There are 13 ways to get from Norway to Cologne by train, plane, bus, car ferry, night train, car, or car train
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Train to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
best- Take the train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjontrain
- Fly from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane OSL - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain
5h 28m€101–294Fly Stavanger Airport, Sola to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Stavanger Airport, Sola (SVG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane SVG - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain
7h 4m€91–359Train
- Take the train from Oslo S to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
19h 4m€151–309Bus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Münster bus stopbus N71 / ...
- Take the bus from Münster-Mitte to Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleisbus
22h 6mCar ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Oslo Vipperangen to Port of Kielcarferry
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain Re7
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
26h 20m€234–525Fly Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane KRS - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain
7h 6m€93–382Fly Stavanger Airport, Sola to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Stavanger Airport, Sola (SVG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SVG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
5h 43m€131–385Fly Bergen to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bergen (BGO) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BGO - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
6h 13m€146–397Fly Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane KRS - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
7h 40m€137–489Fly Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Stavanger Airport, Sola (SVG) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane SVG - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
7h 43m€164–445Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Oslo Bussterminal to Göteborg Nils Ericsonterminalbus 604 / ...
- Take the night train from Molndal station to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain Nt
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
19h 39m€98–210Drive 1,474.4 km
- Drive from Oslo to Colognecar 1,474.4 km
13h 51m€273–394Drive, car train
- Drive from Oslo to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hannover Hbf to Colognecar
14h 4m€326–454
Norway to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Norway to Cologne is to bus and night train and train which costs €95 - €210 and takes 19h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Norway to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 5h 28m and costs €100 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Norway to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Oslo bussterminal and arriving at Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and Münster-Mitte. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Norway to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Oslo S and arriving at Köln Hbf via Göteborg Centralstation and Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 4m.
The distance between Norway and Cologne is 1129 km. The road distance is 1474.4 km.
The best way to get from Norway to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 19h 4m and costs €150 - €310.
It takes approximately 5h 28m to get from Norway to Cologne, including transfers.
Norway to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Oslo bussterminal station.
Norway to Cologne train services, operated by Norwegian Railways (VY), depart from Oslo S station.
The best way to get from Norway to Cologne is to train which takes 19h 4m and costs €150 - €310. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 22h 6m.
What companies run services between Norway and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Oslo S to Köln Hbf via Göteborg Centralstation and Hamburg Hbf in around 19h 4m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Oslo bussterminal to Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, Münster bus stop, and Münster-Mitte in around 22h 6m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Düsseldorf International Airport via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Düsseldorf International Airport via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Bergen to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–390
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–380
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–360
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Bergen to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–350
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–400
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–390
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–350
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from Bergen to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–300
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Düsseldorf International Airport via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Düsseldorf International Airport via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–290
- Phone
- 23 15 90 00
- flytoget@flytoget.no
- Website
- flytoget.no
Train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–21
- Website
- https://flytoget.no/en/
- Phone
- +47 61 05 19 10
- tog@vy.no
- Website
- vy.no
Train from Oslo S to Oslo lufthavn stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
Train from Oslo S to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €14–25
Train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €30–55
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–35
- Comfort
- €26–40
- Premium
- €40–55
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.sj.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
- €20–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €31–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Night train from Molndal station to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–75
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Oslo bussterminal to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Münster bus stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Münster-Mitte to Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Oslo Bussterminal to Göteborg Nils Ericsonterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- +45 99 56 19 00
- Website
- colorline.no
Car ferry from Oslo Vipperangen to Port of Kiel
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €196–401
- Website
- https://www.colorline.com/
- Car
- €401
- No Car
- €196
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More Questions & Answers
Norway to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Norway to Cologne train services, operated by Norwegian Railways (VY), arrive at Göteborg Centralstation.
Yes, the driving distance between Norway to Cologne is 1474 km. It takes approximately 13h 51m to drive from Norway to Cologne.
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