There are 6 ways to get from Minneapolis to Cologne by plane or train
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Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MSP - DUS
12h 59m€467–1,167Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane MSP - CGN
14h 43m€317–1,225Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MSP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
12h 28m€466–1,068Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane MSP - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
14h 51m€321–928Fly to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane MSP - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
17h 45m€581–1,073Fly to Luxembourg, train
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane MSP - LUX
- Take the train from Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg to Liège-Guilleminstrain
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbftrain
18h 20m€524–1,304
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Minneapolis to Cologne is to fly and train which costs €320 - €950 and takes 14h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Minneapolis to Cologne is to fly and train which takes 12h 28m and costs €460 - €1100.
The distance between Minneapolis and Cologne is 6924 km.
It takes approximately 12h 59m to get from Minneapolis to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 7h ahead of Minneapolis. It is currently 4:30 AM in Minneapolis and 11:30 AM in Cologne.
There are 1794+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Minneapolis, MN, USA and Cologne, Germany?
KLM, Air France, and six other airlines fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) 4 times a day.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Bremen Airport via Dublin, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Bremen Airport via London Heathrow, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €400–1,500
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Bremen Airport via Toronto, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,500
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Bremen Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Bremen Airport via Montreal, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,500
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Luxembourg via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Luxembourg via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Bremen Airport via Dublin, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Bremen Airport via London Heathrow, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €400–1,500
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Bremen Airport via Toronto, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,500
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Bremen Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Luxembourg via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Luxembourg via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Luxembourg via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €400–700
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €350–650
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €400–700
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Bremen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,000
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €430–750
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Brussels Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Luxembourg via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,400
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,500
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Brussels Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €460–950
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €350–650
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €400–700
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €450–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Brussels Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Luxembourg via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €350–650
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Brussels Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €14–21
- 1st Class
- €22–35
- 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
- €50–80
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
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