There are 13 ways to get from Norway to Cologne by train, plane, bus, car ferry, car, or car train
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Train to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
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
5h 19m€92–270Bus, train
- Take the bus from Oslo Bussterminal to Göteborg Nils Ericsonterminalbus 630 / ...
- Take the train from Molndal station to Hamburg Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
18h 49m€223–434Bus
- Take the bus from Oslo bussterminal to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg to Münster-Mittebus
- Take the bus from Münster-Mitte to Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleisbus
21h 21mCar 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 16m€316–679Fly Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane KRS - DUS
7h 2m€182–388Fly Stavanger Airport, Sola to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Stavanger Airport, Sola (SVG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane SVG - DUS
6h 54m€111–325Fly 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 45m€172–439Fly 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 12m€157–402Fly 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 Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
7h 33m€127–403Fly 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 Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
7h 40m€150–415Train
- 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€288–529Drive 1,474.4 km
- Drive from Oslo to Colognecar 1,474.4 km
13h 51m€271–391Drive, 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€325–451
Norway to Cologne by bus, tram, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Norway to Cologne is to train and fly which costs €90 - €270 and takes 5h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Norway to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 5h 19m and costs €90 - €270.
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 and Münster-Mitte. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 21m.
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.
The distance between Norway and Cologne is 1123 km. The road distance is 1474.4 km.
The best way to get from Norway to Cologne without a car is to bus and train which takes 18h 49m and costs €220 - €440.
It takes approximately 5h 19m 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 bus which takes 21h 21m and costs . Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €180 - €390 and takes 7h 2m, you could also train, which costs €280 - €550 and takes 19h.
What companies run services between Norway and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a bus from Oslo bussterminal to Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, Hamburg, Münster-Mitte, and Münster-Mitte in around 21h 21m. Alternatively, Scandinavian Airlines, KLM, and Norwegian Air Shuttle fly from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (KRS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) every 4 hours.
- 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
- €50–280
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–380
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Bergen to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
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 Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–420
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–430
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Düsseldorf International Airport via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Düsseldorf International Airport via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–340
Flights from Bergen to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–430
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–370
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Frankfurt via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Bergen to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Flights from Bergen to Frankfurt via Stavanger Airport, Sola
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Stavanger Airport, Sola to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
- Phone
- +47 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
- €20–22
- 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
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
Train from Oslo S to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Molndal station to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- 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
- €85–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.sj.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
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Oslo Bussterminal to Göteborg Nils Ericsonterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
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
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Hamburg to Münster-Mitte
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Hamburg to Münster-Mitte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- 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
- +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
- €210–429
- Website
- https://www.colorline.com/
- Car
- €429
- No Car
- €210
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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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