There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Vitebsk by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Vilnius Airport, bus, train
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane DUS - VNO
- Take the bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Minsk Pas to Vitebsktrain
13h 43m$128–522Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Vilnius Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane EIN - VNO
- Take the bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Minsk Pas to Vitebsktrain
15h 40m$92–519Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hagen Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain 19
- Take the bus from Berlin Schoenefeld Airport to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Minsk Pas to Vitebsktrain
28h 4m$141–406Drive 1,901.3 km
- Drive from Cologne to Vitebskcar 1,901.3 km
18h 2m$314–453Train to Frankfurt, fly to Vilnius Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane FRA - VNO
- Take the bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Minsk Pas to Vitebsktrain
13h 59m$152–543Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Riga International Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane DUS - RIX
- Take the train from Riga-Pasazieru to Daugavpilstrain
- Take the bus from Daugavpils Bus station to Polatskbus
- Take the train from Polock to Vitebsktrain
16h 26mTrain to Dortmund Airport, fly to Vilnius Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane DTM - VNO
- Take the bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Minsk Pas to Vitebsktrain
14h 44m$104–491Train to Frankfurt, fly to Riga International Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane FRA - RIX
- Take the train from Riga-Pasazieru to Daugavpilstrain
- Take the bus from Daugavpils Bus station to Polatskbus
- Take the train from Polock to Vitebsktrain
16h 47mBus
- Take the bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Braunschweig, Berliner Platzbus
- Take the bus from Braunschweig to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Vitebskbus
30h 45mBus, train
- Take the bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 909
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Vitebsktrain 080Ч
37h 58m$195–306
Cologne to Vitebsk by train, bus, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Vitebsk is to bus and train which costs $190 - $310 and takes 37h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Vitebsk is to train and fly and bus which takes 13h 43m and costs $120 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Vitebsk. However, there are services departing from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis and arriving at Vitebsk via Braunschweig and Minsk Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 45m.
The distance between Cologne and Vitebsk is 1880 km. The road distance is 1901.3 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Vitebsk without a car is to train and bus which takes 28h 4m and costs $140 - $410.
It takes approximately 13h 43m to get from Cologne to Vitebsk, including transfers.
Cologne to Vitebsk bus services, operated by OrionBus, depart from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis station.
Cologne to Vitebsk bus services, operated by OrionBus, arrive at Braunschweig, Berliner Platz station.
Vitebsk is 2h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 4:58 AM in Cologne and 6:58 AM in Vitebsk.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Vitebsk is 1901 km. It takes approximately 18h 2m to drive from Cologne to Vitebsk.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Vitebsk, Belarus?
You can take a bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Vitebsk via Braunschweig, Berliner Platz, Braunschweig, and Minsk Central Bus Station in around 30h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–440
Flights from Frankfurt to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–440
Flights from Frankfurt to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–330
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–330
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–460
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–220
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $30–250
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $35–280
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hagen Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- 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
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- $30–45
- Comfort
- $30–45
- Premium
- $50–70
Train from Minsk Pas to Vitebsk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
Train from Polock to Vitebsk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
Train from Minsk Pas to Vitebsk
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
Train from Polock to Vitebsk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
Train from Minsk Pas to Vitebsk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $30–35
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $45–60
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $85–120
Train from Polock to Vitebsk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $22–26
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $35–45
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $65–90
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $26–40
- 1st Class
- $50–85
- Phone
- 8760
- vilciens@info.vivi.lv
- Website
- vivi.lv
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Daugavpils
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://www.vivi.lv/en/
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Polock to Vitebsk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $55–80
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $12–18
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $23–35
Train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Vitebsk
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $140–200
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $30–50
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $40–65
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–29
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +375-17-251-14-11
- info@minsktrans.by
- Website
- minsktrans.by
Bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–65
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/en/home/
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Phone
- +370 612 88 984
- info@eurolines.lt
- Website
- eurolines.lt
Bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $89
- Website
- https://www.eurolines.lt/en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- intercars@intercars.ru
- Website
- intercars-tickets.com
Bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–60
- Website
- https://www.intercars-tickets.com/
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Berlin Schoenefeld Airport to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Braunschweig to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95–180
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- +37167210066
- info@latlines.lv
- Website
- latlines.lv
Bus from Daugavpils Bus station to Polatsk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- latlines.lv
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Braunschweig, Berliner Platz
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- Website
- infobus.by
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Vitebsk
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Phone
- +7-812-612-82-30
- sovavtobus@sovavto.ru
- Website
- bus.sovavto.ru
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Vitebsk
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- bus.sovavto.ru
- Phone
- +7 812 386 79 79
- eco@ecolines.ru
- Website
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Vitebsk
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ecolines.ru
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Kaliningrad Bus station
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