There are 13 ways to get from Greece to Cologne by plane, bus, train, car, or car train
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Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)SKG - CGN
5h 42m€91–339Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Düsseldorf International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)SKG - DUS
6h 31m€71–326Bus via Tirana
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Take the bus from Tirana to Köln Hbf
31h 10mTrain, bus via Budapest
- Take the train from Athens to ThessalonikiIc
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Budapest Hotel Platanus
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Muenchen HbfRjx
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf47 / ...
34h 52m€199–398Drive 2,526 km
- Drive from Athens to Cologne2,526 km
23h 56m€450–650Fly Athens International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)ATH - CGN
6h 7m€93–286Fly Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)ATH - DUS
6h 56m€93–393Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)HER - DUS
6h 39m€105–765Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Frankfurt (FRA)SKG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
6h 27m€90–322Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to ThessalonikiIc
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelija
- Take the bus from Gevgelija to Strumica
- Take the bus from Strumica to Stuttgart Hbf
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf55 / ...
31h 34mBus
- Take the bus from Athens to Librazhd
- Take the bus from Librazhd to Cologne Bonn Airport
47h 27m€218–241Train, Bus
- Take the train from Athens to LarissaIc
- Take the bus from Larissa to Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf79 / ...
47h 57m€265–435Drive, car train
- Drive from Athens to Villach Hbf
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
23h 58m€406–1,443
Greece to Cologne by train, bus, foot, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Greece to Cologne is to fly which costs €70 - €330 and takes 6h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Greece to Cologne is to fly which takes 5h 42m and costs €90 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Greece to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Köln Hbf via Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 10m.
The distance between Greece and Cologne is 1711 km. The road distance is 2526 km.
The best way to get from Greece to Cologne without a car is to bus via Tirana which takes 31h 10m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 42m to get from Greece to Cologne, including transfers.
Greece to Cologne bus services, operated by Top Lines, depart from Athens station.
The best way to get from Greece to Cologne is to fly which takes 5h 42m and costs €90 - €340. Alternatively, you can bus via Tirana, which costs and takes 31h 10m.
Greece to Cologne bus services, operated by Top Lines, arrive at Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave station.
Cologne is 1h behind Greece. It is currently 3:22 PM in Greece and 2:22 PM in Cologne.
What companies run services between Greece and Cologne, Germany?
Eurowings, Aegean Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Köln Hbf via Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave and Tirana in around 31h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–1,200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–1,200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–310
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–270
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–800
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–800
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Düsseldorf International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–340
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–380
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Athens to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €31–36
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €95–150
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- 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
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €55–85
- 1st Class
- €110–190
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
Bus from Athens to Librazhd
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Thessaloniki to Budapest Hotel Platanus
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +389 34 346 030
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Gevgelija to Strumica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/strumicaekspres
- Phone
- +389 70 638 014
- info@metaktrans.mk
- Website
- metaktrans.mk
Bus from Strumica to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- metaktrans.mk
- Phone
- +30 2310241545
- crazy.holidays.tours@gmail.com
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Athens to Librazhd
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- https://www.crazyholidays.gr/root.en.aspx
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- metroeurotirane@hotmail.com
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Athens to Librazhd
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Librazhd to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150
- Schedules at
- nelatours.com
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Larissa to Frankfurt am Main
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €230–340
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
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