There are 5 ways to get from Colombo to Amsterdam by plane or train
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Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane CMB - AMS
13h 42m€306–1,334Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane CMB - BRU
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
16h 27m€341–1,830Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CMB - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
16h 57m€440–2,193Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane CMB - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
17h 46m€555–2,206Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CMB - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
15h 48m€410–3,294
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Amsterdam is to fly which costs €300 - €1400 and takes 13h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Amsterdam is to fly which takes 13h 42m and costs €300 - €1400.
The distance between Colombo and Amsterdam is 8416 km.
It takes approximately 13h 42m to get from Colombo to Amsterdam, including transfers.
Amsterdam is 3h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 7:21 AM in Colombo and 3:51 AM in Amsterdam.
There are 1410+ hotels available in Amsterdam.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Amsterdam, Netherlands?
SriLankan Airlines, Lufthansa, and six other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Brussels Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,400
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310–2,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €300–2,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €310–2,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €330–2,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–2,200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,600
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,100
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Brussels Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–470
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Brussels Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €480–2,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–2,200
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Anvers-Central to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Anvers-Central to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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