There are 9 ways to get from Cork to Cologne by plane, car, car ferry, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ORK - CGN
6h 33m€63–268Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cork to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Colognecar
30h 12m€267–581Train, bus
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Bonnbus
3d 6h€102–450Fly Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ORK - DUS
6h 59m€103–250Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the bus from Cork Bus Station to Shannon Airportbus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SNN - CGN
9h 8m€78–267Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane DUB - DUS
8h 3m€95–305Fly Cork Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ORK - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
7h 37m€115–356Bus
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Kölnbus
3d 9h€86–419Bus, train
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Liegebus
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbftrain
3d 12h€101–389
Cork Airport (ORK) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Cologne is to fly which costs €60 - €270 and takes 6h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Cologne is to fly which takes 6h 33m and costs €60 - €270.
The distance between Cork and Cologne is 1111 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Cologne without a car is to train and bus which takes 3 days 6h and costs €100 - €450.
It takes approximately 6h 33m to get from Cork to Cologne, including transfers.
The best way to get from Cork to Cologne is to fly which takes 6h 33m and costs €60 - €270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €420 and takes 3 days 9h.
Cologne is 1h ahead of Cork. It is currently 9:07 AM in Cork and 10:07 AM in Cologne.
There are 1781+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Cologne, Germany?
Ryanair, Aer Lingus, and three other airlines fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cork Alfred Street to Köln via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Road Station, Dublin, Rădăuți, and Rădăuţi in around 3d 9h.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Cork Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–190
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €22–35
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €30–55
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €22–170
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €21–170
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Cork Bus Station to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–26
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Liege
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–60
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €180–450
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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