There are 6 ways to get from Detroit to Cologne by plane or train
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Fly Detroit to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane DTW - DUS
13h 27m€356–716Fly Windsor Airport to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Fly from Windsor Airport (YQG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane YQG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
19h 45m€223–915Fly Detroit to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane DTW - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
12h 29m€430–962Fly Detroit to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane DTW - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
14h 26m€309–942Fly Detroit to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane DTW - CGN
13h 17m€226–924Fly Detroit to Luxembourg, train
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane DTW - LUX
- Take the train from Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg to Liège-Guilleminstrain
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbftrain
18h 3m€261–1,003
Detroit (DTW) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Detroit to Cologne is to fly which costs €350 - €750 and takes 13h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Detroit to Cologne is to fly and train which takes 12h 29m and costs €430 - €1000.
The distance between Detroit and Cologne is 6583 km.
It takes approximately 13h 27m to get from Detroit to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 6h ahead of Detroit. It is currently 2:13 PM in Detroit and 8:13 PM in Cologne.
There are 1786+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Detroit, MI, USA and Cologne, Germany?
Delta, KLM, and two other airlines fly from Detroit (DTW) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) 5 times a day.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Detroit to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Detroit to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Detroit to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Detroit to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Detroit to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Detroit to Luxembourg via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Detroit to Luxembourg via Toronto, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Detroit to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Detroit to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Detroit to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Detroit to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Detroit to Luxembourg via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Detroit to Luxembourg via Toronto, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Detroit to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Detroit to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Detroit to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Detroit to Luxembourg via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Detroit to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–1,000
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–850
Flights from Windsor Airport to Frankfurt via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Windsor Airport to Frankfurt via Toronto, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Detroit to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Detroit to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,100
Flights from Detroit to Luxembourg via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Detroit to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Windsor Airport to Frankfurt via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Windsor Airport to Frankfurt via Toronto, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Detroit to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Detroit to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Detroit to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Detroit to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Detroit to Cologne Bonn Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Detroit to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Detroit to Luxembourg via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Detroit to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- 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
- +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
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €14–21
- 1st Class
- €22–35
- 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
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