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€56–283Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cork to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Colognecar
30h 12m€123–582Train, 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€101–439Fly Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ORK - DUS
7h 6m€103–217Fly Cork Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ORK - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
5h 43m€144–381Fly 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 Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
7h 37m€101–372Train 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 5m€83–263Bus
- 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€98–374
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 €55 - €290 and takes 6h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Cologne is to fly and train which takes 5h 43m and costs €140 - €390.
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 - €440.
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 €55 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €420 and takes 3 days 9h.
Cologne is 1h ahead of Cork. It is currently 10:49 PM in Cork and 11:49 PM in Cologne.
There are 615+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Cologne, Germany?
Ryanair, Aer Lingus, and two other airlines fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) twice daily. 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
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Cork Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–350
Flights from Cork Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Cork Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–350
Flights from Cork Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–300
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Cork Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- 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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- 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
- +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
- €35–450
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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