There are 6 ways to get from Cologne to Svalbard by train or plane
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Train to Brussels Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane BRU - LYR
13h 5m$262–1,030Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane DUS - LYR
10h 26m$325–537Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane AMS - LYR
12h 44m$315–775Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane CGN - LYR
14h 5m$265–970Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane FRA - LYR
10h 32m$289–999Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane EIN - LYR
16h 41m$295–1,000
Brussels Airport (BRU) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Svalbard is to train and fly which costs $310 - $800 and takes 12h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Svalbard is to train and fly which takes 10h 26m and costs $320 - $550.
The distance between Cologne and Svalbard is 3308 km.
It takes approximately 13h 5m to get from Cologne to Svalbard, including transfers.
There are 18+ hotels available in Svalbard.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Svalbard, SJ?
Eurowings, Scandinavian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) 6 times a week.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $240–490
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Berlin Brandenburg, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stockholm, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Gdansk, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $240–490
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Berlin Brandenburg, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Gdansk, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Copenhagen, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Berlin Brandenburg, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Prague, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–90
- 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
- $18–35
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- 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
- $20–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–29
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–15
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Neuss Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
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