There are 10 ways to get from Finland to Cologne by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
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 32m€105–326Fly Helsinki Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)HEL - CGN
6h 26m€87–340Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from VUOSAAREN SATAMA: Vuosaaren satama to Travemünde Skandinavienkai
- Take the train from Lübeck-Travemünde Strand to Hamburg HbfRe8 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf43 / ...
25h€157–284Bus, 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 20mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Helsinki to Halmstad
- Take the car ferry from Halmstad to Grenå
- Drive from Grenå to Cologne
37h 15m€567–897Fly 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 55m€106–398Fly Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Frankfurt (FRA)HEL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
6h 9m€108–343Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from VUOSAAREN SATAMA: Vuosaaren satama to Travemünde Skandinavienkai
- Take the bus from Lübeck to Osnabrück central train station
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Köln Hbf43 / ...
26h 46m€160–262Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Take the bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Take the bus from Rīga to Köln
38h 23mDrive, car train
- Drive from Helsinki to Hamburg Hbf
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to Göttingen
- Drive from Göttingen to Cologne
35h 30m€629–894
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 €100 - €350 and takes 6h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Finland to Cologne is to fly and train which takes 5h 32m and costs €100 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Finland to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Helsinki and arriving at Köln via Estonia, Tallinna bussijaam and Rīga. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 23m.
The distance between Finland and Cologne is 1567 km.
The best way to get from Finland to Cologne without a car is to ferry and train which takes 25h and costs €150 - €290.
It takes approximately 5h 32m 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 €85 - €340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 38h 23m.
Finland to Cologne bus services, operated by , arrive at Tallinn station.
Cologne is 1h behind Finland. It is currently 1:30 AM in Finland and 12:30 AM in Cologne.
What companies run services between Finland and Cologne, Germany?
Eurowings, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Helsinki to Köln via Tallinn, Estonia, Bussijaam, Tallinna bussijaam, and Rīga in around 38h 23m.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–340
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Turku Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Turku Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–280
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- 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
- €80–190
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- 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
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lübeck-Travemünde Strand to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–70
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- 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
- +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
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lübeck to Osnabrück central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- peatus@agri.ee
- Website
- web.peatus.ee
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://web.peatus.ee/?locale=en
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €31–35
- Schedules at
- transtempo.ua
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- info@busline.md
- Website
- busline.md
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- https://busline.md/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
- €50–100
- 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
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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