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)CGN - ARN
4h 45mkr 967–2,358Train
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg-Harburg39 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstation346
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Uppsala Centralstation818 / ...
17h 34mkr 941–2,205Bus
- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Hamburg, Zentraler OmnibusbahnhofN74
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Arlanda Airport Terminal 2 & 3N602
27h 3mkr 1,015–2,049Drive 1,560.2 km
- Drive from Cologne to Uppsala1,560.2 km
15h 22mkr 2,789–4,028Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)DUS - ARN
5h 17mkr 1,122–2,997Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)FRA - ARN
5h 30mkr 1,467–3,405Train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)BRU - ARN
6h 49mkr 1,307–3,319Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)AMS - ARN
7h 14mkr 1,396–4,161Train via Södertälje
- Take the train from Cologne Messe/Deutz to Hamburg Central Station
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Södertälje Syd station
- Take the train from Södertälje hamn station to Uppsala Centralstation
20h 27mkr 997–1,808Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Hannover Hbf
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Uppsala
15h 37mkr 3,457–4,861
Cologne to Uppsala by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Uppsala is to train via Södertälje which costs 950 kr - 1900 kr and takes 20h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Uppsala is to fly which takes 4h 45m and costs 950 kr - 2400 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Uppsala station. However, there are services departing from Köln Heumarkt and arriving at Uppsala Centralstation via Leverkusen, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and Arlanda terminal 2-3 buss. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 3m.
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 34m.
The distance between Cologne and Uppsala is 1235 km. The road distance is 1560.2 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Uppsala without a car is to train which takes 17h 34m and costs 900 kr - 2300 kr.
It takes approximately 4h 45m to get from Cologne to Uppsala, including transfers.
Cologne to Uppsala bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leverkusen 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 45m and costs 950 kr - 2400 kr. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 900 kr - 2300 kr and takes 17h 34m, you could also bus, which costs 1000 kr - 2100 kr and takes 27h 3m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Uppsala, Sweden?
Ryanair, Eurowings, and four other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Hbf to Uppsala Centralstation via Hamburg-Harburg and Stockholm Centralstation in around 17h 34m.
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- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–2,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–2,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–2,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 550–2,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–2,200
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 550–2,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–3,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–2,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,100
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–2,000
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–2,300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,900
- 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 700–2,900
- 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 650–1,400
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,100
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 390–1,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 75–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 320–950
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 290–800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 470–750
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Uppsala Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 90–130
- 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
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 100–120
- Website
- https://malartag.se/en/
- Phone
- +46 8 600 10 00
- Website
- sl.se
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Uppsala Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 75–90
- Website
- https://sl.se/en/in-english
Train from Södertälje hamn station to Uppsala Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 47
- 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
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 200–290
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Södertälje Syd station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,000
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 110–160
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 280–650
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- kr 280–390
- Comfort
- kr 290–400
- Premium
- kr 480–650
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 290–1,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 290–440
- 1st Class
- kr 550–1,000
Train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 380–1,300
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 380–600
- 1st Class
- kr 750–1,300
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 95–260
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 95–150
- 1st Class
- kr 150–260
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 110–130
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl
- 2nd Class
- kr 110–130
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Cologne Messe/Deutz to Hamburg Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 200–750
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- 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
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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 220–380
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Arlanda Airport Terminal 2 & 3
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,600
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Uppsala bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof 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 22m to drive from Cologne to Uppsala.
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