There are 7 ways to get from Cologne to Stavanger by train, plane, car, car ferry, or bus
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Stavanger Airport, Sola
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Stavanger Airport, Sola (SVG)DUS - SVG
6h 46mkr 1,629–4,173Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Bergen, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bergen (BGO)DUS - BGO
- Take the bus from Lagunen terminal to Stavanger bussterminal
10h 22mkr 1,134–5,948Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Hirtshals
- Take the car ferry from Hirtshals to Stavanger
19h 58mkr 2,150–5,335Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Göteborg Centralstation344
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Oslo S
- Take the train from Oslo S to Stavanger stasjonF5
27h 28mkr 2,091–4,414Bus
- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Hamburg, Zentraler OmnibusbahnhofN74
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminal
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Stavanger bussterminal
33h 47mkr 1,143–3,338Train to Frankfurt, fly to Stavanger Airport, Sola
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Stavanger Airport, Sola (SVG)FRA - SVG
5h 23mkr 1,716–4,507Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Stavanger Airport, Sola
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Stavanger Airport, Sola (SVG)AMS - SVG
7h 12mkr 1,931–5,028
Cologne to Stavanger by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Stavanger is to bus which costs kr 1100 - kr 3400 and takes 33h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Stavanger is to train and fly which takes 5h 23m and costs kr 1700 - kr 4600.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Stavanger. However, there are services departing from Köln Heumarkt and arriving at Stavanger bussterminal via Leverkusen, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and Oslo bussterminal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 47m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Stavanger. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Stavanger stasjon via Hamburg Hbf, Göteborg Centralstation and Oslo S. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 28m.
The distance between Cologne and Stavanger is 914 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Stavanger without a car is to train which takes 27h 28m and costs kr 2000 - kr 4500.
It takes approximately 6h 46m to get from Cologne to Stavanger, including transfers.
Cologne to Stavanger bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leverkusen station.
Cologne to Stavanger train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Stavanger is to train which takes 27h 28m and costs kr 2000 - kr 4500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs kr 1100 - kr 3400 and takes 33h 47m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Stavanger, Norway?
You can take a train from Köln Hbf to Stavanger stasjon via Hamburg Hbf, Göteborg Centralstation, and Oslo S in around 27h 28m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Köln Heumarkt to Stavanger bussterminal via Wiesdorf Leverkusen Mitte Bf, Leverkusen, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, and Oslo bussterminal in around 33h 47m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stavanger Airport, Sola via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stavanger Airport, Sola via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Stavanger Airport, Sola via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,900
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stavanger Airport, Sola via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stavanger Airport, Sola via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–6,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bergen via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bergen via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stavanger Airport, Sola via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–4,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Stavanger Airport, Sola via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–4,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stavanger Airport, Sola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–4,700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stavanger Airport, Sola via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–5,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stavanger Airport, Sola via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–5,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bergen via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–4,000
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stavanger Airport, Sola via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–2,700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stavanger Airport, Sola via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–2,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bergen via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–2,700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stavanger Airport, Sola via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–5,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Stavanger Airport, Sola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–3,200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 80–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 330–1,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 290–950
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 390–800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 300–700
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- kr 300–430
- Comfort
- kr 320–430
- Premium
- kr 500–700
- 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 750–1,300
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +47 61 05 19 10
- tog@vy.no
- Website
- vy.no
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Oslo S
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 650–950
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Phone
- +47 61 25 80 00
- kundeservice@go-aheadnordic.no
- Website
- go-aheadnordic.no
Train from Oslo S to Stavanger stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 360–1,100
- Website
- https://go-aheadnordic.no/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 310–1,100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 310–470
- 1st Class
- kr 600–1,100
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 310–1,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 310–460
- 1st Class
- kr 600–1,000
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 200–650
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 200–300
- 1st Class
- kr 380–650
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leverkusen to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 210–440
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Oslo bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 650–1,700
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Stavanger bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 280–550
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lagunen terminal to Stavanger bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 140–280
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Stavanger bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,200
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
Bus from Lagunen terminal to Stavanger bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–2,400
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- (+47) 22 31 31 50
- Website
- nor-way.no
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Stavanger bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,100
- Website
- https://www.nor-way.no/en/
Bus from Lagunen terminal to Stavanger bussterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–1,700
- Website
- https://www.nor-way.no/en/
- Phone
- +47 51 46 40 99
- info@fjordline.com
- Website
- fjordline.com
Car ferry from Hirtshals to Stavanger
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 190–2,428
- Website
- https://www.fjordline.com/en
- Flex with Vehicle
- kr 190–220
- Car
- kr 2,428
- No Car
- kr 1,271
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Cologne to Stavanger bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
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