There are 9 ways to get from Dublin to Universität zu Köln by plane, train, car ferry, bus and ferry, bus or car
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Recommended option
Fly to Cologne Bonn • 5h
39€ - 112€
8 alternative options
Fly to Dusseldorf, train • 5h 51m
76€ - 164€
Fly to Frankfurt, train • 5h 53m
73€ - 283€
Fly to Eindhoven, train • 7h 54m
39€ - 160€
Car ferry, train • 13h 33m
286€ - 903€
Car ferry, train via Grays • 14h
292€ - 916€
Bus and ferry, bus, train • 23h 44m
67€ - 167€
Bus and ferry, bus • 27h 7m
45€ - 75€
Car ferry, drive • 25h 21m
125€ - 215€
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The cheapest way to get from Dublin to Universität zu Köln is to bus and ferry and bus which costs 45€ - 75€ and takes 27h 7m.
The quickest way to get from Dublin to Universität zu Köln is to fly which costs 35€ - 120€ and takes 5h.
The distance between Dublin and Universität zu Köln is 937 km.
The best way to get from Dublin to Universität zu Köln without a car is to car ferry and train which takes 13h 33m and costs 280€ - 950€.
It takes approximately 5h to get from Dublin to Universität zu Köln, including transfers.
The quickest flight from Dublin Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport is the direct flight which takes 2h.
Universität zu Köln is 1h ahead of Dublin. It is currently 11:55 AM in Dublin and 12:55 PM in Universität zu Köln.
British Airways, Eurowings, Lufthansa and two other airlines offer flights from Dublin Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport.
There are 974+ hotels available in Universität zu Köln. Prices start at 87€ per night.
The best way to get from Dublin to Dublin Airport is to bus which takes 11 min and costs 6€ - 11€.
- Distance: 936.8 km
- Duration: 5h
What companies run services between Dublin, Ireland and Universität zu Köln, Germany?
Eurowings, Ryanair and three other airlines fly from Dublin to Universität zu Köln every 4 hours.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin to Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 35€ - 140€
Flights from Dublin to Cologne Bonn via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 35€ - 140€
Flights from Dublin to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 35€ - 130€
Flights from Dublin to Frankfurt via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 35€ - 130€
Flights from Dublin to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 17€ - 95€
Flights from Dublin to Eindhoven via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 17€ - 95€
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin to Cologne Bonn via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- 140€ - 300€
Flights from Dublin to Dusseldorf via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 120€ - 330€
Flights from Dublin to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 65€ - 230€
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dublin to Cologne Bonn via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- 130€ - 300€
Flights from Dublin to Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 65€ - 210€
Flights from Dublin to Dusseldorf via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- 120€ - 250€
Flights from Dublin to Dusseldorf via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- 120€ - 250€
Flights from Dublin to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 65€ - 220€
Flights from Dublin to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 120€ - 300€
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dublin to Dusseldorf via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 110€ - 550€
Flights from Dublin to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 110€ - 320€
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin to Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 65€ - 210€
Flights from Dublin to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 65€ - 220€
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Dublin to Dusseldorf via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 130€ - 380€
Flights from Dublin to Frankfurt via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 110€ - 380€
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin to Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 230€ - 370€
Flights from Dublin to Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 60€ - 210€
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dublin to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 110€ - 300€
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Köln Süd
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- 11€ - 15€
- Website
- National Express Rail
Deutsche Bahn’s high-speed InterCity (IC) trains connect cities within Germany. They’re a popular way to travel as they’re faster than Deutsche Bahn’s regional trains and offer a frequent, fast service. All IC trains have first and second class carriages, power sockets and toilets, and most have a bistro cafe or restaurant. Tickets can be booked up to 180 days in advance of travel.
Contact Details
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- 35€ - 50€
- Website
- reiseauskunft.bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- 50€ - 70€
- Website
- reiseauskunft.bahn.de
German rail company Deutsche Bahn is known for its efficient and comfortable service. It offers many different types of rail transportation, including ICE or Intercity-Express for high-speed services between major cities and regions, IC (InterCity) for long-distance trains, RE (Regional Express) trains that connect regions and cities, and the S-Bahn rapid transit service. There are two main tickets on offer: the Flexpreis that has full flexibility, and the Sparpreis which is the cheaper, advanced fare (bookings usually open 6 months in advance for domestic tickets).
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- 35€ - 50€
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- 40€ - 60€
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn
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Austria's national railway system is not only punctual, reliable and efficient, but offers free wifi to boot. Choose from high-speed intercity Railjet trains, overnight Nightjet trains and regional services such as Cityjet. ÖBB also operates international routes that connect cities in Austria with adjacent European countries including Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Slovenia. If you're planning to be in Austria for a while, consider the ÖBB Vorteilscard, an annual railcard that offers discounts on routes within Austria and in neighbouring countries.
