There are 9 ways to get from Limerick to Cologne by plane, car, car ferry, bus, or train
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Fly Shannon Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SNN - CGN
7h 7m€65–245Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Limerick to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Colognecar
30h 28m€267–581Bus
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Bachelors Walkbus 300
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Kölnbus
3d 9h€80–412Bus to Cork Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the bus from Henry Street to Cork Airportbus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ORK - CGN
8h€77–285Fly Shannon Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane SNN - DUS
8h 29m€102–249Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane DUB - CGN
6h 48m€88–233Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane DUB - DUS
7h 20m€85–257Bus, bus to Ireland West Airport Knock, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the bus from Henry Street to Galway Ceannt Stationbus
- Take the bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Ireland West Airportbus
- Fly from Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane NOC - CGN
8h 15m€123–317Bus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Limerick Colbert Station to Waterford Bus Stationbus 55
- Take the bus from Waterford Bus Station to Rosslare Europortbus 40
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Duisburg central train stationbus
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain Re
37h 16m€248–601
Shannon Airport (SNN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Limerick to Cologne is to fly which costs €60 - €250 and takes 7h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Limerick to Cologne is to bus and fly which takes 6h 48m and costs €85 - €240.
The distance between Limerick and Cologne is 1165 km.
The best way to get from Limerick to Cologne without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 9h and costs €80 - €420.
It takes approximately 7h 7m to get from Limerick to Cologne, including transfers.
The best way to get from Limerick to Cologne is to fly which takes 7h 7m and costs €60 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €420 and takes 3 days 9h.
Cologne is 1h ahead of Limerick. It is currently 5:20 AM in Limerick and 6:20 AM in Cologne.
There are 552+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Limerick, Ireland and Cologne, Germany?
Aer Lingus, Eurowings, and three other airlines fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Köln via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Road Station, Dublin, Rădăuți, and Rădăuţi in around 3d 9h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Shannon Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Shannon Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Shannon Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- 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
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–290
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–170
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- 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
- €100–290
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €11–17
- 1st Class
- €20–35
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €28–40
- Comfort
- €30–45
- Premium
- €45–65
- Phone
- +353 (0)1 465 9972
- info@dublincoach.ie
- Website
- dublincoach.ie
Bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.dublincoach.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 Rădăuţi to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €21–170
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- 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
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Henry Street to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
Bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
Bus from Henry Street to Galway Ceannt Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- 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 Limerick Colbert Station to Waterford Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Waterford Bus Station to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Waterford Bus Station to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Duisburg central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €29–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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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