There are 9 ways to get from Esbjerg to Cologne by train (Deutsche Bahn), train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Hamburg
best- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.train Ic / ...
- Take the train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbftrain Ece / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
9h 9m€60–149Train, bus
- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.train Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Kolding bus station to Leverkusenbus N74
14h 13m€62–94Drive 679.7 km
- Drive from Esbjerg to Colognecar 679.7 km
6h 9m€120–174Bus to Billund Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Esbjerg Busterminal to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airportbus
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BLL - DUS
7h 31m€106–298Train
- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to Tønder St.train 030
- Take the train from Niebüll to Köln Hbftrain 33 / ...
9h 56mTrain #2
- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to Tønder St.train 030
- Take the train from Niebüll to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain 33 / ...
- Take the train from Muenster(Westf)Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain Re
10h 53mBus to Billund Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Esbjerg Busterminal to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airportbus
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BLL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
5h 52m€136–352Bus to Billund Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the bus from Esbjerg Busterminal to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airportbus
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BLL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
7h 58m€143–437Train, train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to Odense St.train
- Take the train from Odense St. to København, Københavns Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CPH - DUS
8h 10m€156–371
Esbjerg to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Esbjerg to Cologne is to train and bus which costs €60 - €95 and takes 14h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Esbjerg to Cologne is to bus and fly and train which takes 5h 52m and costs €130 - €360.
No, there is no direct train from Esbjerg to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Esbjerg St. and arriving at Köln Hbf via Kolding St. and Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 9m.
The distance between Esbjerg and Cologne is 768 km. The road distance is 679.7 km.
The best way to get from Esbjerg to Cologne without a car is to train via Hamburg which takes 9h 9m and costs €60 - €150.
It takes approximately 9h 9m to get from Esbjerg to Cologne, including transfers.
Esbjerg to Cologne train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), depart from Esbjerg St. station.
Esbjerg to Cologne train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), arrive at Kolding St. station.
Yes, the driving distance between Esbjerg to Cologne is 680 km. It takes approximately 6h 9m to drive from Esbjerg to Cologne.
Book your Esbjerg to Cologne train tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Esbjerg, Denmark and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Esbjerg St. to Köln Hbf via Kolding St. and Hamburg Hbf in around 9h 9m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–260
Flights from Billund Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Billund Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Billund Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from Billund Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Billund Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–130
Flights from Billund Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–290
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from Billund Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Billund Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Esbjerg St. to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Odense St. to København, Københavns Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- reiseauskunft.bahn.de
Train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en?revia=yes&existOptimizePrice=1&country=overseas&initialAvail=ON&S={fromName}&Z={toName}&start=1
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Niebüll to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Niebüll to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +45 72 30 25 00
- kommunikation.afd@gocollective.dk
- Website
- gocollective.dk
Train from Esbjerg St. to Tønder St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- gocollective.dk
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Muenster(Westf)Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kolding bus station to Leverkusen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 7010 4410
- post@sydtrafik.dk
- Website
- sydtrafik.dk
Bus from Esbjerg Busterminal to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://sydtrafik.dk/en/
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