There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Uppsala by plane, train, bus, 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 43mkr 670–2,596Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg-Harburgtrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstationtrain 344
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Uppsala Centralstationtrain 988 / ...
17h 57mkr 2,522–4,863Bus
- Take the bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Südviertel, Essenbus
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburgbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Arlanda Airport Terminal 4 & 5bus
24h 18mDrive 1,560.1 km
- Drive from Cologne to Uppsalacar 1,560.1 km
15h 28mkr 2,763–3,991Train 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 9mkr 910–2,622Train 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 30mkr 1,373–3,367Train 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 38mkr 1,251–3,434Train, 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 Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)plane AMS - ARN
7h 30mkr 1,088–3,626Train 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 Hbf to Stockholm Centraltrain Ic
- Take the train from Stockholm City station to Uppsala Centralstationtrain
18h 13mDrive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Uppsalacar
15h 42mkr 3,453–4,854
Cologne to Uppsala by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Uppsala is to fly which costs 650 kr - 2600 kr and takes 4h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Uppsala is to fly which takes 4h 43m and costs 650 kr - 2600 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Uppsala station. However, there are services departing from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis and arriving at Uppsala Centralstation via Essen Hbf, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and Arlanda terminal 4 buss. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 18m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Uppsala station. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Uppsala Centralstation via Hamburg-Harburg and Stockholm Centralstation. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 57m.
The distance between Cologne and Uppsala is 1235 km. The road distance is 1560.1 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Uppsala without a car is to train which takes 17h 57m and costs 2500 kr - 4900 kr.
It takes approximately 4h 43m to get from Cologne to Uppsala, including transfers.
Cologne to Uppsala bus services, operated by OrionBus, depart from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis station.
Cologne to Uppsala train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Uppsala is to fly which takes 4h 43m and costs 650 kr - 2600 kr. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 2500 kr - 4900 kr and takes 17h 57m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 24h 18m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Uppsala, Sweden?
Ryanair, Eurowings, and two other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Hbf to Uppsala Centralstation via Hamburg-Harburg and Stockholm Centralstation in around 17h 57m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 900–2,600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–3,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–3,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,400
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,000
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–2,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,900
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,000
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,900
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–3,200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 800–1,900
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 95–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 330–750
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 430–1,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 320–750
- 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-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- 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 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,600–2,700
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Uppsala Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 95–170
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- 0771-22 44 40
- malartagkundservice@regionsormland.se
- Website
- malartag.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Uppsala Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 110–190
- Website
- https://malartag.se/en/
- Phone
- +46 8 600 10 00
- Website
- sl.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Uppsala Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 110–290
- Website
- https://sl.se/en/in-english
Train from Stockholm City station to Uppsala Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 120–290
- Website
- https://sl.se/en/in-english
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Uppsala Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 75–130
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Central
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,100
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.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 150–260
- 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 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 180–450
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 110–280
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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
- Estimated price
- kr 150–320
- 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 1,000–1,200
- 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 Südviertel, Essen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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 Arlanda Airport Terminal 4 & 5
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Uppsala bus services, operated by OrionBus, arrive at Südviertel, Essen station.
Cologne to Uppsala train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hamburg-Harburg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Uppsala is 1560 km. It takes approximately 15h 28m to drive from Cologne to Uppsala.
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