Contact Details
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- 29€ - 40€
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Book at
- Austria Rail Pass
Dutch Railways (NS) is the main passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. Founded in 1938, NS connects all major cities in the Netherlands, and offers night trains, international trains, Intercity direct, and trains to and from the airport. NS International is the international subsidiary of NS; their services include high-speed trains such as Thalys, ICE International, Eurostar and TGV, to major European hubs including Paris, London, Brussels, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt and Lille.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- 10€ - 24€
- Website
- NS
- Book at
- Netherlands Rail Pass
- 2nd Class
- 10€ - 14€
- 1st Class
- 17€ - 24€
Train from Moenchengladbach Hbf to Koeln-Ehrenfeld
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- 10€ - 24€
- Website
- NS
- Book at
- Netherlands Rail Pass
- 2nd Class
- 10€ - 15€
- 1st Class
- 17€ - 24€
Deutsche Bahn’s regional network is made up of IRE (Interregio-Express), RE (Regional-Express), RB (Regionalbahn) and S-Bahn trains. Ticket prices are fixed and there’s no seat reservations – just turn up, buy a ticket and jump on the next train. All regional trains depart regularly and connect to local and long-distance services.
Contact Details
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Moenchengladbach Hbf to Koeln-Ehrenfeld
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- 9€ - 13€
- Website
- reiseauskunft.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 209 1584-0
- info@vrr.de
- Website
- vrr.de
Train from Mönchengladbach Hbf to Köln-Ehrenfeld
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- 2€
- Website
- VRR
- Phone
- 0344 556 5650
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- 110€ - 380€
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- 110€ - 150€
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- 280€ - 380€
Rome2rio's guide to Eurostar
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Eurostar to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- 100€ - 350€
- Website
- Eurostar
- Business Premier
- 300€ - 350€
- Standard
- 100€ - 130€
- Standard Premier
- 150€ - 190€
Train from Ebbsfleet International Eurostar to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- 95€ - 340€
- Website
- Eurostar
- Business Premier
- 300€ - 340€
- Standard
- 95€ - 120€
- Standard Premier
- 140€ - 180€
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- Phone
- +32 70 66 77 88
- Website
- thalys.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- 65€ - 130€
- Website
- Thalys
- Standard
- 65€ - 90€
- Comfort
- 75€ - 100€
- Premium
- 90€ - 130€
National Express Coaches are a quick and convenient way of travelling around the UK. Over 550 National Express coaches run on Britain's roads every day, serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express Coaches carry around 19 million passenger journeys every year. For added convenience, National Express operate coach services to all major UK airports 24 hours per day, and is on its way to being 100% wheelchair accessible. The company also has a 24-hour control centre that receives a GPS signal to update on location, speed and the temperature inside coaches, ensuring the smoothest journey possible.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 08717 818178
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus and ferry from Dublin to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- 14€ - 18€
- Website
- National Express
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As the bus subsidiary of French railway SNCF, Ouibus offers eco-friendly coaches serving 35 French cities and 10 European cities at affordable fares. Ouibus journeys are safe and comfortable, with the four-star coaches offering power outlets, restrooms and WiFi. All Ouibus stations are located close to town centres for easy access to public transport. Getting on one of the 130 daily journeys is easy - electronic travel documents include your ticket and a personalised mini-guide with handy information.
Contact Details
- Phone
- 0890715298
- Website
- ouibus.com
Bus from London - Victoria Coach Station to Brussels City Center - Midi Train station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- 13€ - 17€
- Website
- Blablabus
- Phone
- +420 542 42 42 42
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London, Victoria Green Line Station to Brussels, Gare du Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- 11€ - 16€
- Website
- RegioJet
One of Europe’s leading bus companies, Flixbus serves 2000+ destinations in 29 countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands and Croatia and into Scandinavia and eastern Europe, as well as some US cities. Coaches have toilets, free WiFi and power outlets, plus snacks and drinks for purchase on board. Flixbus is a good choice for the budget-conscious traveller; purchase tickets in advance for the cheapest fares (note: there is no option to reserve a seat in advance).
Rome2rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 1807 123 99 123
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from London to Cologne, Cologne South, Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- 30€ - 40€
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Dublin to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- 33€ - 37€
- Website
- Irish Ferries
- Car
- 120€ - 140€
- On Foot
- 33€ - 37€
- car
- 100€
- Passenger
- 35€
Car ferry from Dublin to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- 35€ - 80€
- Website
- Irish Ferries
- Car
- 120€ - 140€
- On Foot
- 65€ - 80€
- car
- 100€
- Passenger
- 35€
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- Website
- stenaline.co.uk
Car ferry from Dublin to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- 35€ - 140€
- Website
- Stena Line
- Passenger
- 39€
- Small Car
- 133€
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