There are 10 ways to get from Kalmar to Cologne by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly Kalmar Öland Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Kalmar Öland Airport (KLR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane KLR - DUS
7h 8m€232–445Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Växjö stationbus
- Take the bus from Växjö station to Ljungby busstationbus 145 / ...
- Take the bus from Ljungby to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Leverkusenbus
22h 28m€92–168Train via Copenhagen
- Take the train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Köpenhamn Htrain
- Take the train from Koebenhavn H to Hamburg Hbftrain Rj / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
14h 27m€178–572Drive 1,189.9 km
- Drive from Kalmar to Colognecar 1,189.9 km
11h 11m€192–278Train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Copenhagen Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CPH - DUS
8h 3m€148–425Train, bus to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Borås Centralstationtrain
- Take the bus from Borås Centralstation to Landvetter flygplatsbus
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane GOT - DUS
8h 33m€122–343Train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Copenhagen Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CPH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
8h 26m€197–521Fly Kalmar Öland Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Kalmar Öland Airport (KLR) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane KLR - CGN
6h 47m€150–372Train
- Take the train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Hässleholm Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Hässleholm Centralstation to Hamburg Hauptbahnhoftrain Ic
- Take the train from Hamburg Central Station to Cologne Central Stationtrain
15h 19m€127–242Drive, car train
- Drive from Kalmar to Lüneburgcar
- Take the cartrain from Lüneburg to Frankfurtcartrain
- Drive from Frankfurt to Colognecar
15h 22m€254–354
Kalmar to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kalmar to Cologne is to bus which costs €90 - €170 and takes 22h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Kalmar to Cologne is to fly which takes 6h 47m and costs €150 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Kalmar station to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Kalmar, Järnvägstation and arriving at Köln Heumarkt via Växjö station, Ljungby, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and Wiesdorf Leverkusen Mitte Bf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 28m.
No, there is no direct train from Kalmar station to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Kalmar, Järnvägstation and arriving at Köln Hbf via Koebenhavn H and Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 27m.
The distance between Kalmar and Cologne is 920 km. The road distance is 1189.9 km.
The best way to get from Kalmar to Cologne without a car is to train via Copenhagen which takes 14h 27m and costs €170 - €600.
It takes approximately 7h 8m to get from Kalmar to Cologne, including transfers.
Kalmar to Cologne bus services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), depart from Kalmar, Järnvägstation.
Kalmar to Cologne train services, operated by Öresundståg, depart from Kalmar, Järnvägstation.
The best way to get from Kalmar to Cologne is to fly which takes 7h 8m and costs €230 - €450. Alternatively, you can train via Copenhagen, which costs €170 - €600 and takes 14h 27m, you could also bus, which costs €90 - €170 and takes 22h 28m.
What companies run services between Kalmar, Sweden and Cologne, Germany?
Scandinavian Airlines and Eurowings fly from Kalmar Öland Airport (KLR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Köln Hbf via Köpenhamn H, Koebenhavn H, and Hamburg Hbf in around 14h 27m.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Kalmar Öland Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Kalmar Öland Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Stockholm, Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Kalmar Öland Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Kalmar Öland Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Stockholm, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–470
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Kalmar Öland Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Stockholm, Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–420
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Kalmar Öland Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Phone
- +46 771-77 77 1
- bokningssupporten@oresundstag.se
- Website
- Öresundståg
Train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Köpenhamn H
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Öresundståg
Train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- Öresundståg
Train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- Öresundståg
Train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Hässleholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Öresundståg
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Koebenhavn H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Koebenhavn H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Hässleholm Centralstation to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Borås Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Hässleholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Hässleholm Centralstation to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hamburg Central Station to Cologne Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lüneburg to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Bus from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Växjö station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +46 771-77 77 1
- bokningssupporten@oresundstag.se
- Website
- Öresundståg
Bus from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Växjö station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Öresundståg
- Phone
- +46 77 176 70 76
- kundcenter@lanstrafikenkron.se
- Website
- lanstrafikenkron.se
Bus from Växjö station to Ljungby busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Website
- https://www.lanstrafikenkron.se/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Ljungby to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Leverkusen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Borås Centralstation to Landvetter flygplats
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Borås Centralstation to Landvetter flygplats
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- Vy Buss
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More Questions & Answers
Kalmar to Cologne bus services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), arrive at Växjö station.
Kalmar to Cologne train services, operated by Öresundståg, arrive at Köpenhamn H station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kalmar to Cologne is 1190 km. It takes approximately 11h 11m to drive from Kalmar to Cologne.
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