There are 6 ways to get from Cork to Kiel by plane, train, car, car ferry, or bus
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Fly Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport, train
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane ORK - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
8h€108–343Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane DUB - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
9h 18m€102–341Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cork to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Kielcar
33h 42m€624–1,029Bus
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Kolding Busterminalbus
- Take the bus from Kolding bus station to Kiel central bus stationbus
3d 20hFly Cork Airport to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane ORK - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Dammtortrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Dammtor to Kiel Hbftrain
9h 20m€180–424Fly Cork Airport to Lübeck Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Lübeck Airport (LBC)plane ORK - LBC
- Take the train from Luebeck Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
10h 4m€103–334
Cork Airport (ORK) to Hamburg Airport (HAM) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Kiel is to train and fly which costs €100 - €350 and takes 9h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Kiel is to fly and train which takes 8h and costs €100 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Cork to Kiel station. However, there are services departing from Cork Alfred St and arriving at Kiel central bus station via Aston Quay, Dublin, Rădăuţi and Kolding bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 20h.
The distance between Cork and Kiel is 1387 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Kiel without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 20h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h to get from Cork to Kiel, including transfers.
Cork to Kiel bus services, operated by Citylink, depart from Cork Alfred St station.
Cork to Kiel bus services, operated by Citylink, arrive at Bachelors Walk station.
Kiel is 1h ahead of Cork. It is currently 10:11 AM in Cork and 11:11 AM in Kiel.
There are 1732+ hotels available in Kiel.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Kiel, Germany?
You can take a bus from Cork Alfred St to Kiel central bus station via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Rd Stn, Dublin, Rădăuți, Rădăuţi, Kolding Busterminal, and Kolding bus station in around 3d 20h.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Cork Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Cork Airport to Bremen Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Cork Airport to Lübeck Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Cork Airport to Lübeck Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–340
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–440
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–450
Flights from Cork Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–650
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Hamburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–450
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–310
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Dammtor to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Dammtor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Dammtor to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Dammtor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 581 97164183
- info@erixx.de
- Website
- Erixx
Train from Luebeck Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- Erixx
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €22–35
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- Citylink
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- Aircoach
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- Aircoach
- 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
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Kolding Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Kolding bus station to Kiel central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €440–750
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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