There are 10 ways to get from Finland to Cologne by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
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Fly Helsinki Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)HEL - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
5h 33m€100–316Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from VUOSAAREN SATAMA: Vuosaaren satama to Travemünde Skandinavienkai
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg HbfRe8 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf43 / ...
23h 30m€154–300Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to Köln Hbf
31h 55mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Helsinki to Halmstad
- Take the car ferry from Halmstad to Grenå
- Drive from Grenå to Cologne
37h 18m€625–918Fly Turku Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Turku Airport (TKU) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)TKU - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
6h 56m€116–398Fly Helsinki Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)HEL - CGN
6h 26m€137–375Fly Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Frankfurt (FRA)HEL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
6h€113–333Fly Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Brussels Airport (BRU)HEL - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln-Ehrenfeld
7h 34m€130–363Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Take the bus from Vana-Pääsküla to Riia
- Take the bus from Rīga to Köln
38h 44mDrive, car train
- Drive from Helsinki to Hamburg Hbf
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to Göttingen
- Drive from Göttingen to Cologne
35h 29m€639–913
Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Finland to Cologne is to fly and train which costs €110 - €340 and takes 6h.
The fastest way to get from Finland to Cologne is to fly and train which takes 5h 33m and costs €100 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Finland to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Helsinki and arriving at Köln via Viru, Vana-Pääsküla and Rīga. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 44m.
The distance between Finland and Cologne is 1567 km.
The best way to get from Finland to Cologne without a car is to bus and train which takes 31h 55m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 33m to get from Finland to Cologne, including transfers.
Finland to Cologne bus services, operated by , depart from Helsinki station.
The best way to get from Finland to Cologne is to fly which takes 6h 26m and costs €130 - €380. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 38h 44m.
Finland to Cologne bus services, operated by , arrive at Tallinn station.
Cologne is 1h behind Finland. It is currently 1:54 AM in Finland and 12:54 AM in Cologne.
What companies run services between Finland and Cologne, Germany?
Lufthansa, Finnair, and five other airlines fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Helsinki to Köln via Tallinn, Viru, Vana-Pääsküla, and Rīga in around 38h 44m.
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- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Turku Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Turku Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–280
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–360
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln-Ehrenfeld
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–35
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln-Ehrenfeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €19–27
- 1st Class
- €29–45
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Vana-Pääsküla to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīga to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +358 9 231 43100
- passenger@finnlines.com
- Website
- finnlines.com
Ferry from VUOSAAREN SATAMA: Vuosaaren satama to Travemünde Skandinavienkai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://www.finnlines.com/
- Book at
- https://booking.finnlines.com/en//search
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Halmstad to Grenå
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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