,800
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Dortmund , Busbahnof Steinstr to Hamburg Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 650–800
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- Phone
- +45 99 56 19 00
- Website
- colorline.no
Car ferry from Port of Kiel to Oslo Vipperangen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 2,300–4,700
- Website
- https://www.colorline.com/
- Car
- kr 4,700
- No Car
- kr 2,300
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Cologne to Oslo bus services, operated by OrionBus, arrive at Münster-Mitte station.
Cologne to Oslo train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Oslo is 1474 km. It takes approximately 13h 55m to drive from Cologne to Oslo.
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