There are 13 ways to get from Cologne to Romania by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Cluj-Napoca
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane CGN - CLJ
5h 50m$94–458Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbftrain Re
- Take the bus from Aachen to Bucharest Oborbus
17h 57m$44–115Train via Munich
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Wien Westbahnhoftrain Drf / ...
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
28h 55m$326–613Drive 1,932 km
- Drive from Cologne to Bucharestcar 1,932 km
18h 40m$319–460Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane CGN - OTP
5h 23m$72–258Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)plane CGN - TSR
6h 47m$91–327Train to Frankfurt, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane FRA - OTP
5h 55m$108–313Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane DTM - CLJ
5h 57m$70–371Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane DTM - OTP
6h 55m$103–301Bus
- Take the bus from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Bucharestbus
24h 15m$166Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain 90N
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
31h 22m$481–697Bus via Bucureşti Autogara Obor
- Take the bus from Köln to Bucureşti Autogara Oborbus
33h 40mDrive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Bucharestcar
19h 52m$347–1,550
Cologne to Romania by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Romania is to train and bus which costs $40 - $120 and takes 17h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Romania is to fly which takes 5h 23m and costs $70 - $260.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Romania. However, there are services departing from Köln Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Piata 21 Decembrie 1989 via Gara de Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Romania. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Piata Unirii via München Hbf, Wien Westbahnhof and Gara de Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 55m.
The distance between Cologne and Romania is 1316 km. The road distance is 1932 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Romania without a car is to train and bus which takes 17h 57m and costs $40 - $120.
It takes approximately 5h 50m to get from Cologne to Romania, including transfers.
Cologne to Romania bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Köln Hauptbahnhof station.
Cologne to Romania train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Romania is to fly which takes 5h 50m and costs $90 - $460. Alternatively, you can train via Munich, which costs $320 - $650 and takes 28h 55m, you could also bus, which costs $167 and takes 24h 15m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Romania?
Lufthansa, Eurowings, and Ulendo Airlink fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Piata Unirii via München Hbf, Wien Westbahnhof, Bucuresti Nord, and Gara de Nord in around 28h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–430
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–380
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–450
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–350
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–370
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–190
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–300
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–250
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–340
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–380
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $80–450
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–350
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $65–200
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–250
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–230
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–29
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- $35–50
- Comfort
- $35–55
- Premium
- $55–75
- 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
- $45–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–120
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–350
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–350
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $240–350
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- 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
- $120–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $320–650
- Car Compartment
- $650–1,200
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Aachen to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $165
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Köln to Bucureşti Autogara Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
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Cologne to Romania bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Bucharest station.
Romania is 1h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 5:38 AM in Cologne and 6:38 AM in Romania.
Cologne to Romania train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Romania is 1932 km. It takes approximately 18h 40m to drive from Cologne to Romania.
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