There are 6 ways to get from Detroit to Cologne by plane, train, or car
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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€216–866Fly 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 11m€420–845Fly Detroit to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, drive
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane DTW - AMS
- Drive from Amsterdam-Schiphol-Airport-AMS to Colognecar
13h 32m€327–922Fly Windsor Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Windsor Airport (YQG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane YQG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
15h 12m€293–1,048Fly Detroit to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane DTW - CGN
13h 16m€226–874Fly 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
17h 38m€266–1,003
Detroit (DTW) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Detroit to Cologne is to fly which costs €210 - €900 and takes 13h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Detroit to Cologne is to fly and train which takes 12h 11m and costs €420 - €850.
The distance between Detroit and Cologne is 6583 km.
It takes approximately 13h 27m to get from Detroit to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 5h ahead of Detroit. It is currently 9:35 PM in Detroit and 2:35 AM in Cologne.
There are 1794+ 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) every 4 hours.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Detroit to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Detroit to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
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 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Detroit to Luxembourg via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- 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
- €200–800
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
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 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Detroit to Luxembourg via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Detroit to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–1,000
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–900
Flights from Detroit to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
Flights from Windsor Airport to Frankfurt via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,200
Flights from Windsor Airport to Frankfurt via Toronto, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
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
- 9h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,100
Flights from Detroit to Luxembourg via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Detroit to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from Detroit to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
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 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Detroit to Luxembourg via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Detroit to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Windsor Airport to Frankfurt via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,200
Flights from Windsor Airport to Frankfurt via Toronto, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from Detroit to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Detroit to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- 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
- €220–850
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 Cologne Bonn Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Detroit to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €38–43
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €32–36
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €35–55
- Comfort
- €40–60
- Premium
- €60–80
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