There are 12 ways to get from Karlstad to Cologne by train, plane, bus, night train, car, 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.
Train to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Lillestrømtrain
- Fly from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane OSL - DUS
8h 8m€133–332Train to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane GOT - DUS
7h 38m€118–298Train
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Nässjö Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Nassjö C to Hamburg Hbftrain 083 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
16h 52m€207–388Bus
- Take the bus from Karlstad busstation to Karlskoga busstationbus 850 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlskoga Bus Station to Gothenburg Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Gothenburg to Hanover central bus stationbus 173
- Take the bus from Hannover Hbf to Essen Hbfbus
- Take the bus from Südviertel, Essen to Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleisbus
23h 1mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Take the night train from Goteborg C to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain En
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
18h 17m€222–424Train to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstationtrain
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ARN - CGN
7h 46m€120–275Train to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstationtrain
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ARN - DUS
8h 22m€143–273Train to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane GOT - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
8h 9m€163–388Train to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane GOT - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
10h 12m€146–393Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Karlstad Centralstation to Nässjö Central Stationbus
- Take the night train from Nässjö Centralstation to Hamburg Hauptbahnhofnighttrain Nt
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Tostedttrain Rb / ...
- Take the train from Tostedt to Köln Hbftrain Drf
20h 40mDrive 1,430.9 km
- Drive from Karlstad to Colognecar 1,430.9 km
13h 53m€231–333Drive, car train
- Drive from Karlstad to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to Frankfurtcartrain
- Drive from Frankfurt to Colognecar
18h 10m€284–397
Karlstad to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Karlstad to Cologne is to train and fly which costs €120 - €280 and takes 7h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Karlstad to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 7h 38m and costs €110 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Karlstad station to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Karlstad busstation and arriving at Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis via Karlskoga Bus Station, Gothenburg, Hannover Hbf and Südviertel, Essen. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 1m.
No, there is no direct train from Karlstad station to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Karlstad Centralstation and arriving at Köln Hbf via Nassjö C and Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 52m.
The distance between Karlstad and Cologne is 1323 km. The road distance is 1430.9 km.
The best way to get from Karlstad to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 16h 52m and costs €200 - €390.
It takes approximately 8h 8m to get from Karlstad to Cologne, including transfers.
Karlstad to Cologne bus services, operated by Vy Buss, depart from Karlstad busstation.
Karlstad to Cologne train services, operated by Tågab, depart from Karlstad Centralstation.
The best way to get from Karlstad to Cologne is to train which takes 16h 52m and costs €200 - €390. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 23h 1m.
What companies run services between Karlstad, Sweden and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Karlstad Centralstation to Köln Hbf via Nassjö C and Hamburg Hbf in around 16h 52m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Karlstad busstation to Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis via Karlskoga Bus Station, Gothenburg, Hanover central bus station, Hannover Hbf, Essen Hbf, and Südviertel, Essen in around 23h 1m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–260
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Phone
- +46 77 144 41 11
- Website
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Lillestrøm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Schedules at
- vy.se
- Phone
- +46 771 15 15 15
- info@vy.se
- Website
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Lillestrøm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- vy.se
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Lillestrøm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Night train from Goteborg C to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- 0550-875 61
- info@tagakeriet.se
- Website
- tagakeriet.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Nässjö Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://www.tagakeriet.se/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.tagakeriet.se/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.tagakeriet.se/
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Nassjö C to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Night train from Nässjö Centralstation to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Tostedt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +46 8 580 971 66
- kundservice@vrresa.se
- Website
- vrresa.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://vrresa.se/en
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://vrresa.se/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Tostedt
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Karlstad busstation to Karlskoga busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
Bus from Karlskoga Bus Station to Gothenburg Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
Bus from Karlstad Centralstation to Nässjö Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- 0771 – 32 32 00
- Website
- varmlandstrafik.se
Bus from Karlstad busstation to Karlskoga busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.varmlandstrafik.se/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlstad busstation to Karlskoga busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Gothenburg to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Hannover Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Südviertel, Essen to Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
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More Questions & Answers
Karlstad to Cologne bus services, operated by Vy Buss, arrive at Karlskoga busstation.
Karlstad to Cologne train services, operated by Tågab, arrive at Nässjö Centralstation.
Yes, the driving distance between Karlstad to Cologne is 1431 km. It takes approximately 13h 53m to drive from Karlstad to Cologne.
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