There are 11 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)plane HEL - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain
5h 48m€108–347Fly Helsinki Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane HEL - CGN
6h 27m€77–433Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from VUOSAAREN SATAMA: Vuosaaren satama to Travemünde Skandinavienkaiferry
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain Re8
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
23h 21m€146–284Bus via Berlin
- Take the bus from Helsinki Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Masurenallee - Berlin to Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleisbus
32h 35mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Helsinki to Halmstadcar
- Take the car ferry from Halmstad to Grenåcarferry
- Drive from Grenå to Colognecar
37h 24m€570–835Fly Turku Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Turku Airport (TKU) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane TKU - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain
7h 11m€110–368Fly Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane HEL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
6h 12m€108–333Fly Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane HEL - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
7h 49m€136–373Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal Dbus
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to Köln Hbftrain
33h 44m€126–371Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rīga to Kölnbus
41h 25m€83–165Drive, car train
- Drive from Helsinki to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to Göttingencartrain
- Drive from Göttingen to Colognecar
35h 41m€632–902
Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Finland to Cologne is to Bus which costs €80 - €170 and takes 41h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Finland to Cologne is to fly and train which takes 5h 48m and costs €100 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Finland station to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Helsinki Bus Station and arriving at Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis via Tallinn, Bus Station and Masurenallee - Berlin. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 35m.
The distance between Finland and Cologne is 1572 km.
The best way to get from Finland to Cologne without a car is to ferry and train which takes 23h 21m and costs €140 - €290.
It takes approximately 5h 48m to get from Finland to Cologne, including transfers.
Finland to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki Bus Station.
The best way to get from Finland to Cologne is to Bus via Berlin which takes 32h 35m and costs . Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €75 - €440 and takes 6h 27m.
Finland to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Tallinn Bus Station.
Cologne is 1h behind Finland. It is currently 7:22 PM in Finland and 6:22 PM in Cologne.
What companies run services between Finland and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a bus from Helsinki Bus Station to Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis via Tallinn, Bus Station, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, and Masurenallee - Berlin in around 32h 35m. Alternatively, Lufthansa, Finnair, and four other airlines fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
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 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–240
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- 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
- €180–310
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Turku Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–350
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
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
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- 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
- €140–390
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €14–25
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–35
- Comfort
- €26–40
- Premium
- €40–55
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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 Helsinki Bus Station to Tallinn Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Masurenallee - Berlin to Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/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
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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