There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Stockholm by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)plane CGN - ARN
4h 40mkr 956–3,181Train, night train
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the night train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralnighttrain En
17h 7mkr 913–2,310Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centraltrain Ic
16h 30mkr 1,213–2,910Bus
- Take the bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Münster-Mittebus
- Take the bus from Münster-Mitte to Hamburgbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalenbus
22h 31mTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)plane DUS - ARN
5h 5mkr 1,240–4,473Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)plane FRA - ARN
5h 32mkr 1,526–3,429Train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)plane BRU - ARN
6h 39mkr 1,391–3,353Train via Sprötze
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Tostedttrain Drf
- Take the train from Tostedt to Hamburg Hbftrain Rb / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to Stockholm Centralstationtrain Ic
17h 1mDrive 1,510 km
- Drive from Cologne to Stockholmcar 1,510 km
14h 31mkr 2,556–3,692Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholmcar
14h 45mkr 3,183–4,526
Cologne to Stockholm by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Stockholm is to train and night train which costs 900 kr - 2400 kr and takes 17h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Stockholm is to fly which takes 4h 40m and costs 950 kr - 3200 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Stockholm. However, there are services departing from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis and arriving at Stockholm, Cityterminalen via Münster-Mitte and Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 31m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Stockholm. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Stockholm Central via Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 30m.
The distance between Cologne and Stockholm is 1243 km. The road distance is 1510 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Stockholm without a car is to train which takes 16h 30m and costs 1200 kr - 3000 kr.
It takes approximately 4h 40m to get from Cologne to Stockholm, including transfers.
Cologne to Stockholm bus services, operated by OrionBus, depart from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis station.
Cologne to Stockholm train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Stockholm is to fly which takes 4h 40m and costs 950 kr - 3200 kr. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 1200 kr - 3000 kr and takes 16h 30m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 22h 31m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Stockholm, Sweden?
Ryanair, Eurowings, and four other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Hbf to Stockholm Central via Hamburg Hbf in around 16h 30m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,100
Flights from Brussels Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,800
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,800
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–2,300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–3,500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,300
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,500
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 210–850
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 100–240
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 260–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 340–750
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Tostedt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,100
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,100
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,100
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,500
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- 1st Class Ticket
- kr 1,000–1,500
- 2nd Class Ticket
- kr 1,100–1,500
Train from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–900
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/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 270–600
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- kr 270–380
- Comfort
- kr 280–390
- Premium
- kr 460–600
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Tostedt to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.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 950–1,200
- 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
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Münster-Mitte to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Münster-Mitte to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–700
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 550–1,100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Stockholm bus services, operated by OrionBus, arrive at Münster-Mitte station.
Cologne to Stockholm train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Stockholm is 1510 km. It takes approximately 14h 31m to drive from Cologne to Stockholm.
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