There are 9 ways to get from Galway to Cologne by bus, plane, car, car ferry, or train
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Bus to Ireland West Airport Knock, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Take the bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Ireland West Airport
- Fly from Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)NOC - CGN
5h 55m€110–289Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)SNN - CGN
7h 49m€75–219Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Galway to Rosslare Harbour
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Drive from Dunkirk to Cologne
31h 30m€277–596Train, bus
- Take the train from Galway to Dublin HeustonIc / ...
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Bonn
3d 6h€92–449Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)SNN - DUS
9h 8m€125–276Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the bus from Galway Coach Station to Dublin Airport Zone 11
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)DUB - CGN
6h 50m€89–224Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Galway Coach Station to Dublin Airport Zone 11
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)DUB - DUS
7h 14m€89–291Bus to Ireland West Airport Knock, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Ireland West Airport
- Fly from Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)NOC - DUS
8h 39m€85–356Bus
- Take the bus from Galway Coach Station to Bachelors Walk761 / ...
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Köln
3d 8h€82–416
Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Galway to Cologne is to bus and fly which costs €75 - €220 and takes 7h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Galway to Cologne is to bus and fly which takes 5h 55m and costs €110 - €290.
The distance between Galway and Cologne is 1238 km.
The best way to get from Galway to Cologne without a car is to train and bus which takes 3 days 6h and costs €90 - €450.
It takes approximately 5h 55m to get from Galway to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 1h ahead of Galway. It is currently 6:38 AM in Galway and 7:38 AM in Cologne.
There are 1754+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Galway, Ireland and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a bus from Galway Coach Station to Köln via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Road Station, Dublin, Rădăuți, and Rădăuţi in around 3d 8h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–150
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–150
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Shannon Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Shannon Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Düsseldorf International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Düsseldorf International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Galway to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €18–25
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Ireland West Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €22–170
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €21–170
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Galway Coach Station to Dublin Airport Zone 11
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
Bus from Galway Coach Station to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €180–450
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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