There are 12 ways to get from Cologne to Tallinn by train, plane, bus, car ferry, or car
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)DUS - TLL
6h 33m€90–261Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Berlin, Zentralen OmnibusbahnhofN1338 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Bus StationN1324 / ...
33h 40m€85–203Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhf19 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Bus StationN1324 / ...
28h 2m€109–295Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg-Harburg43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstation346
- Take the car ferry from Stockholm to Tallinn
34h 43m€170–495Drive 1,912.4 km
- Drive from Cologne to Tallinn1,912.4 km
23h 43m€300–432Train to Frankfurt, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)FRA - TLL
5h 25m€122–319Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)CGN - TLL
6h 38m€90–292Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)DUS - HEL
- Take the bus from Helsinki to Tallinn
6h 33mTrain to Brussels Airport, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)BRU - TLL
6h 38m€124–272Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport
- 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 Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)AMS - TLL
7h 34m€139–348Train, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Rīga
- Take the bus from Riia to Vana-Pääsküla
36h 3m€125–244Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbf19 / ...
- Take the train from Hagen Hbf to Berlin Hbf19
- Take the train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Kraków Główny96 / ...
- Take the train from Kraków Główny to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis144
- Take the train from Vilnius to Tallinn215
39h 2m
Cologne to Tallinn by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Tallinn is to bus which costs €85 - €210 and takes 33h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Tallinn is to train and fly which takes 5h 25m and costs €120 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Tallinn station. However, there are services departing from Köln Heumarkt and arriving at Tallinn, Bus Station via Leverkusen and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Tallinn. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Tallinn via Hagen Hbf, S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Rzepin, Kraków Główny and Vilnius. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 2m.
The distance between Cologne and Tallinn is 1501 km. The road distance is 1912.4 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Tallinn without a car is to train and bus via Berlin which takes 28h 2m and costs €100 - €300.
It takes approximately 6h 33m to get from Cologne to Tallinn, including transfers.
Cologne to Tallinn bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leverkusen station.
Cologne to Tallinn train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Tallinn is to fly which takes 6h 38m and costs €90 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €210 and takes 33h 40m, you could also train, which costs and takes 39h 2m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Tallinn, Estonia?
Eurowings, Air Baltic, and three other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Köln Heumarkt to Tallinn, Bus Station via Wiesdorf Leverkusen Mitte Bf, Leverkusen, and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof in around 33h 40m.
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–160
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–420
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–180
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–160
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–420
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hagen Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- 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
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 24m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–60
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- 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
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €28–45
- 1st Class
- €55–95
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Rzepin to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €18–25
- 1st Class
- €23–29
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Kraków Główny to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Vilnius to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Tallinn, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leverkusen to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Frankfurt to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–120
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riia to Vana-Pääsküla
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
Car ferry from Stockholm to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
- Adult
- €100–170
- Vehicle
- €230–320
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Tallinn bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Tallinn is 1h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 12:38 AM in Cologne and 1:38 AM in Tallinn.
Cologne to Tallinn train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hagen Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Tallinn is 1912 km. It takes approximately 23h 43m to drive from Cologne to Tallinn.
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