There are 9 ways to get from Limerick to Cologne by plane, car, car ferry, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Shannon Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SNN - CGN
7h 12m€65–250Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Limerick to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Colognecar
30h 30m€266–580Bus via Bonn
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2bus 712
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Bonnbus
3d 6h€94–441Fly Shannon Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane SNN - DUS
8h 22m€100–282Bus 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 5m€72–290Bus 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 13m€78–280Bus 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 53m€78–238Bus
- 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€84–412Bus, train
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Liegebus
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbftrain
3d 12h€99–382
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 12m.
The fastest way to get from Limerick to Cologne is to bus and fly which takes 6h 53m and costs €75 - €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 via Bonn which takes 3 days 6h and costs €90 - €450.
It takes approximately 7h 12m to get from Limerick to Cologne, including transfers.
The best way to get from Limerick to Cologne is to fly which takes 7h 12m and costs €60 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus via Bonn, which costs €90 - €450 and takes 3 days 6h.
Cologne is 1h ahead of Limerick. It is currently 4:02 AM in Limerick and 5:02 AM in Cologne.
There are 1793+ 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) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Koeln Sued via Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2, Dublin Airport Zone 11, Lanesborough Park, Dublin, Rădăuți, Bonn, and Bonn Hbf in around 3d 6h.
- 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
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
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 Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
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
- €40–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
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
- €60–280
Flights from Cork Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- 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
- €60–270
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- 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 Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.citylink.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
- €30–200
- 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 (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
- 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
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Liege
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–60
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.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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